Could someone provide a list of all Buddhist schools?
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Out of thousands schools, sub-schools, and hybrids, here are some of the most notable outlines:
Early Buddhism and conservative descendants
- =======Popular wing=======
- Mahasanghika (developed into Mahayana)
- Gokulika (in Varanasi/Pataliputra)
- Bahusrutiya (in Kosala)
- Satyasiddhi / Tattvasiddhi (Chinese, extinct)
- Jojitsu (Japanese)
- Satyasiddhi / Tattvasiddhi (Chinese, extinct)
- Prajnaptivada (in Magadha)
- Bahusrutiya (in Kosala)
- Lokottaravada
- Caitika
- Gokulika (in Varanasi/Pataliputra)
- Pudgalavada heresy (extinct)
- Vatsiputriya (extinct)
- Sanmitiya (extinct)
- Vatsiputriya (extinct)
- Mahasanghika (developed into Mahayana)
- =======Conservative center=======
- Tamraparniya (the Sri Lanka offshoot)
- Theravada
- Mahisasaka (absorbed into Theravada)
- Dharmaguptaka (in Gandhara, extinct)
- Ritsu (Japanese)
- Tamraparniya (the Sri Lanka offshoot)
- =======Abhidharma wing=======
- Sarvastivada (in Gandhara, extinct)
- Vaibhashika (extinct)
- Sautrantika (developed into Yogacara)
- Kusha (Japanese, extinct)
- Sarvastivada (in Gandhara, extinct)
Mahayana
- =======Prajnaparamita / emptiness group=======
- Yogacara line
- Faxiang (Chinese)
- Hosso (Japanese)
- Madhyamaka line
- Tibetan family
- Kadam (extinct)
- Gelug (Dalai Lama's school)
- Sakya
- Kadam (extinct)
- Sanlun (Chinese, extinct)
- Sanron (Japanese, extinct)
- Tibetan family
- Chan (Chinese)
- Zen (Japanese)
- Soto
- Rinzai
- Fuke (extinct)
- Obaku
- Seon (Korean)
- Jogye / Chogye (my Zen Master's school)
- Thien (Vietnamese)
- Zen (Japanese)
- Yogacara line
- =======Tantric group=======
- Tibetan tantra
- Nyingma
- Aro gTΓ©r
- Kagyu
- Karma-Kagyu (Chogyam Trungpa's school)
- New Kadampa (Gelug breakaway)
- Nyingma
- Tangmi (Chinese)
- Shingon (Japanese)
- Tibetan tantra
- =======Sincretic group=======
- Bon-Nyingma hybrid (Tibetan)
- Shugendo (Japanese)
- Ari Gaing (Burma, extinct)
- Newar (Nepal)
- =======Popular wing / Ekayana=======
- Pure Land / Amitabha line
- Jodo (Japanese)
- Yuzu Nembutsu (Japanese)
- Lotus Sutra line
- Tiantai (Chinese)
- Cheontae (Korean)
- Tendai (Japanese)
- Nichiren (Japanese)
- Nipponzan-Myohoji (my first encounter with Buddhism)
- Tiantai (Chinese)
- Avatamsaka Sutra line
- Huayan (Chinese)
- Kegon (Japanese)
- Hwaeom (Korean, subsumed by Seon)
- Huayan (Chinese)
- Pure Land / Amitabha line
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There are the following links to Buddhist Schools:
Wikipedia - "Schools of Buddhism".
BuddhaNet - "Schools / Lineages".
Rigpawiki - "The four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism"
DharmaNet - "The Principal Spiritual Traditions of Buddhism"
SiddhartaBuddhism - "Buddhist Sects"
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