According to the inheritance history of Buddhism, it can be divided into early classics and late classics. For example, according to the textual research of philology, after many gatherings, the upper part of Southern Buddhism's spread to the south belongs to the "conservative" in Buddhism, and its classics are closer to the original spread of the Buddha. The three Tibetan scriptures in Bali, Nanta are as follows:
1. Fazang is a life discipline and rule made by the Buddha for his disciples. The Law Collection is divided into five parts: Balacchi coffee, Bajidia, classics, essays and attached books.
Second, Cang Jing is a record of the words and deeds of the Buddha and his disciples who have heard of him. Cang Jing has five books, namely, the long part, the central part, the corresponding part, the additional part and the small part.
3. On Tibet is an accurate and systematic classification and interpretation of the essence of Buddha's teaching method. "On Tibet" has seven parts, namely: the theory of instruments, the theory of dividing lines, the theory of boundaries, the theory of human devices, the theory of things, the theory of doubles and the theory of fun.
In addition to the laws, classics and treatises about Sanzang, Shangtai Buddhism also contains abundant annotations and re-annotations about Sanzang's righteousness, as well as many important books and records outside Tibet, such as Milinda Wen Wang Jing, History of the Island, Mahavamsa, Miniature History, Theory of Purity, Theory of Entering Abi Law and Theory of Taking Abi Law.
All the teaching methods of Shangtai Buddhism are based on the three Tibetan scriptures and their annotations. If there are differences in the understanding of teaching methods, then people can only be ignored according to law. Any monk who receives the traditional education of being seated at the table must recite many Buddhist scriptures on the stage of Misha. To this day, there are still quite a few elders who can recite all the three Tibetan scriptures of the Buddha country at the table.
Buddhism, which spread in the north, is called Mahayana in its inheritance. Most of its classics are not recognized by Southern Buddhism, but are thought to be added by later generations. Mahayana Buddhism is an important religious movement within Indian Buddhism, which has had a far-reaching impact on the development of Buddhism. But the history of its rise in India is not clear. Modern scholars believe that its rise is probably from the century before the era to the century after the era. If we trace back to the source, we can push it back to the century after the extinction of the Buddha. At that time, Buddhism was divided into eighteen or more schools, each with its own specific teachings. Among them, 1 1 is regarded as conservative and orthodox; This orthodoxy was later called "Hinayana". The other seven schools, headed by the Ministry of Mass Affairs, showed a more open attitude. This popular department is the origin of Mahayana Buddhism.
With the development of religion, this idea gradually matured. From the first century to the third century, many Mahayana classics appeared one after another. The Prajna Sutra first appeared, and then the original Mahayana classics such as Vimalakīrti Sutra, Beijing Sutra, Amitabha Sutra and Shidi Sutra appeared. This is represented by the Prajna Sutra. At first, this book was gradually increased from a small amount to a large series around the seventh century. His emptiness thought is generally regarded as the basic doctrine of Mahayana Buddhism.
Later, Dragon Tree, who was born in South India, played this empty thought in philosophy. In Zhong Lun and Yi Hui Lun, he wrote down the fallacy of criticizing Hinayana Buddhism, and established the concept of the middle way, named it origin, pseudonym and emptiness. Dragon Tree appears as a Mahayana classic, such as Nirvana Sutra, Shengman Sutra, Shenjiemi Sutra and Shurangama Sutra. Among them, the epistemology of Shen Jie Mi Jing was developed by Maitreya, Zuo Wu, Qin Shi and others, and its representatives are Mahayana Solemn Classic, Mahayana Theory and Thirty Odes to Only Knowledge. Its main purpose is to explain world phenomena with knowledge.
In practice, Mahayana Buddhism also learns the basic classic similar to Southern Buddhism, namely the Four Agamas. They also abide by the law, and many laws handed down from north to south are the same. You can refer to Buddhist precepts.
Tantric Buddhism in the late period of Tibetan Buddhism also belongs to Mahayana system, but it adds more things.
The above is said from the literature examination. From the Buddhist point of view, the classics collected in the Tripitaka of past dynasties are basically what the Buddha and his disciples said, and they can all be considered as personal biographies of the Buddha. Because their purposes and contents are the same, and their basic ideas are the same, the differences may come from translations in different times and regions.
If analyzed from the classical category, it can be said that all the laws in Buddhist scriptures were handed down by the Buddha himself, which is the most credible. There is a perfect "law" spread from south to north and spread to Tibet. As long as Buddhists must abide by them, these "laws" can ensure that they are all norms formulated by the Buddha in the past, but they have only increased in different places since then. Although Agama was revised by later generations, it is certain that most of it was said by the Buddha himself, which is the earliest record. Moreover, according to the opinions of Master Yin Shun and others, agama is the foundation of Mahayana classics.