Buddha founded how many buddhism schools?

Question

The Buddha founded __________ school(s) of Buddhism.

a. four

b. two

c. one

d. no

Answer 1

the answer would be d) no shcools of buddhism.

Answer 2

The answer is d.

Buddha founded no schools of Buddhism. He simply taught people how to attain enlightenment.

Shortly after Buddha's death, however, his followers began organizing his teaching and establishing rules for how the teaching would be carried forward. Within 300 years, Buddhism had split into at least 3 schools.