Home›Sutras›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups scripture texts by the tradition that treats them as central. Wikipedia notes that in some non-theistic religions "such as some Indian religions they are considered to be the central tenets of their eternal Dharma," a different basis for sacredness than divine revelation. Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every text central to one religion together.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedScriptures & Texts 1TraditionFilter Results19 entriesBasis of the Education Facility CountAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Humanitarian Aid FigureAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (10)Independent Survey (1)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllJournalistic or Scholarly Estimate (1)Date of Separation End YearAll200 (2)816 (1)822 (1)1202 (1)1207 (1)1244 (1)1271 (1)1499 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll100 (2)805 (1)806 (1)1175 (1)1191 (1)1224 (1)1227 (1)1253 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllAdvaita: the self and Brahman are not different (1)All the teachings ranked in a graded classification (panjiao) (2)Awakening as sudden and direct, outside the scriptures (2)Awakening by one's own effort (jiriki) (2)Awakening by one's own effort (jiriki) (1)Awakening by tantric means (Vajrayana) (1)Awakening by the Buddha's power (tariki), not one's own (2)Awakening is the ground already present, not an outcome (4)Awakening through esoteric ritual transmission (mikkyo) (2)Awakening through graded cultivation (1)Buddhahood realised in this very body and lifetime (3)Emptiness, provisional existence and the middle held as one (2)Five deities worshipped as forms of one Brahman (1)Full mendicancy requires the abandonment of clothing (1)Liberation is attained only from a man's birth (1)Mendicants wear white cloth (1)One vehicle: every teaching leads to a single buddhahood (6)Rangtong: emptiness of self-nature (1)Samkhya: purusha and prakriti as two irreducible principles, with no god as either, distinct from the dvaita-dual value's God-and-soul dualism (1)Shiva as the supreme reality (1)The Agama canon accepted as authentically preserved (1)The Lotus Sutra alone as the complete teaching (1)The Lotus Sutra alone as the complete teaching (2)The original canon held to have been lost (1)The present age is too degenerate for the older disciplines (mappo) (5)Universal liberation by the path of the bodhisattva (2)Women may attain liberation from a woman's birth (1)Documented Accused CountAll1 (1)GovernanceAllA head temple over affiliated branch temples (9)A single central governing body over the whole movement (1)Authority in monastic seats (mathas) and their heads (1)Authority in recognised reincarnate lineages (1)Authority through monastic ordination lineage and its seats (5)Lay boards or trusts govern, alongside the priesthood (2)No central authority (3)Priestly office passing by descent (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (3)Humanitarian Aid Figure As OfAll2022-03-10 (1)2024-01-07 (1)2025-04-15 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllArdhamagadhi Prakrit (1)Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan) (12)Classical Tibetan (1)Jain Shauraseni Prakrit (1)Sanskrit (9)The vernacular (1)Membership Figure As OfAll1931-01-01 (1)1951-05-03 (1)1957-12-01 (1)1974-01-01 (1)1984-01-01 (3)1991-11-28 (1)1996-01-01 (1)2011-01-01 (1)2018-01-01 (1)2020-12-31 (1)2021-01-01 (4)2023-07-10 (1)2025-01-01 (1)OrdinationAllA full female ordination lineage continues (1)An unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (1)Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (1)Celibacy required of the ordained (2)Married clergy permitted (9)Office passes by descent (2)Open to women and men (3)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (13)Restricted to men (2)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (2)Origin Period End YearAll100 (1)200 (1)454 (1)597 (1)800 (1)806 (1)816 (1)900 (1)1175 (1)1200 (2)1202 (1)1244 (1)1253 (1)1290 (1)1499 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll100 BCE (1)100 (2)150 (1)300 (1)400 (1)500 (1)538 (1)600 (1)700 (1)800 (1)805 (1)806 (1)1191 (1)1224 (1)1227 (1)1253 (1)1290 (1)1930 (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (19)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll2004 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareDigambaraTradition1 entryJodo ShinshuTradition1 entryKashmir ShaivismTradition2 entriesMadhyamakaTradition3 entriesMahayanaTradition9 entriesNichirenTradition1 entryNichiren ShoshuTradition1 entryPure LandTradition1 entryRinzaiTradition1 entrySamkhyaTradition1 entryShingonTradition1 entrySmartismTradition1 entrySoka GakkaiTradition1 entrySotoTradition1 entrySvetambaraTradition1 entryTendaiTradition1 entryTiantaiTradition1 entryVajrayanaTradition2 entriesZenTradition4 entriesSources1. 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