Dharmaguptaka

The Dharmaguptaka was an early Buddhist school whose Vinaya became the basis for full ordination in much of East Asian Buddhism.

Vinaya: The body of Buddhist texts and rules governing monastic conduct and community life. The Dharmaguptaka is best known through its distinct Vinaya lineage.
Early Buddhist schools: The communities and doctrinal lineages that developed in Indian Buddhism before the rise of Mahayana traditions. The Dharmaguptaka was one of these early institutional lineages.
Chinese Buddhism: The forms of Buddhism that developed in China through the translation and adaptation of Indian and Central Asian traditions. Chinese translation and institutions made the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya a durable ordination standard.
Theravada: A Buddhist tradition grounded in Pali scriptures and the Theravada lineage of monastic discipline. Theravada communities follow a different Vinaya lineage from East Asian Dharmaguptaka ordination.
Four-Part Vinaya: The Chinese translation of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, catalogued as Taishō Tripiṭaka text 1428. This translated recension is the principal East Asian witness to Dharmaguptaka discipline.
Pratimoksha: A monastic code listing rules of conduct recited by Buddhist communities, traditionally at regular confession assemblies. The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya preserves a distinct version of these core rules.
Sthavira nikaya: An early Buddhist community traditionally associated with the lineage from which several later schools developed. Traditional histories connect Dharmaguptaka origins to divisions within the Sthavira lineage.
Korean Buddhism: The Buddhist traditions that developed on the Korean Peninsula through interaction with China, Japan, and local societies. Korean monastic ordination developed within the East Asian Dharmaguptaka Vinaya transmission.
Mulasarvastivada: An early Buddhist school whose monastic code became influential in Tibetan Buddhism. Its Vinaya lineage, rather than the Dharmaguptaka code, governs Tibetan monastic ordination.
Buddhist translation in China: The translation of Buddhist scriptures and treatises into Chinese, especially from Indian and Central Asian languages. Chinese translation carried the Dharmaguptaka code into the institutions that preserved it.

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ĀgamaRelated: The Chinese Dīrgha Āgama is commonly associated with this school.