(1) all existence is suffering; (2) suffering is caused by selfish craving; (3) the eradication of selfish craving brings about the cessation of suffering and enables one to attain nirvana; and (4) there is a path by which this eradication can be achieved, namely, the discipline of the eightfold path.
Greg Martin • The Buddha in Your Mirror: Practical Buddhism and the Search for Self
The relationship between yanas and sects is easy to understand by analogy with the automobile business. A yana is category of vehicle, like SUVs. A sect (or Buddhist “school”) is a brand, like Ford.
Yanas are not Buddhist sects | Vividness
Buddha’s own bowl was made of purple stone. It was said to have been the bowl used by Vipashyin, the first buddha of the present kalpa,
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
The later Abrahamic religions were dynamic, transcendent faiths that expanded through various modes of proselytism, including persuasion, trade, politics and violence. Analytically, there were two factors behind the expansionism: theology and political circumstances.