Buddhism is often described as a religion[1] and a collection of various philosophies, based initially on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, known as Gautama Buddha.[2] To many, however, Buddhism is not a religion, nor a philosophy or a set of doctrines, but rather teachings to guide one to directly experiencing reality. [3] [4] Buddhism is also known as Buddha Dharma or Dhamma, which means roughly the "teachings of the Awakened One" in Sanskrit and Pali, languages of ancient Buddhist texts. Buddhism began around 5th century BCE with the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, who was born in what is now Nepal and taught primarily in northern India, and is hereafter referred to as "the Buddha." [5]
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Well many people may not know that many Buddhists believe that Siddhārtha Gautama is not the only Buddha. And that when his teachings have been forgotten another being will come forward and reach enlightenment and then bring Buddhist teachings to the world again. This strongly suggests that Buddhas manifest in cycles connected to the needs of beings.
There are other explanations about the manifestations of Buddhas but these are more esoteric, for example we could say that a fully enlightened being is beyond the limitations of space and time so all Buddhas are potentially present everywhere all the time.
There are two main branches of Buddhism, the Theravada and the Mahayana.
The Mahayana can be further divided into sub-branches. The four primary sub-branches of Mahayana Buddhism are:
two types of buddhism are zen and amida
Zen:through disipline
Amida:through mercy
Therevada, Mahayana, Tibetan
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theravada, japanese, western and Tibetan
pure-land buddhism zen buddhism buddhism ??
There are three major types, or vehicles, in Buddhism. They are the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.
zen, mahayana and therevana are the different types of Buddhism The is Hinayana the original of the buddha, Mahayana, Vajrayana, and Nagarjuna
It mixes with Japanese Buddhism, or Zen Buddhism. there are other types of buddhism, but not that are practiced in Japan.
Mahayana is the only proper Japanese buddhism
-Theravada Buddhism -Mahayana Buddhism (Zen)
there are six types of laughing buddha
The two groups were Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism.
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Theravada and Mahayana
There are few types. Theravada,mahayana,vajrayana are some
As with many of the world's major religions there is not just one type of Buddhism. The major types are Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. There is also another called zen.