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• Hinayana Buddhism (noun)
  1. an offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism; it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia
• Mahayana Buddhism (noun)
  1. one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and Japan
• Theravada Buddhism (noun)
  1. Burma Ceylon one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through your own efforts; a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the non-theistic ideal of self purification to nirvana; the dominant religion of Sri Lanka and Myanmar and Thailand and Laos and Cambodia
• Tibetan Buddhism (noun)
  1. a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism
• Zen Buddhism (noun)
  1. school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan
  2. a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight
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