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Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

This page groups denominations by the language their services are conducted in. Wikipedia notes that in the Eastern Orthodox Church, its Rite of Tonsure "is printed in the Euchologion (Church Slavonic: Trebnik), the same book as the other Sacred Mysteries and services." Browsing by liturgical language lets a visitor find every denomination that worships in the same tongue.

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What Defines This Grouping
The vehicles and schools of Buddhism, distinguished by which scriptures are authoritative, by the ideal held out to the practitioner, by the status accorded the Buddha and by the means to awakening - and geographically, each vehicle having taken its own route out of India. 2
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Whose Classification This Is
The three-vehicle scheme is a Mahayana classification of Buddhism, not a neutral one: Hinayana, the lesser vehicle, is a polemical term for a set of schools that never used it of themselves and whose surviving representative calls itself Theravada. 3
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The schools of Buddhism

This group holds the major traditions and schools of Buddhism, which spread from its Indian origin across Asia and adapted deeply to each culture it entered. Rather than denominations in the Christian sense, these are lineages and vehicles distinguished by canon, practice and philosophical emphasis.

The browser will find the three great vehicles (Theravada, the older tradition of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia; Mahayana, the broad northern tradition with its bodhisattva ideal; and Vajrayana, the tantric path prominent in Tibet), together with their many schools, such as Zen, Pure Land, Tiantai, Nichiren and the Tibetan orders. The entries describe each school's texts, practices and lineage.

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)
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Jodo Shinshu

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Jogye Order

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Mahayana

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Nichiren

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Nichiren Shoshu

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Pure Land

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Rinzai

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Shingon

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Soka Gakkai

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Soto

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Tendai

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Tiantai

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)

Zen

Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan)
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices, 2nd edition
Peter Harvey, Cambridge University Press, 2013View the Source
3. The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
Robert E. Buswell Jr. and Donald S. Lopez Jr., Princeton University Press, 2014s.v. HinayanaView the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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