HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Purva-Mimamsakas
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The Shwetamber sect of Jainism
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The Mahasangbika sect of Buddhism
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The Sthaviravada sect of Buddhism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mahasanghika & Mahayana The Caitika, Lokottarvada, and Kukkutika sects all emerge from the Mahasanghika school after this time and continue on with their own traditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lokottaravadin sect was an offshoot of Mahasanghika sect of Buddhism. The deification of Buddha by Mahasanghikas fostered the Mahayana Buddhism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mahayana Buddhism Mahayana is a philosophical movement that proclaimed the possibility of universal salvation, offering assistance to practitioners in the form of compassionate beings called bodhisattvas. The goal was to open up the possibility of buddhahood (becoming a Buddha) to all sentient beings.
Detailed explanation-4: -To clarify this complex movement of spiritual and religious thought and religious practice, it may help to understand the three main classifications of Buddhism to date: Theravada (also known as Hinayana, the vehicle of the Hearers), Mahayana, and Vajrayana.