Tenets Breaking the Buddha Code: Deciphering Buddhist Philosophy The Tenets of the Mahayana Schools COURSE TWO My doctrine has two modes: advice and tenets. To children I speak advice, and to yogis, tenets Based on the idea that the Buddha taught different things to different people in line with their capacities, Tibetan scholars systemized the numerous trends in Indian Buddhist thought and taught the four schools of Tenets as a means to approach the most profound philosophical teachings via more accessible levels.