Why is Buddhism now only Zen and Pure Land? Where have the other denominations gone?

Chinese Buddhism. It is roughly divided into eight sects, and there are other theories, only Hanmi has completely disappeared, and the others have inherited the Tiantai sect.

The four schools of Buddhism, the Three Treatises, the Faxiangzong, and the Huayan Sect belong to the extremely cumbersome schools of Buddhist theory, which are popular among high-level intellectuals and are far away from the people; Vinaya pays attention to precepts and is far away from the laity, while Zen Buddhism was gradually incorporated into the Pure Land sect because it was a formality and lost its creativity during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Now when it comes to the Pure Land Sect, his creation itself is a progress, in order to promote the idea of Buddhism and Taoism in the world, it is closer to the people, and it is easy to be accepted, and the result is that the world is full of Pure Land Sects, but it is true that the practice methods of the Pure Land Sect have no depth, and I don't like it.

Because the development of Buddhism is very backward now, many of the previous sects have gone to foreign countries to develop, such as India, because they were more oppressive of Buddhism during the Song Dynasty.

Buddhism is now only the Pure Land. After the destruction of the Buddha by Tang Wuzong and the destruction of the Buddha by Zhou Shizong, Buddhism was left with only the Pure Land. Zen Buddhism is not Buddhism, it is a metaphysical school of Taoism.

Because most of the other sects have some defects, and as the defects get worse, they begin to perish.

It is because other denominations have disappeared with the changes of the times and social upheaval, because their culture is not very suitable for the social environment.

It seems to have been merged by the Void Cloud, and the Void Cloud has a five-in-one.

Practice, it doesn't matter if you like it or not, people have 84,000 kinds of minds, so there are 84,000 methods, the Buddha said, there is no way to say, there is nothing in the first place, what to say, you have to practice.

It's the same, except that Zen Buddhism is one of the methods, and the word "Zen" is just something that someone else has taken to be able to separate.

Zen Buddhism is a Chinese localization of Buddhism, which can be said to break the cumbersome process in Indian Buddhism, and it is the essence of Buddhism!

First of all, Zen Buddhism is a sect of Buddhism.

There are eight major sects of Buddhism, namely the Three Treatises sect also known as the Dharma Nature Sect, the second is the Yoga sect also known as the Dharma Xiang sect, the third is the Tiantai sect, the fourth is the Xianshou sect also known as the Huayan sect, the fifth is the Zen sect, the sixth is the Pure Land sect, the seventh is the Vinaya sect, and the eighth is the Tantra sect also known as the Shingon sect.

The first ancestor of Zen Buddhism is the "Bodhidharma Patriarch" in our mouth, and the last vein is the six ancestors "Huineng Zen Master".

Not exactly, religion itself is a collection of doctrines. And the doctrine. It's pretty much the same.

The relationship between Buddhism and Zen Buddhism is like the relationship between food and steamed buns.

No. The concept of Buddhism is huge, and Zen Buddhism should be a branch of it.

It is a branch of Buddhism. He advocates seeing nature to become a Buddha.

No. Zen Buddhism belongs to only one part of Buddhism, and it is controversial.

Zen Buddhism is part of Sinicized Buddhism, but, not all, there are many other sects.

The development of Zen Buddhism has a long history and is based on Buddhism that came from India.

Buddhism is a big classification, the relationship between Zen Buddhism and Buddhism, simply put, is the relationship between Beijing and China, is only a part, of course, this metaphor is not very good, you can understand it this way, you can look at related books, "Buddhism Encyclopedia" and the like.

Zen Buddhism is a practice of Buddhism.

For example, if Buddhism is a university, then Zen Buddhism is a faculty of that university.

Buddhism is a religion that originated in ancient India, Buddhism can be basically divided into Mahayana and Hinayana and Hinayana Buddhism emphasizes self-realization and self-awareness, and Mahayana emphasizes self-consciousness and self-awareness. Zen Buddhism is a sect belonging to Chinese Buddhism, Zen means "meditation", according to legend, it was created by Bodhidharma, he had meditated on the wall of Songshan Shaolin Temple for nine years, so it was named. However, the real great impact was after the six ancestors of the Tang Dynasty, Zen Buddhism was not taught outside the teaching, did not establish words, and directly pointed to the hearts of the people, and became a prominent representative of Chinese Buddhism after the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Buddhism is broad and profound, there are many sects, and Zen Buddhism is just one of the branches of Chinese Buddhism, and it cannot be said that Buddhism and Zen Buddhism are the same thing.

