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| The '''four schools''' usually refer to
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| *the four main schools of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]:
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| #[[Nyingma]]
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| #[[Sakya]]
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| #[[Kagyü]]
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| #[[Gelug]]
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| However, the term can also sometimes refer to
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| *the four schools of Buddhist philosophy:
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| #[[Vaibhashika]]
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| #[[Sautrantika]]
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| #[[Chittamatra]]
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| #[[Madhyamika]]
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| For more details, see [[four tenet systems]].
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| ==Commentary==
| | * [[The four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism]] |
| As His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]] explains:<ref>Based on a teaching given by His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]] in Finland, 1988. Published in [[Dzogchen and Padmasambhava]], in the [[nine yanas]] chapter.</ref>
| | * [[The four philosophical schools of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism]] |
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| :Four major traditions—Nyingma, Kagyü, Sakya and Gelug—emerged as a result of the earlier and later dissemination of the Buddhist teachings in Tibet, and also because of the emphasis placed by great masters of the past on different scriptures, techniques of [[meditation]] and, in some cases, terms used to express particular experiences.
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| :What is common to all the four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism is their emphasis on the practice of the entire structure of the Buddhist [[path]], which comprises the essence of not only the [[Vajrayana]] teachings, but also the [[Mahayana]] practices of the [[bodhisattva]]s, and the basic practices of the [[Fundamental Vehicle]]. In India, based on differences in philosophical standpoint, four major Buddhist schools of thought emerged: Vaibhashika, Sautrantika, Yogachara and Madhyamaka. All four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, however, uphold the philosophical standpoint of the Madhyamaka school, and to that extent, there are no fundamental philosophical differences between them.
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| ==Notes==
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| [[Category:Schools and Lineages]]
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| [[Category:Philosophical Tenets]]
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| [[Category:Enumerations]]
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| [[Category:4-Four]]
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