Thi Ha

(8)

A large number of sects or schools or philosophical systems have evolved and all of them, quite rightly, go under the name of Buddhism.

Then comes another defination of Buddhism and that is the kind of ritual that has grown around the doctrine of the Buddhism as a result of his teachings and the way of life preached by him, becoming a religion. Whether the Buddhism intended it or not, his teaching became a religion, a religion to which people were prepared to hold allegiance and which has its own ritual, organization, and ways or criteria for deciding what is properly done or what is improperly done. now that is another kind of Buddhism.