Mapping the schools of Buddhism: sutra, tantra, dzogchen

Realized today I really don't have a good map of the different schools of Buddhism. Found this excellent chart by @Meaningness differentiating Sutra & Tantra. Now wondering: • Tantra = Vajrayana ? • Sutra = {Mahayana, Theravada} ? • what else is there? vividness.live/2013/10/23/sut…

Apr 19, 2019

This realization was prompted in part by reflecting on @mattgoldenberg's 2×2 that distinguishes mahayana & hinayana(=theravada?).

Trinley Goldenberg @mattgoldenberg · Apr 9, 2019

1/ At the extremes, people have one of four life goals: To achieve a state of nothingness (himayana enlightenment), to achieve a state of oneness (mahayana enlightenment), to achieve a utopia of meaning (galts gulch), or to achieve a utopia of togetherness (hivemind).

Speaking of which, I'm very interested in @Meaningness' take on the 2×2×2 I made by incorporating the rough structure of attachment styles. Does Tantra have a location on there?

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean · Apr 9, 2019

@mattgoldenberg Aha! I figured out how to map it to your 2×2. Twas mostly a technical challenge. Note that I'm not really talking about attachment styles here, but saying that there exists an isomorphism between {dismissive & preoccupied} and {individualist & collectivist}, & I want {<secure>}

Oh and then also what is the relationship of Tantra & Dzogchen...

Charlie Awbery @_awbery_ · Apr 16, 2019

5/6 Existence as majestic play: follow up comment to an interesting question:

Aha, okay, found this on a wiki. Tagging @SarahAMcManus who was also exploring this yesterday. (screenshot 2 from wikipedia shows that atiyoga=dzogchen) rigpawiki.org/index.php?titl…

Now I'm confused again about what "bodhisattva" means, since I didn't have the impression that mahayana and boddhisattva were the same. @tasshinfogleman?