Theravada

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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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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Theravada Buddhism	54
Theravada Buddhists	2
Theravāda Buddhism	2
Burmese Theravada	1
Cambodian Theravada	1
Lao Theravada	1
Sinhalese Buddhism	1
Sri Lankan Theravada	1
Theravada Buddhism (dominant)	1
Theravada Buddhism is majority religion	1
Theravada Buddhist monastics	1
Theravada school of Buddhism	1

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 (68)

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

Burmese calendar → associatedReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Manimekalai → associatedReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Asalha Puja → associatedWith → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Burmese script → associatedWith → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Five Precepts → associatedWith → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Shakyamuni Buddha → associatedWith → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravāda Buddhism

Vesak → associatedWith → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Wat Pho → buddhistSchool → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Middle Way → centralToSchool → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Mahayana → contrastedWith → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravāda Buddhism

Wat Arun → denomination → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Upper Burma → dominantReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Sinhalese people → ethnicReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhalese Buddhism

Arakan → hasReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

southern Thailand → hasSignificantReligion → Theravada ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Thailand

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

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

Eastern religions → includes → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Chinthe → isAssociatedWithReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Tripitaka → isCanonicalFor → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Angkor Wat → laterReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Buddhism → majorBranch → Theravada ⓘ

Bangkok → majorReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Cambodia → 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

Shan → majorReligionBranch → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada school of Buddhism

Cambodia → nationalReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Asalha Puja → observedBy → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhists

Temple of the Tooth → pilgrimageReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Sangha → presentInTradition → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Bamar → primaryReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Sinhalese people → primaryReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Vientiane → primaryReligion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Pali → primaryReligiousUse → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Bamar → religion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Cambodian American → religion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Champa → religion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Indochinese Peninsula → religion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Khmer Empire → religion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

King of Cambodia → religion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

King of Kandy → religion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

King of Thailand → religion → 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

Kingdom of Kotte → religion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Korat, Thailand → religion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism is majority religion

Laotian American → religion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism

Luang Prabang → religion → Theravada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theravada Buddhism (dominant)