Греко-Буддизм

Several philosophers, such as Pyrrho, Anaxarchus and Onesicritus, are said to have been selected by Alexander to accompany him in his eastern campaigns. During the 18 months they were in India, they were able to interact with Indian religious men, generally described as Gymnosophists ("naked philosophers"). Pyrrho (360-270 BCE), returned to Greece and became the first Skeptic and the founder of the school named Pyrrhonism. The Greek biographer Diogenes Laertius explained that Pyrrho's equanimity and detachment from the world were acquired in India.[3] Few of his sayings are directly known, but they are clearly reminiscent of eastern, possibly Buddhist, thought:

"Nothing really exists, but human life is governed by convention"
"Nothing is in itself more this than that" (Diogenes Laertius IX.61)

Another of these philosophers, Onesicritus, a Cynic, is said by Strabo to have learnt in India the following precepts:

"That nothing that happens to a man is bad or good, opinions being merely dreams"
"That the best philosophy [is] that which liberates the mind from [both] pleasure and grief" (Strabo, XV.I.65[4])

These contacts initiated the first direct interactions between Greek culture and Indian religions, which were to continue and expand for several more centuries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhism

Малоли что у него в ладошке. Самое главное, что нос, похоже, отбит - дело рук христианских варваров. Очень уж христиане боялись идолов.    Даже в 20-м веке христиане умудрялись язычников бояться - один Иоанн Кронштадтский чего стоит!  

 Самое главное, что нос, похоже, отбит - дело рук христианских варваров. Очень уж христиане боялись идолов.    Даже в 20-м веке христиане умудрялись язычников бояться - один Иоанн Кронштадтский чего стоит!  

Существует мнение, что вторжение бактрийских греков в Индию было обусловлено не только защитой греческих поселенцев, но и буддийского населения бывшей Империи Маурьев от религиозных преследований со стороны брахманистской династии Шунгов.