How many branches or schools are there in Buddhism?

Buddhism in India, Hinayana has a Theravada and popular twenty schools of dispute; Mahayana has Madhyamaka and Yoga.

There are two cases of emptiness.

After Buddhism was introduced into China, at first there was no distinction between the Mahayana and Theravada scriptures, and there was no distinction between the establishment of sects and schools, and the following sects were formed: Vinaya Buddhism, Chengshi Buddhism, Kusha Buddhism, Three Treatise Sects, Nirvana Sects, Earth Treatise Sects, and Zen Buddhism.

The Regency Sect, the Tiantai Sect, the Pure Sect, the Wisdom Sect, the Huayan Sect, and the Tantric Sect.

These thirteen sects.

Among these thirteen sects, the Nirvana sect is classified as the Tiantai sect; The Earth Treatise Sect was subsumed into the Huayan Sect; The Regency Sect is classified as the Enlightenment Sect. There are only ten cases that have been handed down so far.

Later, it was judged that the Kusha sect and the Chengshi sect among the ten sects were listed as Hinayana scriptures. Therefore, among the Mahayana sects in Middle-earth, there are eight major sects that are influential and still popular today: the Three Treatises, the Tiantai Sect, the Huayan Sect, the Wisdom Enlightenment Sect, the Vinaya Sect, the Zen Sect, and the Pure Land Sect. Tantra.

It took me half a month to sort out the branches and factions of Buddhism. It is not something that can be completely explained at one time, and it is necessary to rely on a large number of documents and materials.

From the time division, geographical division, text division, etc. I can only give a general description for your reference: from ancient India to China, Korea, Japan and other countries.

The Northern Buddhism of the family is based on the Mahayana teachings. The main schools are Madhyamaka, Yoga and Enlightenment. This one is now the largest in the world.

A sect of Buddhism that is generally recognized. The Northern Buddhist scriptures are transmitted using the Chinese system, and we call them Han Buddhism. Most of the current denominations are made up.

Here we are. Seongshizong, Seongnonzong, Kusha Sect, Sanlunzong, Tiantai Sect, Hosho Sect, Dharma Eye Sect, Huayan Sect, Weishi Sect, Soto Sect, Rinzai Sect.

Buddhism, Vinaya Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, etc. Using the Tibetan system of transmission, we call it Tibetan Buddhism. Its main factions are the Nyingma and Sakya sects

Kagyu Gelug Sect Kyonang Sect Hisje Sect.

The second is the Southern Buddhism that has been transmitted to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and other countries, and is mainly based on Hinayana teachings. It is also called the two squares, that is, sound and hearing, and edge awareness. Genus.

Pali system.

There are three major lineages of Buddhism: Chinese, Tibetan, and Southern Buddhism

In China, all three of these lineages are present

Among them, there are 10 major sects of Chinese Buddhism:

Chengshi Buddhism, Kusha Buddhism, Sannon Buddhism, Tiantai Buddhism, Dharma Xiang Buddhism, Huayan Buddhism, Vinaya Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Tantra Buddhism

There are 6 major schools of Tibetan Buddhism: Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu, Gelug, Jonang, and Shijja

Shakyamuni Buddha said: Buddhism is divided into two sects and three vehicles. The two are sutra tantras. The three vehicles are Hinayana Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, and Vajrayana Buddhism. Otherwise, this is not what the Buddha said.

Buddhism, in today's day there are five schools:

One said: Han Buddhism, divided into eight sects: Tiantai Sect (Qiantian Division), Pure Land Sect (Kundi Division), Vinaya Sect (Zhenlei Division), Zen Buddhism (Xunfeng Division), Three Treatises Sect (Kanshui Division), Wisdom Sect (Fire Division), Huayan Sect (Genshan Division), Tantric Buddhism (Duize Division).

The second said: Tibetan Buddhism is divided into four sects: the ancient sect (Red Sect), the Sanhua Sect (Duan Tiehua Sect), the Koubai Sect (White Sect), and the Shangui Sect (Yellow Sect).

The third said: Southern Buddhism, divided into ten sects: the Great Temple Sect (Sri Naran and Lanka), the Relic Sect (Sri Lanka), the Mon Sect (Sri Lanka), the Good Dharma Sect (Myanmar), the Shwe Gene Sect (Myanmar), the Menzong (Myanmar), the Sect of Sects (Thailand), the Dharma Sect (Thailand), the corresponding sect (Cambodia), and the Dabu Sect (Laos).

Fourth, it is said that Eastern Buddhism is divided into thirteen sects: Nichiren (Japan), Shingon (Japan), Taitanic (Japan), Rinzai (Japan), Nunzong (Japan), Seisi (Japan), Kusha (Japan), Ichijo (Ryukyus), Haidong (Korea), Chogyesu (Korea), Taikoo (Korea), Guanbi (Vietnam), Shouzong (Mongolia).

Five: Indian Buddhism: All Sects.

Buddhism has 84,000 methods and countless sects.

Chinese Buddhism is broadly divided into ten sects: the ten sects include eight Mahayana sects, which are ".Zen Buddhism, Tiantai Buddhism, Huayan Buddhism, Tantra Buddhism, Dharma Xiang Buddhism, Vinaya Buddhism, Three Treatise Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism”；Two Hinayana sects, respectively".Kusha Sect, Chengshi Sect

Taking Zen Buddhism as an example, Zen Buddhism is divided into five schools and seven sects, namelyRinzai Sect, Caodong Sect, Weiyang Sect, Cloud Gate Sect, Dharma Eye SectFive families, plus those branched out from the Rinzai sectHuanglong factionwithYang Qi faction.

Shaolin Temple forZen ancestral garden, Soto sect dojo.

Taking Tantra as an example, it is generally not called "Tantra" but "Esoteric Buddhism", and the other nine sects are called "Xianjiao", because they disappeared in the Dharma before the establishment of a sect in China, and Esoteric Buddhism was particularly prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, so it is called "Tang Esoteric". Tang Mi was fortunate to be introduced to Japan and South Korea, and established a sect in Japan. Esoteric Buddhism (Tang Esoteric Buddhism) was introduced to Japan and opened as "Shingon Buddhism".

Divided into:Koyasan Shingon sect(Kongobuji Temple),Shingon sect of the Imperial Chamber(Ninnaji Temple),Daigo faction(Daigo-ji Temple),Datanji TemplePai (Datanji),Toji faction(The end of the East Temple),Toji Shingon sect(Toji Temple),Shingon sect mountain tiers(勧修寺)、Izumi temple school(Izumitsuji Temple),Shantong temple school(Shantong Temple),Zhishan faction(Intellectual Savings Institute),Toyoyama pie(Hase-dera Temple). Under the factions, there are all streams.

The Buddhas established the religion, and the ancestors opened the sect. Buddhism is like a big tree, with many branches and leaves growing on one trunk. The sects of Buddhism are like the branches and leaves of a big tree, and the branches and leaves blossom and bear fruit, and they are extremely luxuriant.

Lots of genres.

A little bigger, there are Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism.

Smaller, this sect and that sect, I don't know how many Shaolin temples claim to be Zen Buddhism. Bodhidharma Patriarch passed on the Dharma.

There are 84,000 ways to practice Buddhism, but they are roughly divided into Pure Land Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism.