Template:Buddhism.html

Contents 1 About 2 Usage 3 Color scheme 4 Sources 4.1 See also

About

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Template:Buddhism categorizes major Wikipedia articles on Buddhism in a sidebar.

Usage

This template can be invoked as follows:

{{Buddhism}} — transcludes the entire template as shown here.

{{Buddhism|collapsed=1}} — transcludes this template so that it is initially collapsed.

{{Buddhism|terse=1}} — transcludes a condensed template with only subject headers.

One of the latter methods (including the "collapsed" or "terse" parameter) is recommended for stubs and other short articles. Alternately, one could use one of the "footer" versions of this template:

related templates:

{{Buddhism-simple}} Template:Buddhism-simple

Buddhism-complete (simplified: without terse function)

{{Buddhism-Horizontal}} Template:Buddhism-Horizontal

{{Buddhism topics}} Template:Buddhism topics

Color scheme

The color scheme of this page is based on the varied colors of monastic robes including:

• representing Vajrayana: the burgundy (color: #af4630) robes with yellow (color: #af4630) highlights of Tibetan monastics
• representing Mahayana: the black (color: #000) robes of Zen monastics and the very soft yellow (color: #ffffdd) robes of lay Buddhists.
• representing Theravada: the saffron or ochre (color: #ffd068) robes of Theravada monastics

Note: this are the recommended colors to use on the template. If you want to make variations to the color scheme propose them on the talk page.

Sources

Wikipedia's policy on verifiability states:

"The burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds or restores material. Material that is challenged or likely to be challenged needs a reliable source, which should be cited in the article."

The main article and set of related citations for this template's content is Buddhism. Questions about the reliability or accuracy of this template's concepts should be addressed on that article's talk page. Questions about this template's organzation should be first addressed on this template's talk page.

Since this template is transcluded by dozens of Wikipedia pages and its content is the result of an on-going communal effort, the best way to ensure the long-term acceptance of any proposed change is to first gain consensus for the proposed change on the aforementioned talk pages prior to making the actual change here.

See also

• {{EarlyBuddhism}}
• {{TheravadaBuddhism}}
• {{MahayanaBuddhism}}
• {{JapaneseBuddhism}}
• {{Tibetan_Buddhism}}