Home›Buddhism›Origin Era›By Century›13th centuryBrowse By13th centuryThis page groups denominations by the era in which they broke away or formed. Wikipedia notes that Protestantism "separated from the Catholic Church in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation." Browsing by origin era lets a visitor see which denominations are centuries old and which split off only recently.FactsLearn More13th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe 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. 2OriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe 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. 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedDenominations 1Learn MoreThe 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.13th centuryFilter Results5 entriesFounded ByAllNichiren (1)Parent ReligionAllBuddhism (5)Originated InAllJapan (4)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan) (4)Classical Tibetan (1)The vernacular (1)PolityAllA head temple over affiliated branch temples (4)Authority in recognised reincarnate lineages (1)Authority through monastic ordination lineage and its seats (1)Priestly office passing by descent (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (5)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)Ordination PracticeAllCelibacy required of the ordained (1)Married clergy permitted (4)Office passes by descent (1)Open to women and men (2)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (4)Parent DenominationAllTibetan Buddhism (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 5Jodo Shinshu13th centuryJonang13th centuryNichiren13th centuryNichiren Shoshu13th centurySoto13th centurySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices, 2nd editiontier 1Peter Harvey, Cambridge University Press, 2013View the Source3. The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhismtier 1Robert E. Buswell Jr. and Donald S. Lopez Jr., Princeton University Press, 2014s.v. HinayanaView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.