It should be said that Buddhism is a type of Zen Buddhism, like a province, below such and such a city.

Broadly speaking, there are roughly three ways of practicing Buddhism at present:

1.Pure Land Buddhism: Reciting the Buddha to survive in the Elysian World, a relatively stable way of practice in the era of the end of the Dharma, is generally suitable for the foundation.

2.Zen Buddhism: Zen Buddhism does not set up words, pay attention to epiphany, reference to the head, meditation is only one of the ways, generally on the root of the people, when on the vulture mountain to ask the Buddha to say the Dharma, the Buddha is silent, everyone is puzzled, only the Buddha smiles, understand the Buddha's intentions, the world does not set up words, to the heart of the heart, the mantle of Zen Buddhism is passed on to the Ka Ye, the Ka Ye has also become the founder of Zen Buddhism.

Later, Patriarch Bodhidharma introduced Zen Buddhism to China from India.

3.Tantra: The emphasis is on the mantra and the blessings of the guru.

However, in the actual practice, these methods cannot be completely separated, there are often main and secondary, positive and helpful, the Dharma is the perfection of the Dharma, for example, the main practice of the Pure Land, then the practice of meditation mantras can be used as a help, and there is no conflict.

There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south.

What is a Buddhist sect.

Sects, mainly sects, have two meanings: the broad sense refers to schools and sects, while the narrow sense refers specifically to sects.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the study of catechism tended to be deep and specialized, so there were masters who focused on studying and promoting certain classics, such as Vitan, Chengshi, and Selun. This kind of specialization in a certain classic knowledge is also called a sect, and the meaning of this sect is a school.

Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, some schools have flourished and become religious groups with ancestors, inheritances, a large number of believers, and doctrines and canons.

Why are there different denominations.

As for the distinction between sects, in a word, it is mainly due to differences in the understanding of the teachings or differences in the methods of practice. Different understandings of existence and emptiness, and different adherence to Mahayana and Hinayana will all have an impact on the formation of sects.

What are the denominations?

Because of the differences in the definition of sects, the number of all sects in the Buddhist history books also varies, and there are thirteen, ten, and eight sects.

Thirteen sects: 1. Vitan sect (Hinayana sect, through Kusha sect); 2. Chengshi Sect (Hinayana Empty Sect); 3. Vinaya (commonly known as Nanshan Sect); Fourth, the Three Treatises (Mahayana Void Sect, also known as the Sex Sect); 5. Nirvana Sect; Sixth, the Theory of the Earth; 7. Pure Land Sect (also known as Lotus Sect); 8. Zen Buddhism (also known as Heart Buddhism); 9. The Regency Sect; 10. Tiantai sect (also known as Lotus sect); Ten.

1. Huayan Sect (also known as Xian Shouzong); Twelve, the Dharma Xiangzong (Mahayana Youzong, also known as the Benevolence Sect, the Wisdom Sect, and the Xiangzong Sect); Ten.

3. Shingon (also known as Tantra).

Ten cases: 1. Vinaya; 2. Kusha Sect; 3. Chengshi Sect; 4. Three Treatises; 5. Tiantai Sect; Sixth, the first sect of the virtuous; 7. Benevolence Sect; 8. Zen Buddhism; 9. Tantra; 10. Pure Land Buddhism.

Eight sects: the first and third treatises; 2. Tiantai Sect; 3. Dharma Xiangzong; Fourth, Huayan Sect; 5. Vinaya; 6. Zen Buddhism; 7. Pure Land Buddhism; Eighth, Shingon Buddhism.

And the sect also has a difference in rank, just like the Vinaya sect, under which there are the Xiangbu sect and the East Tower sect; It is also Zen Buddhism, and there are Rinzai sects, Soto sects, etc.