| Mahinda introduced Buddhism to Sri Lanka
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| | makes it hard to tell how their
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| in the third century BCE. After this
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| | traditions differed from those of the
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| brief introduction, Buddhism became the
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| | Mahavihara. There appeared to be a
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| dominant religion on the island, and Sri
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| | rivalry between them due to a Mahavihara
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| Lanka turned into a center of religious
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| | opposition to their Mahayana sympathies,
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| learning. The new religion substituted
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| | which is simplistic and problematic.The
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| Hinduism and became well-accepted by the
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| | schools of Chinese Buddhism are divided
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| low/middle class.It emerged three great
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| | into two categories, those that have a
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| divisions of the Sangha on the island,
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| | more or less direct Indian counterpart
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| each of which centered on a monastery in
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| | and those which have a more or less
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| the ancient capital of Anuradhapura.
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| | direct Indian counterpart and those that
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| Mahavihara, great monastery, is the
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| | are native to China. The principal
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| oldest of the monasteries and was
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| | schools are the Vinaya, the Kosa, the
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| established by Mahinda in the third
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| | Madhyamaka, the Yogacara, and the
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| century, the Abhayagiri-vihara in the
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| | Mantrayana. Those schools in principal
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| first century BCE, and the Jetavana in
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| | are also the schools of Korean and
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| the third century CE. None of the
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| | Japanese Buddhism. Some schools developed
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| writings of the monks of Abhayagiri and
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| | more significant local traditions than
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| the Jetavana monasteries survived, which
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| | others.
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