佛滅後諸宗紛起，其中求羅漢之證悟者為小乘宗，求作佛者為大乘宗。先在印度，依寄歸傳之記惟中觀瑜伽之二宗，為大乘，餘皆為小乘。中觀即中國之三論宗。瑜伽則法相宗也。在中國日本之諸宗，惟俱舍、成實、為小乘，餘皆為大乘宗。但其二宗亦為學習法門而存，無有行之者，故謂之依學之宗。
The school of Mahāyāna, attributed to the rise in India of the Mādhyamika, i.e. the 中觀 or 三論 school ascribed to Nāgārjuna, and the Yoga 瑜伽 or Dharmalakṣaṇa 法相 school, the other schools being Hīnayāna. In China and Japan the 俱舍 and 成實 are classed as Hīnayāna, the rest being Mahāyāna , of which the principal schools are 律, 法相 , 三論, 華嚴, 天台, 真言 , 淨土 , 禪 q.v.
佛滅後，諸宗紛紛成立，其中求羅漢之證悟者為小乘宗，求作佛者為大乘宗。