Schools of Buddhism

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There are many divisions and subdivisions of the schools of Buddhism. An extensive list of historical schools is given below according to lineage. Surviving schools can be roughly grouped under the categories of Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna. Theravāda and Mahāyāna share common methods as Sutric schools, while Vajrayāna can be seen as a Tantric school.

Contents 1 Sutric schools 2 Tantric schools 3 See also 4 Further reading 4.1 References

Sutric schools

See also: Theravāda; Mahāyāna; early Buddhist schools

The initial split between Sthaviravāda and Mahāsaṃghika occurred about 100 years after Buddha's death, due to differing views concerning the rigidity of monastic rules.

• Sthaviravāda (VaibhTemplate:Aikas)
  • Pudgalavāda ('Personalist') (c. 280 BCE)
  • Vibhajyavāda (prior to 240 BCE)
    • Theravāda (c. 240 BCE, moved to Sri Lanka)
      • [[Mahishasaka|Mah
           Template:SHāsaka]] (after 232 BCE)
      • [[Kashyapiya|KTemplate:ATemplate:SHyap
           ya]] (after 232 BCE)
      • Dharmaguptaka (after 232 BCE)
        • Chinese Vinaya School
          • Ritsu
    • Vats
         putr
         ya (under [[Asoka|ATemplate:SHoka]])
      • Dharmottar
           ya
      • [[Bhadrayaniya|BhadrayTemplate:An
           ya]]
      • [[Sannagaraka|SannTemplate:Agarika]]
      • [[Sammitiya|SaTemplate:Mmit
           ya]]
  • Sarvāstivāda (c. 237 BCE)
    • [[Sautrantaka|SautrTemplate:Antika]] (between 50 BCE and c. 100 CE)
      • Jojitsu
    • Kusha
    • [[Mulasarvastivada|MTemplate:UlasarvTemplate:AstivTemplate:Ada]] (third and fourth centuries)
• [[Mahasamghaka|MahāsaTemplate:Mghika]] ('Majority', c. 380 BCE)
  • Ekavyahārikas (under [[Asoka|ATemplate:SHoka]])
    • Lokottaravāda
  • Golulika (during [[Asoka|ATemplate:SHoka]])
    • [[Bahushritiya|BahuTemplate:SHrit
         ya]] (late third century BCE)
    • [[Prajnaptivada|PrajTemplate:NNNaptivTemplate:Ada]] (late third century BCE)
  • Caitika (mid-first century BCE)
    • Apara Śaila
    • Uttara Śaila
• Madhyamaka
  • Yogācāra
    • Faxiang (Dharma-character school) or Wei-Shi (Consciousness-only school)
      • Beopsang
      • Hossō
  • Prasangika
  • Sanlun (Three Treatise school)
    • Sanron
• Daśabhūmikā (absorbed in to Huayan)
• Huayan (Avataṃsaka)
  • Hwaeom
  • Kegon
• Chan / Zen / Seon
  • Caodong
    • Soto
  • Linji
    • Ōbaku
    • Rinzai
• Pure Land (Amidism)
  • Jodo
  • Jodo Shin
• Tiantai (Lotus Sutra School)
  • Cheontae
  • Tendai
• Nichiren
  • Nichiren Shū
  • Nichiren Shōshū
  • Soka Gakkai
• [[Vijnanavada|VijTemplate:NNNānavāda]]

Tantric schools

see also: Vajrayāna

• Tibetan Buddhism
  • Nyingmapa
  • Kadampa
    • Drukpa
  • Sakyapa
  • [[B�n|New B�n]] (14th century synthesis of [[B�n|Yungdrung B�n]] and Nyingmapa)
  • Jonangpa
  • Gelukpa
  • Rime movement
• Shingon
• Tendai (derived from Tiantai but added tantric practices)

See also

• Buddhism by region

Further reading

• Warder, A.K. Indian Buddhism, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1970.

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Schools_of_Buddhism" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schools_of_Buddhism, used under the GNU Free Documentation License