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Buddhist practice


The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, Buddhism:

Buddhism (Pali/Sanskrit: बौद्ध धर्म Buddha Dharma) is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, "the awakened one".

Gautama Buddha

Schools of Buddhism

Timeline: Development and propagation of Buddhist traditions (ca. 450 BCE – ca. 1300 CE)

 

India

Early
Sangha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sri Lanka &
Southeast Asia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tibetan Buddhism

 

Nyingma

 

 

 

East Asia

Early Buddhist schools
and Mahāyāna
(via the silk road
to China, and ocean
contact from India to Vietnam)


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