Theravāda

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:religion
gptkbp:allows gptkb:Pāli_Canon
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Mahayana
gptkb:Vajrayana
gptkbp:district gptkb:Third_Buddhist_Council
gptkbp:emphasizes gptkb:meditation
monastic discipline (Vinaya)
personal liberation (arahantship)
gptkbp:established 3rd century BCE
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Asalha_Puja
gptkb:Magha_Puja
gptkb:Vesak
gptkb:Kathina
gptkbp:focusesOn gptkb:historical_Buddha
gptkbp:founder none (traces lineage to Buddha)
gptkbp:goal gptkb:Nirvana
gptkb:Arahantship
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Theravāda
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Sri_Lankan_culture
gptkb:Laotian_culture
Southeast Asian culture
Thai culture
Burmese culture
Cambodian culture
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Pāli
gptkbp:meditationType gptkb:Samatha
gptkb:Vipassana
gptkbp:monasticCode gptkb:Vinaya_Pitaka
gptkbp:nameMeaning Teaching of the Elders
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Ajahn_Chah
gptkb:Ajahn_Mun
gptkb:Bhikkhu_Bodhi
gptkb:Buddhaghosa
gptkb:Mahasi_Sayadaw
gptkb:Mahinda
gptkb:Narada_Mahathera
gptkb:Nyanaponika_Thera
gptkb:Ananda_Metteyya
gptkb:Ledi_Sayadaw
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Mahayana_sutras
gptkbp:ordinationDate bhikkhu
bhikkhuni
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:India
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:region gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Cambodia
gptkb:India
gptkb:Laos
gptkb:Malaysia
gptkb:Myanmar
gptkb:Nepal
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Thailand
gptkb:Vietnam
gptkb:China_(Yunnan)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Mahayana
gptkb:Vajrayana
gptkbp:religiousOrder gptkb:Sangha
gptkbp:scripture gptkb:Abhidhamma_Pitaka
gptkb:Sutta_Pitaka
gptkb:Pāli
gptkb:Pāli_Canon
gptkbp:section gptkb:Maha_Nikaya
gptkb:Dhammayuttika_Nikaya
gptkb:Mahavihara
gptkb:Amarapura_Nikaya
gptkb:Ramanna_Nikaya
gptkbp:teaches gptkb:Dependent_Origination
gptkb:Four_Noble_Truths
gptkb:Noble_Eightfold_Path
gptkb:Three_Marks_of_Existence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sarvāstivāda
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5