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==In Buddhism==
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[[File:Japanese buddhist monk by Arashiyama.JPG|thumb|Japanese buddhist monk from the [[Sōtō Zen]] sect]]
The ''Macmillan Encyclopedia of Religion'' distinguishes three types of classification of Buddhism, separated into "Movements", "Nikāyas" and "Doctrinal schools":

* Schools:
** [[Theravada]], primarily in [[South Asia]] and [[Southeast Asia]];
** [[Mahayana|Mahāyāna]], primarily in [[East Asia]];
** [[Vajrayana|Vajrayāna]], primarily in [[Tibet]], [[Bhutan]], [[Nepal]], [[India]], [[Mongolia]] and the Russian republic of [[Kalmykia]].
* [[Nikāya]]s, or monastic fraternities, three of which survive at the present day:
** [[Theravada|Theravāda]], in [[Southeast Asia]] and [[South Asia]];
** [[Dharmaguptaka]], in [[China]], [[Korea]] and [[Vietnam]];
** [[Mulasarvastivada|Mūlasarvāstivāda]], in the Tibetan tradition;