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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsFour Basic Schools of Vaibh膩峁ka are known in Tibetan as bye brag pa'i rtsa ba sde bzhi.鈥擜ccordingly, [while describing the history of the Vaibh膩峁ka division of 艢r膩vaka philosophical systems]: Of the two 艢r膩vaka schools, the Vaibh膩峁kas are known as Vaibh膩峁kas (鈥淒etailers鈥�) because they follow the text called Ocean of Detailed Explanation or Great Detailed Explanation (Mah膩vibh膩峁Ｄ�) and because they argue in detail that the three times are substantially existent. They are divided into four basic schools and eighteen sects.
- the lineage from the preceptor-Arhat K膩艣yapa, the Mah膩s膩峁僩hika school;
- the lineage from R膩hula, the Sarv膩stiv膩da;
- the lineage from K膩ty膩yana, the Sthavira school; and
- the lineage from Up膩li, the Sa峁僲at墨ya school.
The sub-divisions make up the the Eighteen Sects; according to master Vin墨tadeva (eighth century).
The five Mah膩s膩峁僩hika sects are:
- 笔奴谤惫补艣补颈濒补,
- 础辫补谤补艣补颈濒补,
- Haimavata;
- 尝辞办辞迟迟补谤补惫腻诲补;
- 笔谤补箩帽补辫迟颈惫腻诲补;
The seven Sarv膩stiv膩din sects are:
- 惭奴濒补蝉补谤惫腻蝉迟颈惫腻诲补;
- 碍腻艣测补辫墨测补;
- 惭补丑墨艣腻蝉补办补;
- Dharmaguptaka;
- 叠补丑耻艣谤耻迟墨测补;
- 罢腻尘谤补艣腻峁珁补;
- 痴颈产丑补箩测补惫腻诲补.
The Sthavira sects are:
- 闯补颈迟补惫补苍墨测补;
- 础产丑补测补驳颈谤颈惫腻蝉墨测补;
- 惭补丑腻惫颈丑腻谤补惫腻蝉墨测补;
The three Sa峁僲at墨ya sects are:
- Kurukullaka;
- Avantaka;
- 痴腻迟蝉墨辫耻迟谤墨测补;
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
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Full-text: Sarvastivada, Vijnanavada, Shunyavada, bye brag pa'i rtsa ba sde bzhi, Madhyamaka, Sautrantika, Yogacara, Catubhuma, Aryasamitiya, Nairatmyavada, Madhyamikavada, Kagyu, Vaibhashika, Yana, Siddhantabheda.
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