Home›Buddhism›Polity›Authority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsBrowse ByAuthority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsThis page groups denominations by how they are governed. Wikipedia notes that "the Catholic Church, led by the Bishop of Rome and the bishops worldwide in communion with him, is a communion of 24 Churches sui iuris." Browsing by polity lets a visitor compare a centrally governed denomination against one built from independent congregations.FactsLearn MoreAuthority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsSourcesComments (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.Authority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsFilter Results8 entriesFounded ByAllZhiyi (1)Origin EraAll250 BCE (1)500 (1)538 (1)600 (1)1050 (1)1073 (1)1294 (1)1409 (1)Establishment StatusAllPrivileged Never Established (1)Varies by Province (1)Parent ReligionAllBuddhism (8)Originated InAllChina (1)Tibet (4)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan) (2)Classical Tibetan (5)Pali (1)Sanskrit (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (8)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)Ordination PracticeAllCelibacy required of the ordained (3)Married clergy permitted (1)Non-celibate tantric practitioners alongside monastics (1)Office passes by descent (1)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (8)Restricted to men (1)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (3)Varies between provinces or member bodies (1)Parent DenominationAllMahayana (1)Tibetan Buddhism (4)BrowseCompareSelect all 8GelugAuthority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsJonangAuthority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsKagyuAuthority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsSakyaAuthority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsTheravadaAuthority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsTiantaiAuthority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsVajrayanaAuthority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsZenAuthority through monastic ordination lineage and its seatsSources1. 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.