Vinaya School (Lüzong) | Chinese Buddhism

Vinaya School (Lüzong): Chinese Buddhist history, eight schools, and sinicization — academic overview for East Asian Buddhist studies. For university Buddhist studies and primary-source research.

Overview

Vinaya School (Lüzong): Chinese Buddhist history, eight schools, and sinicization — academic overview for East Asian Buddhist studies. For university Buddhist studies and primary-source research.

Key topics

  • Chinese Buddhism
  • Vinaya School (Lüzong)
  • Buddhist doctrine
  • scripture interpretation
  • Mahāyāna
  • comparative Buddhism
  • classic debates
  • Hong Kong Buddhism

Module

This page belongs to the Chinese Buddhism section.

Full article in Chinese

The complete scholarly article with extended analysis and primary-source citations is available in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

Further Reading

Doctrine topics

Art & culture

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

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Glossary

karma
Sanskrit: karma

CBETA Scripture Links

CBETA reader interface is in Chinese; search results link to the scripture.

Further Academic Reading

Selected papers from the NTU Buddhist Digital Library (catalog titles may be in Chinese or Japanese).