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How many Buddhism's are there today?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

When dealing with the number of Buddhists, ..............

There are around 350 million Buddhists in general, in the world. But Theravada Buddhists are 150 million in number.

(The number of the Buddhists in general is relatively high due to the heavy population of China, who are Mahayana Buddhists.)

When dealing with the types of Buddhism, .................

There are many branches of Buddhism. One of them, named 'Theravada' contains the original (unfixed, unadjusted, or unamended) teachings of the Buddha.

(It is said that during the Third Buddhist Council, there are more than 18 branches of Buddhism)

The other branches of Buddhism occurred after the second Buddhist Council due to the division among the Buddhists.

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