Sarvastivada
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The Sarvāstivāda was one of the early Buddhist schools established around the reign of Ashoka. It was particularly known as an Abhidharma tradition, with a unique set of seven canonical Abhidharma tex
Seated Buddha from the Sarvāstivādin monastery of Tapa Shotor, 2nd century CE
Copper-plate inscription mentioning the Sarvastivādas, in the year 134 of the Azes era, i.e. 84 CE, Kalawan, Taxila.
A Kushan era votive stupa from Mohra Muradu, Taxila, where Sarvāstivāda groups are known to have lived by the end of the first century BCE.
The Dharmarajika Stupa and monastery ruins, a major Buddhist site in Taxila, one of the capitals of the Kushan Empire
Vinaya
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The Vinaya refers to numerous monastic rules and ethical precepts for fully ordained monks and nuns of Buddhist Sanghas. These sets of ethical rules and guidelines developed over time during the Buddh
An ordination ceremony at Wat Yannawa in Bangkok. The Vinaya codes regulate the various official acts of the Buddhist monastic community (sangha-kamma), including the ordination of new monks.
Manuscript of Vinaya Pitaka. Lacquered and gilded wood, gilded palm leaves. Myanmar, 1856. Palazzo Madama, Torino
Daoxuan (7th century), the founder of the Chinese Nanshan lineage of the Chinese Vinaya school