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Meaning of "theravāda"

Theravāda (noun): A branch of Buddhism emphasizing the original teachings of the Buddha

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It is identical with the approved Theravāda doctrine.
The Theravāda school method is to study every state of consciousness.
These correspond to the Nikāyas used by the Theravāda school.
Theravāda Buddhist meditation practice varies considerably in technique and objects.
Anagarika Dharmapala was one of the Theravāda leaders with whom the Theosophists sided.
Theravāda has also recently gained popularity in the Western world.
These precepts have no parallel in Theravāda Buddhism.
The climate of Theravāda countries is not conducive to the survival of manuscripts.
It is one of the pāramitās in both Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism.
Theravāda Buddhism is the most widespread.
Southeast Asian Theravāda is not so ancient.
The Pali Abhidhamma was not recognized outside the Theravāda school.
There is disagreement among Theravāda vinaya authorities as to whether such ordinations are valid.
The teaching that was approved and accepted by this Council, was known as Theravāda.
The modern Theravāda school is usually described as belonging to Hīnayāna.

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The Sthaviras gave rise to several schools, one of which was the Theravāda school.
The Theravāda school.
The practices usually vary in different sub-schools and monasteries within Theravāda.
Theravāda monks typically belong to a particular nikaya, variously referred to as monastic orders or fraternities.
The original Sthaviras, however, are by no means identical with the modern school called Theravāda.
Theravāda traditionally promotes itself as the Vibhajjavāda " teaching of analysis.
The story of Aṅgulimāla is most well-known in the Theravāda tradition.
In Theravāda traditions in the West, the eight precepts are observed as well.
Southeast Asian Buddhism " an alternative name used by some scholars for Theravāda.
In the Theravāda tradition, the precepts are recited in a standardized fashion, using Pāli language.
He was also an erudite scholar of the Pali Tipiṭaka, the Theravāda canon.
Buddhist monks of the Theravāda school fast on certain holy days ( uposatha ) of the month.
The commentaries, together with the Abhidhamma, define the specific Theravāda heritage.
In Theravāda countries, for example in Burma and Sri Lanka, similar customs have been observed.
Kalupahana notes the same for the Visuddhimagga, the most important Theravāda commentary.
Theravāda Buddhism, a social history from ancient Benares to modern Colombo.
In the early period, Sri Lankan Buddhism was predominantly flourished with Theravāda Buddhist ideas.
The Theravāda Jātakas comprise 547 poems, arranged roughly by an increasing number of verses.
In Theravāda tradition = = In the Pāli scriptures of the Theravāda Buddhist tradition, is called.

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