the same message of Buddha. Giovanni Verardi notes that Manichaeism is the prime source for comparisons between Buddhism and Gnosticism, Manichaeism representing...

religion The Buddha in Manichaeism Chinese Manichaeism Good and evil Dualism in cosmology Hiwi al-Balkhi Indo-Iranian religion Jesus in Manichaeism Mar Ammo...

cosmology of Chinese Manichaeism. Manichaeism survived among the population and had a profound influence on the tradition of the Chinese salvationist...

In Manichaeism, Jesus (Romanization of Parthian and Pahlavi: Yyšw '[Yišō]) is considered one of the four prophets of the faith, along with Zoroaster, Gautama...

In Manichaeism, Zarathustra is considered one of the four prophets of the faith, along with Buddha, Jesus and Mani. Mani believed that the teachings of...

Laozi. In the ancient Gnostic sect of Manichaeism, the Buddha is listed among the prophets who preached the word of God before Mani. In Sikhism, Buddha is...

temple. This "Manichaean temple in Buddhist disguise" had historically been seen by modern experts on Manichaeism as "the only Manichaean building which...

books: the Seven Treatises of Manichaeism, all personally written by Mani in Syriac, the Shabuhragan written by Mani in Middle Persian, and the Arzhang...

the same message of Buddha. Giovanni Verardi notes that Manichaeism is the prime source for comparisons between Buddhism and Gnosticism, Manichaeism representing...

Manichaeism has a rich tradition of visual art, starting with Mani himself writing the Book of Pictures. One of Mani's primary beliefs was that the arts...

Christianity in 386 CE, Augustine denounced Manichaeism. By then, Manichaeism had been supplanted by ascendant Christianity. Manichaeism's legacy is the word...

prophet and the founder of Manichaeism, a religion most prevalent in late antiquity. Mani was born in or near Ctesiphon (south of modern Baghdad) in Mesopotamia...

The Manichaean Painting of the Buddha Jesus (Chinese: 夷數佛幀; pinyin: Yí shù fó zhēn; Wade–Giles: I2-shu4 fo2-chên1; Japanese: キリスト聖像; rōmaji: Kirisuto...

the greatest and final prophet. In Manichaeism, the founder Mani is believed by adherents of the faith to be the last and final prophet after a long...

was in her womb. Chinese Manichaeism borrowed the iconography of Chinese Buddhism, frequently depicting religious figures revered in Manichaeism seated...

The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves (Chinese: 柏孜克里克千佛洞; pinyin: Bózīkèlǐkè Qiānfódòng, Uyghur: بزقلیق مىڭ ئۆيى ) is a complex of Buddhist cave grottos dating...

of the Last Judgment Day. Mani Seven Sutras of Mani Manichaeism Tardieu, Michel (2008). Manichaeism [Manichaeology]. Champaign, Illinois: University of...

of Manichaeism, written by the founder Mani (c. 210–276 CE) himself, originally in Middle Persian, and dedicated to Shapur I (c. 215–272 CE), the contemporary...

The Epistles is one of the Seven Treatises of Manichaeism. It is derived from the Middle Ancient Persian dēwān, which means "Letter Collection". They...

themselves with the Pure Land school. Through this close interaction Manichaeism had profound influence on Chinese Maitreyan Buddhist sects within the Pure Land...

was one of the holy books of Manichaeism. It was written and illustrated by its prophet, Mani, in Syriac, with later reproductions written in Sogdian. It...

According to Manichaeism, the watchers, known as angels in Jewish lore, are not considered angels, but demons. The poem begins with the kings of the Pishdadian...

was a Uyghur Manichaean missionary in the Tang Dynasty When Wu Zong persecuted Buddhists, Manichaeism all over the country was hit hard. To escape persecution...

mystery cults. It reveres Mani as the final prophet after Zoroaster, the Gautama Buddha and Jesus Christ. Manichaeism was quickly successful and spread...

The Manichaean Diagram of the Universe (Chinese: 摩尼教宇宙圖; Japanese: マニ教宇宙図) is a Yuan dynasty silk painting describing the cosmology of Manichaeism, in...

塔后村. Born in 1003 during the Northern Song dynasty, Lin Deng was a Fujianese Manichaean who helped established Manichaeism in Fujian during the Song dynasty...

Móní Guāngfó; lit. 'Mani', 'Buddha of Light') is one of the longest and most important Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts. The manuscript contains 83 pages...

Manichaeism. A number of fragments are preserved in the Cologne Mani-Codex (discovered 1969) and on manuscript fragments found in Turfan beginning in...

become the only place in the world where the statues and reliefs of Manichaeism are preserved. These statues and other Manichae relics discovered in Fujian...

Baháʼí Faith. Manichaeism is another Iranian faith that shares many similarities to Zoroastrianism. In fact, Manichaeism shares a belief in the prophethood...