Eastern Religions, Traditions & Lineages

Eastern Religions, Traditions & Lineages

The diverse theological, spiritual, and wisdom traditions and lineages that form the basis of Eastern Spirituality

All Buddhist Chinese Indic Indigenous Japanese Modern Spiritual Other Eastern Traditions Syncretic Tibetan

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Ancient spiritual tradition emphasizing dharma, karma, and moksha.

Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, teaches the path to end suffering through enlightenment.

Non-violent, ascetic religion focusing on liberation through self-purification.

Monotheistic faith founded in 15th-century India emphasizing devotion and equality.

Now-extinct, deterministic religion that rivaled early Buddhism and Jainism.

Materialist school rejecting metaphysics and afterlife; now defunct.

Sanatana Dharma

Traditional term for Hinduism, denoting the eternal way of life.

Tamil monistic religion that emerged from Hindu traditions.

Reformist Hindu movement emphasizing monotheism and ethics.

Hindu reform movement focused on Vedic purity and social upliftment.

Theravāda Buddhism

Oldest surviving Buddhist school focused on monastic discipline and insight.

Mahāyāna Buddhism

Great Vehicle emphasizing bodhisattvas and universal salvation.

Vajrayāna Buddhism

Tantric, esoteric path combining rituals, mantras, and visualization.

Emphasizes direct experience and meditation over scriptures.

Pure Land Buddhism

Devotion to Amitabha Buddha and rebirth in a blissful realm.

Nichiren Buddhism

Based on chanting the Lotus Sutra for personal and global transformation.

Tibetan Buddhism

Combines Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna with ritual and scholasticism.

Chinese precursor to Zen with strong meditation practice.

Tiantai Buddhism

Chinese tradition integrating all Buddhist doctrines under the Lotus Sutra.

Huayan Buddhism

Chinese Buddhism emphasizing interdependence and the 'Net of Indra'.

Worship of Shiva as the supreme deity.

Devotion to Vishnu and his avatars like Krishna and Rama.

Worship of the Divine Mother (Shakti) as the ultimate reality.

Worship of multiple deities with non-dual philosophy.

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