Buddhism is solid in essence, but it is flexible too, adapting to different regions, individuals and cultures. Hence the fact that it has come to form a great system of religion encompassing Chinese, Southeast Asian and Tibetan branches, with an enormous variety of teachings and writings. But as rules multiply, religion strays further and further from its essence.
佛教本質堅實，但也具有彈性，可以適應不同地域、個人、文化，因此逐漸形成一個宗教的大體系，有漢傳、南傳、藏密等分枝派別，也因而鋪陳學問儀軌，但規矩愈多，往往就漸離本質。