branch of Buddhism

C11626
concept

A branch of Buddhism is a major tradition or school within Buddhism that shares core teachings of the Buddha but differs in practices, interpretations, and cultural expressions.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Buddhist denomination 5
branch of Buddhism canonical 2
Buddhist religious lineage 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: branch of Buddhism
Generated description
A branch of Buddhism is a major tradition or school within Buddhism that shares core teachings of the Buddha but differs in practices, interpretations, and cultural expressions.

Instances (11)

Instance Via concept surface
Tsar sub-school sub-school within the Sakya tradition
Great Vehicle
Kempon Hokke Buddhist denomination
Honmon Butsuryu-shu Buddhist denomination
Chisan-ha Buddhist denomination
Sōtō Zen Buddhist denomination
Shinshū Ōtani-ha Buddhist denomination
Mahayana
Zen patriarchs Buddhist religious lineage
曹洞宗 禅宗の一派
Burmese Buddhism form of Theravāda Buddhism