- East Asian Buddhism
[
Seiryū-ji , Aomori,Japan .]East Asian Buddhism is a collective term for the schools of
Buddhism that developed in theEast Asia n region, most of which are part of theMahayana (which means "The Greater Vehicle") transmission. These includeChinese Buddhism ,Korean Buddhism ,Japanese Buddhism , andVietnamese Buddhism .The majority of Chinese people practice Confu-buddhism, and great many of Japanese people practice Shin-buddhism. Some think that Korean Buddhism preserves, or is one of the traditions closest to, the original Buddhism. However, others suggest that this claim can be made by Theravada [Gunasekara, V. [http://www.vgweb.org/bsq/basbud.htm#ch1 "Basic Buddhism: A Modern Introduction to the Buddha's Teaching"] . Third Edition. Buddhist Society of Queensland. Retrieved on:
August 6 ,2007 .] andZen Buddhism . [Rahula, W. [http://www.dharmaweb.org/index.php/Zen_and_the_Ten_Ox-herding_Pictures,_by_Venerable_Dr._Walpola_Rahula "Zen and the Ten Ox-herding Pictures"] . Dharmaweb.org. Retrieved on:August 6 ,2007 .]The school of Buddhism most prominent in
Sri Lanka and theSoutheast Asia n countries is Theravada Buddhism.Mahayana thought had originated in Indian Buddhist philosophers, whose teachings would filter into
East Asia n Mahayana.ee also
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