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What caused a split in Buddhism

Answer 1

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Because people got distracted from what they actually desired and had to take options that were self-centered.

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Answer 2

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Mahayana Buddhism is said to have split off from Theravada in the belief that it was too self-centered and had lost the true vision; this school also claims it holds to the Buddha's original teaching. ... The connection between these earlier schools and the later ones, however, has been challenged.

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