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 ⓘ