Wikipedia:WikiProject Buddhism/Buddhism: schools and teachers

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There are many divisions and subdivisions of the schools of Buddhism. The surviving forms can be roughly grouped under the categories of Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna. Some of their subdivisions are:

[edit] Early Buddhism and its continuances

• Theravāda
• Mahāsaṃghaka
• Sarvāstivāda
• Pudgalavāda
• Sautrāntika

[edit] Mahāyāna schools

• Madhyamaka
• Vijnnnānavāda
• Avataṃsaka
• Pure Land
• Chan/Zen

[edit] Vajrayāna

• Vajrayāna