Theravada

GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Theravada
AI-created image

Statements (68)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:religion
gptkbp:allows historical Buddha as only Buddha of current era
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Mahayana
gptkb:Vajrayana
gptkbp:coreBelief gptkb:Dependent_Origination
gptkb:Four_Noble_Truths
gptkb:Noble_Eightfold_Path
gptkb:Three_Marks_of_Existence
gptkb:Karma
Rebirth
gptkbp:emphasizes gptkb:meditation
monastic discipline
study of Pali Canon
gptkbp:foundedIn 3rd century BCE
gptkbp:goal gptkb:Arhatship
gptkbp:headquarters Sri Lanka (historically)
gptkbp:highestIdeal gptkb:Buddhism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Theravada
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Buddhism_in_Southeast_Asia
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Early_Buddhist_schools
gptkbp:languageOfInstruction gptkb:Pali
gptkbp:layDevotee Upasaka
Upasika
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Pali
gptkbp:meditationTradition gptkb:Thai_Forest_Tradition
gptkb:Burmese_Vipassana_Tradition
Sri Lankan meditation tradition
gptkbp:monasticCode gptkb:Vinaya_Pitaka
gptkbp:notableFestival gptkb:Asalha_Puja
gptkb:Magha_Puja
gptkb:Vesak
gptkb:Kathina
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Ajahn_Chah
gptkb:Ajahn_Mun
gptkb:Anagarika_Dharmapala
gptkb:Bhikkhu_Bodhi
gptkb:Buddhaghosa
gptkb:Mahasi_Sayadaw
gptkb:Mahinda
gptkb:Narada_Mahathera
gptkb:Nyanaponika_Thera
gptkb:Pa_Auk_Sayadaw
gptkbp:opposedBy Bodhisattva ideal as primary goal
gptkbp:ordinationDate Upasampada
gptkbp:ordinationOfWomen Bhikkhuni ordination (revived in some countries)
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:India
gptkbp:practicedIn Samatha meditation
Vipassana meditation
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:religiousOrder gptkb:Sangha
gptkbp:scripture gptkb:Abhidhamma_Pitaka
gptkb:Sutta_Pitaka
Buddhist scripture
gptkbp:section gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4