Early Schools, Early Buddhist Schools: 1 definition
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Source: WikiPedia: BuddhismThe Early Buddhist schools are those schools into which, according to most scholars, the Buddhist monastic Sangha initially split, due originally to differences in Vinaya, and later also due to doctrinal differences and geographical separateness of groups of monks.
The original Sangha split into the first early schools (commonly believed to be the Sthaviravadins and the Mahasanghikas) a significant number of years (at least 100) after the death of Gautama Buddha.[citation needed] Later, these first early schools split into further divisions such as the Sarvastivadins and the Dharmaguptakas, and ended up numbering, traditionally, about 18 or 20 schools. In fact, there are several overlapping lists of 18 schools preserved in the Buddhist tradition, totalling about twice as many, though some may be alternative names. It is thought likely that the number is merely conventional.
The arising of the Mahayana school of Buddhism (1st / 2nd century CE) went together with the writing of the new Mahayana Sutras. The supposed philosophy or attitude that according to the Mahayana unites the separate early schools was called Hinayana, a term many consider to be derogatory and offensive.
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A comparative study between Buddhism and Nyaya (by Roberta Pamio)
Aims and scope of the Study < [Introduction]
The Catu-Bhanavara-Pali (critical study) (by Moumita Dutta Banik)
(9) Ratana sutta or Discourse on precious Jewels < [Chapter 2 - Subject Matter of the First Bhanavara]
Dhyana in the Buddhist Literature (by Truong Thi Thuy La)
3.1 (a): The History of Mahāyāna Buddhism < [Chapter 3 - The Dhyāna in Mahāyāna Literature]
Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
Impact of Amarāvatī on early schools of art of South-East Asia < [Chapter 5 - Impact of Amarāvatī Art]
Vimalakīrti Sutra (by John R. McRae)