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  2. Schools of Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    The main use of the term in East Asian and Tibetan traditions is in reference to spiritual levels, [11] regardless of school. Mainstream Buddhism a term used by some scholars for the early Buddhist schools. Mantrayāna usually considered synonymous with Vajrayāna. [12] The Tendai school in Japan has been described as influenced by Mantrayana ...

  3. Chan Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Chan is the originating tradition of Zen Buddhism (the Japanese pronunciation of the same character, which is the most commonly used English name for the school). Chan Buddhism spread from China south to Vietnam as Thiền and north to Korea as Seon, and, in the 13th century, east to Japan as Japanese Zen.

  4. Early Buddhist schools - Wikipedia

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    India Early Sangha Early Buddhist schools Mahāyāna Vajrayāna Sri Lanka & Southeast Asia Theravāda Tibetan Buddhism Nyingma Kadam Kagyu Dagpo Sakya Jonang East Asia Early Buddhist schools and Mahāyāna (via the silk road to China, and ocean contact from India to Vietnam) Tangmi Nara (Rokushū) Shingon Chan Thiền, Seon Zen Tiantai / Jìngtǔ Tendai Nichiren Jōdo-shū Central Asia & Tarim ...

  5. Category:Schools of Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Southern, Eastern and Northern Buddhism; Sutrayana This page was last edited on 8 April 2020, at 01:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  6. East Asian Yogācāra - Wikipedia

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    In East Asian Buddhism, this school of Buddhist idealism was known as the "Consciousness-Only school" (traditional Chinese: 唯識宗; ; pinyin: Wéishí-zōng; Japanese pronunciation: Yuishiki-shū; Korean: 유식종). The 4th-century Gandharan brothers, Asaṅga and Vasubandhu, are considered the classic founders of Indian Yogacara school. [1]

  7. Kusha-shū - Wikipedia

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    The Kusha-shū (倶 舎 宗) was one of the six schools of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Asuka and Nara periods. [1] Along with the Tattvasiddhi school (Jōjitsu-shū) and the Risshū, it is a school of Nikaya Buddhism, which is sometimes derisively known to Mahayana Buddhism as "the Hinayana".

  8. Nyingma - Wikipedia

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    The Nyingma school was founded by Padmasambhava [2] as the first translations of Buddhist scriptures from Pali and Sanskrit into Tibetan occurred in the eighth century. [1] The establishment of the Tibetan Buddhism and the Nyingma tradition is collectively ascribed to Khenpo Shantarakshita , Guru Padmasambhava , and King Trisong Detsen , known ...

  9. Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    The Kadam school (Tibetan: བཀའ་གདམས་པ་, Wylie: bka' gdams pa) of Tibetan Buddhism, or Kadampa was an 11th century Buddhist tradition founded by the great Bengali master Atiśa (982–1054) and his students including Dromtön (1005–1064), a Tibetan Buddhist lay master. [1]