Are there "regional forms" of Buddhism?

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Are there different forms of Buddhism that embrace a region (such as a countries) folklore and traditions into into it’s spirituality.Why is that?.
 
I don’t know why you’re posting another thread asking about buddhism, and then ignoring the one you made a few moments earlier.

And no, there are not. Why are you asking such basic questions about Buddhism, on a CATHOLIC forum?
 
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I don’t know why you’re posting another thread asking about buddhism, and then ignoring the one you made a few moments earlier.

And no, there are not. Why are you asking such basic questions about Buddhism, on a CATHOLIC forum?
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The questions are bing asked on the non-Catholic area.

Yes there are many different varieties. While the two main varieties are Therevada and Mahayana, there is a great deal of differences even within these two overarching belief systems. In East Asia the religion is also quite a bit different than in SE Asia, largely due to syncratic issues.
 
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Are there different forms of Buddhism that embrace a region (such as a countries) folklore and traditions into into it’s spirituality.Why is that?.
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The Buddha is not jealous. When Buddhism arrives in a new country it tends to incorporate elements of the existing local religion into itself. In Thailand elements of local nat-worship were incorporated. In China elements of Taoism, in Tibet Bön, in Japan Shinto. This has given each local variant of Buddhism its own flavour.

Since Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are seen as superior to gods then the local hierarchy of gods is slotted in below the hierarchy of Bodhisattvas and Buddhas. Sometimes a particularly prominent god will be seen as an incarnation of a Bodhisattva. For example, in Japan Amaterasu was sometimes seen as an incarnation of Avalokita.

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The Buddha is not jealous. When Buddhism arrives in a new country it tends to incorporate elements of the existing local religion into itself. In Thailand elements of local nat-worship were incorporated. In China elements of Taoism, in Tibet Bön, in Japan Shinto. This has given each local variant of Buddhism its own flavour.

Since Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are seen as superior to gods then the local hierarchy of gods is slotted in below the hierarchy of Bodhisattvas and Buddhas. Sometimes a particularly prominent god will be seen as an incarnation of a Bodhisattva. For example, in Japan Amaterasu was sometimes seen as an incarnation of Avalokita.

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Of course this is after lengthy wars in which Buddhism established itself.😉
 
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