Sentence examples for four main branches from inspiring English sources

It is the North American seat of the Karmapa, the teenage leader of the Kagyu school, one of the four main branches of Tibetan Buddhism.

Along with metaphysics, logic, and ethics, it is one of the four main branches of philosophy, and nearly every great philosopher has contributed to it.

The young religious leader, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, is recognized by Buddhists of the Kagyu school -- one of four main branches of Tibetan Buddhism -- as their leading reincarnated lama, or teacher.

As a result, an alphabet developed with four main branches: (1) the so-called Canaanite, or main branch, subdivided into Early Hebrew and Phoenician varieties; (2) the Aramaic branch; (3) the South Semitic, or Sabaean, branch; and (4) the Greek alphabet, which became the progenitor of the Western alphabets, including the Etruscan and the Latin.

Koonin's job also called for pulling together the research done in the DOE's four main branches: the Office of Science; the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which oversee the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons; DOE's environmental management program; and its "applied programs" such as fossil energy, nuclear energy, and renewable energy.

He then laid the myrtle's remains out to dry, pointing its four main branches toward the four points of the compass, and began to set them ablaze.

Poker has three main branches.

There are two main branches of sedimentary petrology.

Shiites and Sunnis represent the two main branches of Islam.

Windows 10 has two main branches: the Current Branch (CB) and the Current Business Branch (CBB).

The upper reaches of the Liao River consist of two main branches.