Buddhism, schools of

The two main forms of Buddhism are Theravāda (or Hinayana) in Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, and India; and Mahāyāna in North and East Asia. Mahāyāna Buddhism has a number of branches, including Tibetan Buddhism, or Lamaism, Zen Buddhism in Japan, and Pure Land Buddhism, the dominant form in China and Japan; there are over a hundred schools of Buddhism in Japan. The schools differ in various ways, from their practise of worship to their celebration of Buddhist festivals.