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Buddhists Schools: Mahayana, Theravada


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Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, ZEN Buddhism. Bodhisattva / Arhant

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As almost all religions, Buddhism is not a monolithic block. Throughout its millenarian history different schools have been emerged.

  1. Mahayana Buddhism
  2. Theravada Buddhism
  3. Vajrayana Buddhism

Unlike Christianity, there is not the Papal figure, being the main religious authority the sacred texts (sermons or sutras). After the death of Buddha emerged the first Buddhist schism.

“May I be a balm to the ill, their healer and servitor, until sickness comes never again;
My being and my pleasures, all my righteousness in the past, present, and future I surrender indifferently, that all creatures may win to their end.” Shantideva

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  1. Buddhist Schools
  2. Mahayana Buddhism
  3. Theravada Buddhism
  4. Vajrayana Buddhism (Lamaist/Tibetan)
  5. ZEN Buddhism
  6. Pure Land Buddhism

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The Subject “Buddhist Schools: Mahayana, Theravada” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: Global Ethics, Religions, and International Business, World Trade.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB AI) Online

Masters: International Business, Religions and Business.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB AI)

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English or Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Mahayana Theravada Study Doctorate in International Business in French Bouddhisme Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Budismo.

  1. Why study “Buddhism and Business”?
  2. Buddhist ethics, Buddhism in the World, Buddhist Economics

The three largest Buddhist Schools are (figures according to Adherents.com).

1- Mahayana Buddhism (the great way).

  1. About 185 million of followers, 56% of all Buddhists
  2. Central figure: Bodhisattva
  3. Mahayana Buddhism currently, has a strong presence in China, Tibet, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Taiwan
  4. One of the largest Mahayana schools is the “Pure Land Buddhism”

Zen Buddhism

  1. If anything characterizes Zen Buddhism (Ch'an) is Taoist influence
  2. Zen belongs to Mahayana School, and translation would be “Meditation”
  3. Zen Buddhism is perhaps the most influential in the West
  4. His vision is based on the so-called “the Flower Sermon of Buddha”

2- Theravada Buddhism (or Hinayana, the “minor way”).

  1. About 124 million (38% of all  Buddhists)
  2. Central figure: Arhat
  3. Main Theravada countries are Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia (Southeast Asia)
  4. The influence of Buddhism Theravada is very latent on these countries

3- Vajrayana (Diamond Vehicle Buddhism).

  1. 20 million followers (6%)
  2. Present in Tibet, Bhutan, northern India, Nepal, southwestern China and Mongolia

Arhant/Bodhisattva.

The concept of Arhant/Bodhisattva varies in each Buddhist School, and perhaps is one of the main causes that justify the division between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism.

  1. For Theravada Buddhists, this salvation is exclusive to the person; it is an individual spiritual goal, and is reserved for Arhants
  2. Mahayana Buddhists criticize this narrow vision focused on an individual, for them,  salvation must benefit to mankind. The Bodhisattva who being about to attain the enlightenment, renouncing it, staying in the infinite cycle of rebirths to save humanity

For a Mahayana Buddhist:

Buddha is the Savior of the World and the spiritual guide of humanity.

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