Directory 981 of 5,961 institutions
Institutions — Buddhist traditions
The institutions filed under Buddhist traditions.
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Orders, schools and bodies
Institutions in Buddhist traditions
India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan, roughly 500 BCE to the present.
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Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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Tradition Buddhism Indian religion -
Place · South Asian traditions Angkor Wat Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia -
Tradition Zen School of Mahāyāna Buddhist Tradition -
Place Borobudur Temple Buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia -
Tradition Tibetan Buddhism Form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan -
Place Potala Palace 7th-century Tibetan fortress and palace in Lhasa, rebuilt in the 17th century as the winter seat of the Dalai Lamas -
Place Kiyomizu-dera Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto -
Place Nalanda Mahavihara Ancient Hindu-Buddhist monastery in present-day Bihar, India -
Place Mahabodhi Temple Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India -
Place Kinkaku-ji Temple Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan -
Place Shwedagon Pagoda Religious building in Yangon, Myanmar -
Place Hōryū-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan -
Tradition Pure Land Buddhism Branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land -
Tradition Shambhala Mythical kingdom -
Tradition Gelug One of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism -
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Place Paro Taktsang Temple complex in Bhutan -
Place Tōdai-ji Temple Japanese Buddhist temple in Nara -
Place Kōtoku-in Temple Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan -
Place Seokguram Cave/grotto in South Korea -
Place Bulguksa Temple -
Place Jokhang Buddhist temple in Barkhor Square in Lhasa - Tradition Madhyamaka Mahayana Buddhist school of thought
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Place Dambulla cave temple UNESCO World Heritage Site in Matale District, Sri Lanka -
Tradition Shingon Buddhism School of Buddhism in Japan -
Tradition Chinese Buddhism Buddhism with Chinese characteristics -
Place Haeinsa Buddhist temple in Hapcheon County, South Korea -
Place Byōdō-in Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan -
Tradition Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism -
Tradition Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism -
Place Swayambhunath Hindus and Buddhist holy place and tourist center in Kathmandu, Nepal -
Place Temple of the Tooth Buddhist temple housing the relic of the tooth of Buddha -
Place Ginkaku-ji Temple Temple in Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan -
Tradition Sōtō Sect of Zen in Japanese Buddhism -
Place Enryaku-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Shiga Prefecture, Japan -
Tradition Rinzai school One of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism -
Place Ryōan-ji Temple Temple in Kyoto, Japan -
Tradition Sakya Tibetan Buddhist school -
Place · East Asian traditions Xuankong Temple Temple built into a cliff in Shanxi province, China -
Place Drepung Monastery Tibet Monastery -
Place Sensō-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan -
Place Shitennō-ji Temple Built in 593 A.D., this famous Buddhist temple features a five-story pagoda, statues and turtle ponds -
Tradition Tiantai School of Chinese Buddhism that emphasizes the One Vehicle of the Lotus Sūtra and the teachings of Zhiyi - Tradition Sarvastivada Early school of Buddhism flourishing throughout North India, especially Kashmir and Central Asia, until the 7th century
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Place Tō-ji Temple Building in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan - Tradition Chan Buddhism Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism
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Place Kōfuku-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan -
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Place White Horse Temple First Buddhist temple in China -
Place · East Asian traditions Yakushi-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan -
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Tradition Tendai School of Mahayana Buddhism from Japan -
Place Vikramaśīla University Building in India -
Tradition Nichiren Buddhism Branch of Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese monk Nichiren -
Place Samye Buddhist monastery in Samye, Zhanang, Shannan, Tibet, China -
Place Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area World Heritage Site in Nara Prefecture, Japan -
Place Maya Devi Temple Ancient Buddhist temple at Lumbini, Nepal -
Place · East Asian traditions Nikkō Tōshō-gū Shinto shrines in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan -
Place Ninna-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan - Tradition Sautrāntika Early Buddhist school
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Tradition Huayan school Buddhist school in China -
Tradition Karma Kagyu A school of Tibetan Buddhism - Tradition Mahāsāṃghika Early school of Buddhism
