The Dharmaguptaka School

The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya and its later place in the Chinese Vinaya school.

This page separates early textual evidence, modern scholarly discussion, and later readings. Historical study sits beside practice; it does not replace it.

The full article is available in Traditional Chinese.

Temple buildings at Dharma Drum Mountain in New Taipei, a present-day Chinese Buddhist monastery — Dharma Drum Mountain, New Taipei

Citation

APA

Prajñā Buddhist Studies. (2026). The Dharmaguptaka School. Retrieved from https://buddhism.hksapientia.org/en/buddhist-history/sectarian-buddhism/dharmaguptaka/

BibTeX (reference manager format, not code)

@misc{buddhist-history-sectarian-buddhism-dharmaguptaka,
  title = {The Dharmaguptaka School},
  author = {Prajñā Buddhist Studies},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://buddhism.hksapientia.org/en/buddhist-history/sectarian-buddhism/dharmaguptaka/}
}

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