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What were the 2 types of Buddhism in japan?
Theravada and Mahayana
What are the two groups that the Buddhists split into?
They split into the Mahayana and Theravada. Theravada is called the Teachings of the Elders and is predominant in South East Asia (Burma, Thailand, etc). It is somewhat closer to basics of what the Buddha taught and is more concerned with personnel liberation. Mahayana is predominate in China, Tibet, Japan. In its teachings it includes discourses and analysis from later Buddhists. It too is primarily concerned with personnel liberation but also includes the importance of helping other sentient beings to reach liberation.
What are the two branches of Buddhism?
Theravada Buddhism focuses on the individual; Mahayana Buddhism focuses on society as a whole.
The main sects of buddhism?
Theravada, Mahayana, & Vajyana. The 2 most well known Buddhist sects are Zen & Tibetan. Zen falls under the Mahayana denomination, & Tibetan falls under the Vajyana denomination.
How many different versions of Buddhism are there?
There are really only 2 distinct types of Buddhism, though there are subgroups to them. The two major groups are Theravada and Mahayana. Theravada is call the "teachings of the Elders" and is most closest to the original teachings of the Buddha. Mahayana incorporates teachings of later Buddhas and Bodisatvas into the Buddhas original teachings. All the differnt lineages of Buddhism fall within one of these two groups but all teachings agree as to what the Buddha taught and to what the objective of Buddhism is.
The names of 2 different kinds of Buddhism and where they are found?
Theravada is the earliest teachings of Buddha without any revisions. Mahayana is a very broad scope of Buddhism, under its umbrella are tantra, Tibetan, and pure land sect.
What trail split into 2 branches after reaching the Snake River?
the Nile river split in half
What are the three main divisions in Buddhism?
Theravada and Mahayana. Within Mahayana, you find Zen Buddhism.Answer: Theravada ('way of the elders') is more similar to original Buddhism, whereas Mahayana ('greater vehicle') has an unknown origin.
What are denomiantions of Buddhism?
As far as I can tell from my textbook "4th Edition Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge, and Change" Written by Michael Molloy. Diagram is on page 161. The Denominations are: Buddhism ..Theravada ..Mahayana ....Zen/Chan ....Nichiren ....Jodo/Jingtu (Pure Land) ....Tendai ....Shingon (This is under both Mahayana and Vajrayana) ..Vajrayana ....Tibetan ....Shingon (This is under both Mahayana and Vajrayana) In my textbook this is shown as a tree starting with the 2 periods branching off of Buddhism and the 4 periods branching from the 2 period denomination they are under.
What are the Mahayana scriptures known as..2 word answer?
Mahayana scriptures are known as Sutras.
What are the two types of Buddhism?
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]WWW.WIKIPEDA.ORGTaoist?
Why is zen a popular religion?
What makes you think it is? It is one of many schools of Mahayana (big vehicle) Buddhism - and is practised mainly in Japan (also soem parts of Vietnam and Korea). There are many schools and there is also Theravada Buddhism (the other main branch - the original teaching; before the great divide over 2 millenia ago)
