Theravada school

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Theravada_school

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:School_of_the_Elders
gptkbp:contrastsWith	gptkb:Mahayana_Buddhism gptkb:Vajrayana_Buddhism
gptkbp:emphasizes	gptkb:Arhat_ideal
gptkbp:festival	gptkb:Vesak
gptkbp:focusesOn	Early Buddhist teachings
gptkbp:founded	3rd century BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Theravada school
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Thai_Forest_Tradition gptkb:Western_Buddhism gptkb:Burmese_Buddhism gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Buddhism gptkb:Cambodian_Buddhism gptkb:Modern_Vipassana_movement Laotian Buddhism
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Early_Buddhist_schools
gptkbp:layPractice	gptkb:Dana gptkb:Sila gptkb:Bhavana
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Pali
gptkbp:meditationType	gptkb:Samatha gptkb:Vipassana
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Ajahn_Chah gptkb:Ajahn_Mun gptkb:Ajahn_Sumedho gptkb:Bhikkhu_Bodhi gptkb:Buddhaghosa gptkb:Mahasi_Sayadaw gptkb:Narada_Mahathera gptkb:Nyanaponika_Thera gptkb:Pa_Auk_Sayadaw gptkb:Ajahn_Brahm gptkb:Ananda_Metteyya gptkb:Dipa_Ma gptkb:Ledi_Sayadaw gptkb:S._N._Goenka gptkb:Sayadaw_U_Pandita gptkb:Nyanatiloka_Mahathera
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Abhidhamma_Pitaka gptkb:Sutta_Pitaka gptkb:Vinaya_Pitaka gptkb:Dhammapada gptkb:Visuddhimagga
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Mahavihara gptkb:Shwedagon_Pagoda gptkb:Wat_Phra_Dhammakaya
gptkbp:ordinationDate	Upasampada
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:India
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Bangladesh gptkb:Cambodia gptkb:Laos gptkb:Malaysia gptkb:Myanmar gptkb:Singapore gptkb:Sri_Lanka gptkb:Thailand gptkb:Vietnam
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:religiousOrder	gptkb:Sangha
gptkbp:scripture	Buddhist scripture
gptkbp:teaches	gptkb:Dependent_Origination gptkb:Five_Precepts gptkb:Four_Noble_Truths gptkb:Noble_Eightfold_Path gptkb:Three_Marks_of_Existence
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Yamaka
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5