Schools of Buddhism
The schools of Buddhism are the various institutional and doctrinal divisions of Buddhism that have existed from ancient times up to the present.
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Buddhism
Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on a series of original teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha.
Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on a series of original teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha.
Buddhist schools vary in their interpretation of the path to liberation, the relative importance and canonicity assigned to the various Buddhist texts, and their specific teachings and practices.
Buddhist philosophy
Buddhist philosophy refers to the philosophical investigations and systems of inquiry that developed among various Buddhist schools in India following the parinirvana (i.e. death) of the Buddha and later spread throughout Asia.
Mahayana sutras
The Mahāyāna Sūtras (𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀦 𑀲𑀽𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀺) are a broad genre of Buddhist sutra scriptures that are accepted as canonical and as buddhavacana ("Buddha word") in Mahāyāna Buddhism.
The Mahāyāna Sūtras (𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀦 𑀲𑀽𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀺) are a broad genre of Buddhist sutra scriptures that are accepted as canonical and as buddhavacana ("Buddha word") in Mahāyāna Buddhism.
The Mahāyāna sūtras were not accepted by all Buddhists in India, and the various Indian Buddhist schools disagreed on their status as "word of the Buddha".
East Asian Buddhism
Collective term for the schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism that developed across East Asia which follow the Chinese Buddhist canon.
Collective term for the schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism that developed across East Asia which follow the Chinese Buddhist canon.
East Asian forms of Buddhism all derive from sinicized Buddhist schools that developed between the Han dynasty (when Buddhism was first introduced from Central Asia and Gandhara) and the Song dynasty, and therefore they are influenced by Chinese culture and philosophy.
Vajra
Ritual weapon symbolizing the properties of a diamond and a thunderbolt (irresistible force).
Ritual weapon symbolizing the properties of a diamond and a thunderbolt (irresistible force).
In Buddhism, the vajra (dorje) is the symbol of Vajrayana, one of the three major schools of Buddhism.
Sri Lanka
Island country in South Asia.
Island country in South Asia.
Succeeding kingdoms of Sri Lanka would maintain many Buddhist schools and monasteries and support the propagation of Buddhism into other countries in Southeast Asia.
Nagarjuna
Nāgārjuna (c.
Nāgārjuna (c.
At this point in Buddhist history, the Buddhist community was already divided into various Buddhist schools and had spread throughout India.
Dalit Buddhist movement
Religious as well as a socio-political movement among Dalits in India which was started by B. R. Ambedkar.
Religious as well as a socio-political movement among Dalits in India which was started by B. R. Ambedkar.
It radically re-interpreted Buddhism and created a new school of Buddhism called Navayana.
Buddhism in Japan
Buddhism has been practiced in Japan since about the 6th century CE.
Buddhism has been practiced in Japan since about the 6th century CE.
Japanese Buddhism (Nihon Bukkyō) created many new Buddhist schools, and some schools are original to Japan and some are derived from Chinese Buddhist schools.
Newar Buddhism
Form of Vajrayana Buddhism practiced by the Newar people of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
Form of Vajrayana Buddhism practiced by the Newar people of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
As a result, Newar Buddhism seems to preserve some aspects of Indian Buddhism that were not preserved in schools of Buddhism elsewhere.