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Buddhism
(Encyclopedia)Buddhism b&oobreve;dˈĭzəm, religion and philosophy founded in India c.525 b.c. by Siddhartha Gautama, called the Buddha. There are over 300 million Buddhists worldwide. One of the great world r...Hinayana Buddhism
(Encyclopedia)Hinayana Buddhism: see Buddhism. ...Mahayana Buddhism
(Encyclopedia)Mahayana Buddhism: see Buddhism. ...Theravada Buddhism
(Encyclopedia)Theravada Buddhism: see Buddhism. ...Tibetan Buddhism
(Encyclopedia)Tibetan Buddhism, form of Buddhism prevailing in the Tibet region of China, Bhutan, the state of Sikkim in India, Mongolia, and parts of Siberia and SW China. It has sometimes been called Lamaism, fro...Vajrayana Buddhism
(Encyclopedia)Vajrayana Buddhism: see Tibetan Buddhism. ...Zen Buddhism
(Encyclopedia)Zen Buddhism, Buddhist sect of China and Japan. The name of the sect (Chin. Ch'an, Jap. Zen) derives from the Sanskrit dhyana [meditation]. In China the school early became known for making its centra...Hua-yen Buddhism
(Encyclopedia)Hua-yen Buddhism hwä-yŭn [key] [Chin.,=flower garland], school of Chinese Buddhism centering on the Avatamsaka Sutra [flower garland sutra]. This school has no Indian counterpart. Hua-yen classifies...Ch'an Buddhism
(Encyclopedia)Ch'an Buddhism: see Zen Buddhism. ...Hwa-yen Buddhism
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