Traditions of Japanese Buddhism

The East Asian Yogācāra tradition

Based on the Abhidharmakośa

The East Asian Mādhyamaka tradition

Based on the Tattvasiddhi-Śāstra

Based on the Avataṃsaka or "Flower Garland" Sūtra

Focused on the vinaya or monastic code

Based on the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka or "Lotus" Sūtra, transmitted from China by Saichō

The Mantrayāna or "Esoteric" tradition, transmitted from China by Kūkai

Pure Land Buddhism is the English name for the tradition focused on devotion to this buddha and obtaining rebirth in his "pure land," Sukhāvatī

The variety of Pure Land Buddhism founded by Hōnen

The variety of Pure Land Buddhism founded by Shinran

The meditation school, founded as a separate school during the Kamakura period

Tradition of the meditation school transmitted from China by Eisai

Tradition of the meditation school transmitted from China by Dōgen

Kamakura-period tradition founded by and named after a priest and prophet who valued the Lotus Sūtra above all other texts