Buddhism

Parent Faith(s) Faith Symbol and Name (Population) Child Faith(s)	[Ultimate Reality] Founder/Saints {"Messiah" Figure}	Scriptures => Sub-Scriptures ===> Sub-Sub-Scriptures CREED	Sects => Sub-Sects ===> Sub-Sub-Sects
Buddhism (314,939,000)	[Shunyata] Gautama Buddha Hui Neng Nichiren The Venerable Masters The Karmapa The Dalai Lama The Tibetan Rinpoches {Maitreya}	Vinaya pitaka Sutta pitaka => Dhammapada => Metta Sutta => Culasunnatta Sutta Abhidhamma pitaka Mahayana Sutras => Heart Sutra => Diamond Sutra => Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment => The Gateless Gate (Mumonkon) => 10 Bulls Vajrayana Sutras CREED	Mahayana => Nichiren ===> Hokke Kai ===> Kempon Hokke ===> Nichiren Shu ===> Nichiren Shoshu ===> Soka Gakkai => Pure Land (Shin) => Shingon => Tendai => Yogacara => Zen (Ch'an/Son/Thien) Theravada Vajrayana => Bön => Gelugpa => Kagyu => Nyingma => Sakya

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