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Place Mendut Temple Buddhist temple from 9th century in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia -
Place Bingling Temple Buddhist caves and sculptures in Yongjing County, Gansu, China -
Place · East Asian traditions Daigo-ji Temple Shingon Buddhist temple in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan -
Place Foguang Temple Buddhist temple -
Place Ivolginsky Datsan Building in Republic of Buryatia, Russia -
Tradition Jōdo Shinshū School of Pure Land Buddhism founded by Shinran in japan; most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan -
Place Tōfuku-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan -
Place Nanzen-ji Temple Building in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan -
Place Saihō-ji Temple Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in Matsuo, Japan -
Place Ananda Temple Buddhist temple in Bagan, Myanmar -
Place Sanjūsangen-dō Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan -
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Place Chion-in Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan -
Place Daitoku-ji Temple Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan - Tradition Dharmaguptaka Early school of Buddhism
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Place Fayuan Temple Building in Xicheng District, China -
Place Honnō-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan -
Place Jade Buddha Temple Building in Shanghai, China - Tradition Jōdo-shū Branch of Buddhism in Japan
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Tradition Jonang School of Tibetan Buddhism -
Place Kōzan-ji Temple Building in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan -
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Place Sendai Daikannon Temple Large statue in Sendai, Japan -
Place Tenryū-ji Temple Temple in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan -
Place Zenkō-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan -
Place Chūson-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Iwate Prefecture, Japan - Tradition Kadam Renowned Dharma practice & bodhicitta teachings later known as lojong & lamrim
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Place Kek Lok Si Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam in Penang -
Place Kongōbu-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan -
Place Mii-dera Temple Buddhist temple in Shiga Prefecture, Japan -
Place Tōshōdai-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan -
Place Gangō-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan -
Place Ishiyama Hongan-ji Historical Buddhist temple located in Osaka, Japan -
Place Jing'an Temple Building in Jing'an Temple, China -
Tradition Nichiren Shōshū Branch of Nichiren Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century - Tradition Ōbaku School of Zen in Japanese Buddhism
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Place Putuo Zongcheng Temple Qing dynasty era Buddhist temple complex -
Place Rinnō-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan -
Tradition · East Asian traditions shinbutsu-shūgō Japanese syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism -
Place Beomeosa Temple - Place Borobudur Temple Compounds UNESCO World Heritage Site in Central Java, Indonesia
- Tradition Caodong school A Chinese Chan Buddhist sect, one of the Five Houses of Chán
- Tradition East Asian Yogācāra East Asian Yogācāra in China and Japan
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Place Eihei-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Fukui Prefecture, Japan -
Place Lingyin Temple Temple in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China - Tradition Mulasarvastivada Early Buddhist school of India
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Place Myōshin-ji Temple Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan -
Place Nishi Hongan-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Head temple of Honganji-ha school -
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Place One Pillar Pagoda Historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, dedicated to the deity Guanyin -
Place Rongbuk Monastery Buddhist monastery in Tingri county Shigatse, Tibet, China -
Tradition · East Asian traditions Shugendō Japanese religious tradition blending elements of Shinto and Buddhism (Shingon, Tendai) originating in the 7th century, said to be founded by En no Gyōja -
Place Thiên Mụ Temple Historical temple in Vietnam -
Place Buseoksa Buddhist temple in Yeongju, South Korea - Tradition Drukpa Lineage Drukpa Kargyud Rinpoches
- Tradition Engaged Buddhism Practical application of Buddhist teachings
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Tradition haibutsu kishaku Anti-Buddhist movement during the Meiji period in Japan -
Place Hokki-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan -
Place · East Asian traditions Kimpusen-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan -
Place Miaoying Temple Tibetan Buddhist temple in Beijing -
Place Puning Temple Building in Chengde, China -
Place Ramoche Temple Building in Lhasa, China - Tradition secular Buddhism Form of Buddhism and secular spirituality