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Kagyu, Kagyupa, or Kagyud (Tibetan: བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་པ, Wylie: bka'
brgyud pa) school, also known as the "Oral Lineage" or Whispered
Transmission school, is today regarded as one of six main
schools (chos lugs) of Himalayan or Tibetan Buddhism, the other
five being the Nyingma, Sakya, Jonang, Bon and Gelug. Along with
the Sekya and Gelug schools, the Kagyu is classified as one of
the Sarma or "New Transmission" schools since it primarily
follows the Vajrayāna or Tantric teachings based on the so-
called New Tantras, i.e., those translated during the second
diffusion of the Buddha Dharma in Tibet. Along with the Nyingma
and Sakya schools it is a Red Hat sect. Like all schools of
Tibetan Buddhism, the Kagyu consider their practices and
teachings inclusive of the full range of Buddha's teachings (or
three yāna), since they follow the fundamental teachings and
vows of individual liberation and monastic discipline
(Pratimoksha). Those teachings in turn accor