Theravada

E58748
Buddhist tradition religious denomination school of Buddhism

Theravada is the oldest surviving school of Buddhism, emphasizing the Pali Canon and the path of individual liberation through monastic discipline and meditation.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Theravada Buddhism 493
Theravāda Buddhism 16
Theravada canonical 8

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist tradition ⓘ
religious denomination ⓘ
school of Buddhism ⓘ
associatedPractice Samatha ⓘ
Vipassana ⓘ
contrastedWith Mahayana ⓘ
Vajrayana ⓘ
coreTeaching dependent origination ⓘ
surface form: Dependent Origination

Four Noble Truths ⓘ
Eightfold Path ⓘ
surface form: Noble Eightfold Path

Three Marks of Existence ⓘ
cosmology karma ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
emphasisOn Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Pali Canon

ethical conduct ⓘ
individual liberation ⓘ
insight meditation ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
mindfulness ⓘ
monastic discipline ⓘ
ethicalFoundation Five Precepts ⓘ
Ten Precepts ⓘ
goal Nibbana ⓘ
arahantship ⓘ
liberation from samsara ⓘ
hasSubtradition Theravada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Burmese Theravada

Theravada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cambodian Theravada

Theravada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lao Theravada

Theravada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Theravada

Thai Forest Tradition ⓘ
historicalRoot Sthavira Nikaya ⓘ
early Buddhism ⓘ
languageOfScholarship Pali ⓘ
majorRegion Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia

Sri Lanka ⓘ
meditationGoal insight into impermanence ⓘ
insight into non-self ⓘ
insight into suffering ⓘ
monasticCode Patimokkha ⓘ
monasticCommunity Sangha ⓘ
monasticIdeal renunciation ⓘ
originatedIn India ⓘ
primaryScripture Abhidhamma Pitaka ⓘ
Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Sutta Pitaka

Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Tipitaka

Vinaya Pitaka ⓘ
regardsAsAuthoritative Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Pali Canon

Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Tipitaka
religion Buddhism ⓘ
ritualLanguage Pali ⓘ
scripturalLanguage Pali ⓘ
spreadTo People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Cambodia ⓘ
India ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Western countries ⓘ
usesCanon Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Pali Canon
viewOnBodhisattvaIdeal secondary to arahant ideal ⓘ
viewOnBuddha fully enlightened being ⓘ
historical teacher ⓘ
viewOnScripture Pali Canon is earliest complete Buddhist canon ⓘ

Referenced by (543)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buddhism → majorBranch → Theravada ⓘ
Bangkok → majorReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Laos → majorReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Myanmar → majorReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → religion → Theravada ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Cambodia → nationalReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Cambodia → majorReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
southern Thailand → hasSignificantReligion → Theravada ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Thailand
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
King of Thailand → religion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Manimekalai → associatedReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Pali → primaryReligiousUse → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Pali → usedInScripturesOf → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Pali → usedBy → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhist monastics
Bamar → primaryReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Bamar → religion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Saffron Revolution → religiousContext → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Eastern religions → includes → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Cambodian American → religion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Laotian American → religion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Phnom Penh → religionMajority → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Vientiane → primaryReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Sinhalese people → religion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Sinhalese people → primaryReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Sinhalese people → ethnicReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinhalese Buddhism
Upper Burma → dominantReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Mon → religion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Shakyamuni Buddha → associatedWith → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravāda Buddhism
Tenasserim → religionMajority → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Maitreya → veneratedIn → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Four Noble Truths → tradition → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Tripitaka → isCanonicalFor → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Tripitaka → usedBy → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhists
Theravada → hasSubtradition → Theravada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Theravada
Theravada → hasSubtradition → Theravada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burmese Theravada
Theravada → hasSubtradition → Theravada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cambodian Theravada
Theravada → hasSubtradition → Theravada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lao Theravada
Five Precepts → associatedWith → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Middle Way → centralToSchool → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Sangha → presentInTradition → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Vesak → associatedWith → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Bodhi tree → sacredIn → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Mahayana → contrastedWith → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravāda Buddhism
Asalha Puja → observedBy → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhists
Asalha Puja → associatedWith → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Grand Palace → religiousAffiliation → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Wat Arun → denomination → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Wat Pho → buddhistSchool → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Indochinese Peninsula → religion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Arakan → hasReligion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism
Shan → religion → Theravada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism