What are the different sects of Buddhists?

Buddhists get married in many different ways because there are many sects of Buddhism in many countries. However, Buddhists see marriage as a secular event and are only expected to follow the laws in the countries they live in.

varies between different sects of Buddhists. Nicheren Buddhists for one typically pray twice a day morning and night Buddhism is a very varied religion There is no hard and fast rule

In the same way that there are several sects in the Christian faith, each represented by their own leader, and each ignoring the leadership o other sects top representative (e.g. Baptists do no give any obedience to the Roman Catholic pope). Buddhists are divided into different sects each with their own leadership structure. There is no overall leader.

There is no God in Buddhism. However, in sects like Tibetan Buddhism worship different deities such as White Tara. All Buddhists are Atheists in the sense that they don't believe in God.

No, the Trinity is a belief of some Christian sects. Buddhists do not have any position on it. Buddhist do believe that the existence of, or belief in, god(s) is not essential to the achievement of enlightenment.

There are many famous people who have or are currently practicing Buddhists. They can all follow different sects of the religion. Some are Kate Bosworth, Orlando Bloom, Richard Gere, Phil Jackson, Goldie Hawn, George Lucas, Jennifer Lopez, Tina Turner, and Steven Segal.

Not all sects of Buddhism practice vegetarianism.

Many Buddhists don't consider Buddhism to be a religion, but a philosophy. There are many different sects within Buddhism, like Mahayana or Zen, which use different techniques to understand the true nature of reality, and interpret the teachings given by the Buddha somewhat differently. Most of those sects believe that the other sects are all valid interpretations of Dharma, though there are some who think theirs is the only way.

i think there are no sects

bodh gaya is one of the four main pilgrimage sites for buddhists and is said to be the most important one as it is where the buddha achieved enlightenment. buddhists go there for may reasons but it unites buddhists and they can get closer to their religion and learn about differents buddhist sects around the world. hope this helps

Note that all Buddhists do not wear orange only the monks of some sects. Others dress as the rest of the people in their culture and the laity all dress as others in their culture.

Sahajdharis and Udasis are two examples of different sects of Sikhism. Many sects are not recognized as orthodox by most Sikhs.

The two largest religious groups are those following the Abrahamic traditions (sects such as Jews, Christians and Moslems) and the those following the Dravidian traditions (sects like Hindus, Buddhists, etc)

There are several different sects in Islam that branched off for different reasons. Please see the Related Questions below for a discussion of the differences between most sects of Islam and an in-depth discussion of the difference between the Sunni and Shiite Sects of Islam.

Buddhism has two main sects: Mahayana and Theravada. Theravada Buddhists believe in one Buddha who reached enlightenment or 'nirvana', while Mahayana Buddhists believe that Buddha was the first of many. Buddhism originated in India but is now predominant in Southeast Asia, Tibet, Mongolia, Taiwan, and China. Shinto is the native religion of Japan, worshipping many different spirits that inhabit trees and other aspects of nature.

There are three sects of Judaism: Orthodox, Conservative and Reform.

There are more then two Muslim sects but the two significant sects are Sunni and Shiite

It depends on which type of Buddhism. Some sects allow meat eating (ex. Japanese Buddhism) while others call for vegetarianism.

Malaysia is a multicultural society, so as such, there are many religions in Malaysia. Malaysia's national religion is Islam. However, there are significant sects of Christians, Buddhists, and Hindus.

The different sects of Judaism differ in many different ways, mainly though they differ in the way halacha ( code of law ) is interpreted.

There has virtually never been a time in Jewish history where there were no differing sects of Judaism. Sects come about as the result of different interpretations of the Torah and Talmud.

No, they are fully different religions with different faiths. Buddhists and Muslims do not share the same religious views especially Theravada Buddhists who don't worship a "god" Buddhists share some common features with Hindus, Sikhs and Jains. however. Muslims have some common features with Jews and Christians.

There are no formal sects in Confucianism.

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There is many Sects in Islam, there is also diffrent types of Sunnis with different beliefs, sub sects within.

saivism vaishnavism shaktavism those are the three major sects of Hinduism this three sects in indifferent............ they teaches the same path that is to attain the supreme but through different demi-god

In general lay Buddhists and Christians wear the same or similar clothes whereas ordained Buddhist and Christians wear different clothes.

"God" is not a concept in Buddhism. It is up to each individual to find their own path to enlightenment. If gods exist they do not offer any help or hindrance to people. Buddhists come in all sects. From gods to no gods. The sects with no gods are the ones that are more pure doctrine. The general answer is that they believe that if there is any sort of deity, it does not interact…

France is majority-Catholic, but has a significant Atheist minority. It also has minorities of less than 10% for Protestants and Muslims and minorities of less than 1% for Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists.

While Buddhists and Hindus have may similar concepts such as reincarnation, nirvana and karma the approaches are significantly different.

There are many religions in Chicago. "Christian" as a general category is most common, made up of many sects from Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and many different Protestant varieties. There are also strong populations of Jews, Muslims, Bahai, Sihk, Hindu, Buddhists, atheists and other lesser-known religions.

Theravada,Mahayana, and Mantrayana

Buddhism. There are many different sects.

Sunni, Shiite and Sufis.

Buddhists speak many different languages. The oldest Buddhist liturgical language is Pali, but there are many others, such as Sanskrit, Chinese, etc.

Different sects of Christianity have different ministers. There is no one over all ministers.

When a religion has different branches (e.g., Christianity), they are called "sects".

Because Buddhism teaches that all life is sacred, Buddhists are vegetarian. Buddhism is the major religion in a number of countries and is made up of several branches or sects. The diets are adapted to the regions and the sects involved. In Tibet for example, the major dietary components are barley and yak milk. In Japan it is vegetables, rice and soy products.

Many; Sunnis Shias, ahmadiyyas, Quraniyoon, Ibadi etc it is said that there will be 72 sects until dooms day comes.

Most religions do not have a head of their organization. This includes the Christians, Moslems, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists. Many sects do have heads (e.g The Pope for ROman Catholics) but the authority does not spread to all others of the religion.

it was developed by siddhartha gautama as reform of hindusism

Orthodox, Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist are the sects of Judaism.

Orthodox, conservative, reform, and re-constructionist.

Mainly Shiites and Sunnis. refer to question below.

It was a saying from Prophet Mohamed (peace upon him) that it will come the time in future when Muslims will be segregated in seventy three different sects and only one of them will be on the right path of Islam. So, these 73 sects are not yet a physical reality.

I would say that there are a few different kinds. The First are Tibetans who see him as the leader of their country. Then there are Buddhists of the Gelug branch of Tibetan Buddhists who see him as their Spiritual leader and then there are Buddhists in general who see him as an important spiritual teacher.

I would sya that there are a few different kinds. The First are Tibetans who see him as the leader of their country. Then there are Buddhists of the Gelug branch of Tibetan Buddhists who see him as their Spiritual leader and then there are Buddhists in general who see him as an important spiritual teacher.

Japan is almost %50 Buddhist. The others are mostly Shinto. There are many Buddhists living in Japan because it spread there from it's other native countries such as China, Korea, and India.

They are Muslims. It is irrelevant to think about which sect they belong to. No sects in Islam with same meaning as in Christianity. The sects in Islam are more or less different schools or different groups that differ only on minor historical issues.

Islam is the religion preached by Prophet Mohamed (SAW), and does not have any sects. The followers of this religion are called Muslims, and they, unfortunately do have different sects.