Editing Sarvastivada (section)

===Vinaya===
The [[Dharmaguptaka]] are known to have rejected the authority of the Sarvāstivāda [[pratimoksha|pratimokṣa]] rules on the grounds that the original teachings of the Buddha had been lost.<ref>Baruah, Bibhuti. ''Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism''. 2008. p. 52</ref>

The complete Sarvāstivāda Vinaya is extant in the [[Chinese Buddhist canon]]. In its early history, the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya was the most common vinaya tradition in China. However, [[Chinese Buddhism]] later settled on the [[Dharmaguptaka]] Vinaya. In the 7th century, Yijing wrote that in eastern China, most people followed the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, while the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya was used in earlier times in [[Guanzhong]] (the region around [[Chang'an]]), and that the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya was prominent in the [[Yangzi River]] area and further south.<ref>Mohr, Thea. Tsedroen, Jampa. ''Dignity and Discipline: Reviving Full Ordination for Buddhist Nuns.'' 2010. p. 187</ref> In the 7th century, the existence of multiple Vinaya lineages throughout China was criticized by prominent Vinaya masters such as Yijing and Dao'an (654&ndash;717). In the early 8th century, Daoan gained the support of [[Emperor Zhongzong of Tang]], and an imperial edict was issued that the saṃgha in China should use only the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya for ordination.<ref>Heirman, Ann. Bumbacher, Stephan Peter. ''The Spread of Buddhism''. 2007. pp. 194-195</ref>