Early Buddhism = teachings of Buddha, Vinaya and Sutta pitakas
Re-organization and explanations = Abhidharma
- Creation of Pali Canon, Tripitaka
- Led by Ven. Sariputra, analysis
2 Main Groups:
- Hinayana (not Culayana)
- Mahayana
100 years after Parinirvana, first split
- Sthaviravada ("Teaching of the elders") - (Similar to Theravada which was based in Sri Lanka)
-- Split into 18
-- Sthaviravada, Sammitiya, Sarvastivada, and Sautrantika survived
- Mahasanghika ("Great Sangha") - (Maybe led to Mahayana group of schools)
-- Split into 6
Overall, 3 Schools of Thought:
- Hinayana
-- Abhidharmikas/Dharmavadins
-- All schools had Abhidharma
- Madhyamaka
-- Critical response to Abhidharma
-- Sunyatavada
-- All Dharmas empty
- Yogacara
-- Also = Vijnanavada
-- Everything can be reduced to mind
Sarvastivada v. Vibhajyavada doctrines:
S - all exists in 3 times (past, present, future) (tri-temporal existence)
V - (Sautrantikas) all exists within range of perception and 12 faculties
Arguments exist in:
- Vijnana-kaya Sastra
- Mahavibhasa Sastra
- Abhidharma-kosabhasya