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Schools of Buddhism

by edwhys211 » Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:26 am

What are the different schools of Buddhism, and what do they believe? What makes each one different than the rest?

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Re: Schools of Buddhism

by Aloka » Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:41 am

This basic information from the Buddhanet site might be helpful:

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/schools.htm

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Re: Schools of Buddhism

by Ben » Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:51 am

In this instance, wikipedia might provide a good starting point:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana

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