by Chade-Meng Tan | Jun 18, 2024 | Buddhism for All
“Master, when you were young, did you also have sects?” (Context: The history of sectarian Buddhism.) According to the popular narrative, sectarian Buddhism started with a schism at the Second Buddhist Council due a disagreement over monastic rules. ...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jun 16, 2024 | Buddhism for All
There are now three major sects of Buddhism: Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana.[1] Here is a short historical account of how it came to be. Previously, we talked about how two of King Ashoka’s children, Mahinda and Sanghamitta, were sent to Sri Lanka as Buddhist...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jun 13, 2024 | Buddhism for All
In May 1998, in New York City, there was a historic dialog between two highly revered masters from two different sects of Buddhism. One was the Dalai Lama, the leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the other was the Chinese Zen Master Sheng Yen. They were sharing a...
