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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.
The Chinese Buddhist monk and pilgrim Yijing wrote about relationship between the various "vehicles" and the early Buddhist schools in India. He wrote, "There exist in the West numerous subdivisions of the schools which have different origins, but there are only four principal schools of continuous tradition."
' order of the ancient translations '), is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. [1] 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]
Vajrayana Buddhist schools (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Schools of Buddhism" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The early Buddhist texts portray the Buddha as referring to people who are at one of these four stages as noble people (ariya-puggala, aryas) and the community of such persons as the noble sangha (ariya-sangha). [1] [2] [3] The teaching of the four stages of awakening was important to the early Buddhist schools and remains so in the Theravada ...
Tibetan Buddhism has four major schools, namely Nyingma (8th century), Kagyu (11th century), Sakya (1073), and Gelug (1409). The Jonang is a smaller school that exists, and the Rimé movement (19th century), meaning "no sides", [ 5 ] is a more recent non-sectarian movement that attempts to preserve and understand all the different traditions.
Theravāda (/ ˌ t ɛr ə ˈ v ɑː ð ə /; [a] lit. 'School of the Elders') [1] [2] is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. [1] [2] The school's adherents, termed Theravādins (anglicized from Pali theravādī), [3] [4] have preserved their version of Gautama Buddha's teaching or Dhamma in the Pāli Canon for over two millennia.
Virtually all contemporary schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism are influenced by Yogācāra to some extent. This includes modern East Asian Buddhist traditions (like Zen and Pure Land) and Tibetan Buddhism. [209] Zen was heavily influenced by Yogācāra sources, especially the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra. [209]