Example sentences for: buddhists

How can you use “buddhists” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • After the Buddha’s death at the age of 80, Buddhism eventually split into two main lines, those who strictly followed his teachings, the Theravada or Hinayana school of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and those who allowed new interpretations, the Mahayana Buddhists of China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, India, and Nepal.

  • The Dalai Lama does not recognize the choice, and most Tibetan Buddhists continue to worship the original candidate, who has been missing since 1995 and is assumed to be in Chinese custody.

  • Overlay both of these religions with a strong dose of animism, and you have a thoroughly inscrutable religious milieu in which Hindus and Buddhists worship at the same temples, and rocks, trees, and waterfalls take on mystical importance.

  • And Hindus and Buddhists are open to cloning.

  • Among the celebrated sights are the Valley of the Stone Sutra, where sixth-century Buddhists carved the text of the Diamond Sutra into a smooth stream bed; the pine tree that sheltered the first emperor on his climb; and a final ladder of 2,000 stone steps leading to the Pavilion That Touches the Sky.


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