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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 ...
a non-derogatory substitute term for Hinayana or the early Buddhist schools. Non-Mahāyāna an alternative term for the early Buddhist schools. Northern Buddhism an alternative term used by some scholars [6] [page needed] for Tibetan Buddhism. Also, an older term still sometimes used to encompass both East Asian and Tibetan traditions.
This list shows the distribution of the Buddhist religion, practiced by about 535 million people as of the 2010s, [1] [2] representing 7% to 8% of the world's total population. It also includes other entities such as some territories. Buddhism is the State religion in four countries — Cambodia, Myanmar, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. [3]
Pages in category "Early Buddhist schools" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Buddhist expansion in Asia via the Silk Road Schools of Buddhism in contemporary Asia See also Christianity by country , Islam by country , Judaism by country , Hinduism by country , Commons:Category:Religion maps of the world
Early Buddhist schools (3 C, 22 P) S. Schools of Jōdo Shinsh ... Pages in category "Schools of Buddhism" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Buddhism may have arrived as early as the 3rd or 2nd century BCE via India, or alternatively during the 1st or 2nd century from China. [127] Whatever the case, Mahayana Buddhism had been established by the second century CE in Vietnam. By the 9th century, both Pure Land and Thien (Zen) were major Vietnamese Buddhist schools. [126]
Buddhist schools in South Korea (1 C, 2 P) Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka (36 P) T. Buddhist schools in Taiwan (1 C, 1 P) U. Buddhist schools in the United States (6 P)