Home›Essay and Travel Writing›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups literary works by the religion that treats them as authoritative. Wikipedia notes that "within each religion, these texts are revered as authoritative sources of guidance, wisdom, and divine revelation." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every work revered by the same religion together.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedLiterary Works 1TraditionFilter Results3 entriesBasis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllA divine pleroma above a flawed creator, with salvation through gnosis of a fallen divine spark (1)Awakening as sudden and direct, outside the scriptures (1)Awakening by one's own effort (jiriki) (1)GovernanceAllA head temple over affiliated branch temples (1)Authority through monastic ordination lineage and its seats (1)No central authority (1)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan) (1)The vernacular (1)Membership Figure As OfAll1984-01-01 (1)2021-01-01 (1)OrdinationAllMarried clergy permitted (1)No ordination; authority rests on learning or on the whole body (1)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (1)Origin Period End YearAll140 (1)1200 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll120 (1)500 (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Living tradition, practised today (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBasilideansTradition1 entryFolk ShintoTradition1 entryZenTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeComments (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.