Question

Describe the difference between the earliest and later bhuddhist teaching

Answer 1

The term Early Buddhism can refer to two distinct periods, both of which are covered in a separate article:

Pre-sectarian Buddhism, which refers to the Teachings and monastic organization and structure, founded by Gautama Buddha. Lambert Schmithausen (1987): "the canonical period prior to the development of different schools with their different positions."[1]

The Early Buddhist schools, into which pre-sectarian Buddhism split (without formal schisms, in the sense of Vinaya).