How do people from different branches of Buddhism regard each other?
Would it matter which form of Buddhism a person follows?
Would it matter which form of Buddhism a person follows?
Answer:by: Venerable Nicolas Thanissaro
There is a lot of variety even within Buddhism. Buddhists from
different traditions can have quite different ways of walking the path
to Nirvana - but it is generally accepted that there is a strong
compatibility of aims and purposes between Buddhists of different
traditions (see Olcott's 14 points above). There is not tension between
Buddhist traditions in the same way as there has historically been
hostility between Catholics and Protestants, Shia and Sunni. The only
problem in coming together has been differences of language.
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