Titlebook: Buddhism in Iran; An Anthropological A Mostafa Vaziri Book 2012 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to

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(Holy Footprints) and Monastic Caves in Iranto known Buddhist caves in Afghanistan and Central Asia point to their Buddhist identity. In this chapter we will examine both of these physical evidences for their history and significance in the transition from Buddhism to Islam in Iran.

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Buddhism and Early Asceticism in Iranocus our attention on the eastern Iranian region, where the culture of asceticism had a close encounter with Buddhism. Here it is vital to distinguish the early asceticism in eastern Iran and parts of Khurāsān in the first three centuries after Islam from the later formation of Sufism in the same region and elsewhere.

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Introduction to the Buddha’s Key Spiritual and Philosophical Conceptsr proper historical and geographical contexts, often with surprising outcomes. In order to be able to recognize, compare, and contrast the influences that Buddhism ultimately had on these cultures and religions, we must have a strong and clear understanding of Buddhism’s founding and philosophy.

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Mānī, “the Buddha of Light” spread religions in the world at the time. Mānī himself was the first person associated with his doctrine to come into close contact with Buddhism, but not the last. The assimilation of Buddhist practices and concepts by the Manichaean communities of eastern Iran and Central Asia brought Buddhism a

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