Similar words: theravada buddhism, bravado, ravage, cravat, caravan, travail, ravaged, ravages. Meaning: n. one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through your own efforts; a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the non-theistic ideal of self purification to Nirvana; the dominant religion of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand and Laos and Cambodia.
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1 Xishuangbanna, the Lahu Theravada Buddhist faith.
2 Sangha Day in Theravada tradition.
3 Theravada Buddhism buildings of Yunnan, the religious center of local Dai people.
4 In ancient Burma, Theravada Buddhism kept a close relationship with the royal power.
5 Most Cambodians practice Theravada Buddhism, which has been popular in the region for at least 1, 500 years.
6 The arts have historically been influenced by Theravada Buddhism, as well as literature.
7 In Theravada doctrine, a person may awaken from the "sleep of ignorance" by directly realizing the true nature of reality; such people are called arahants and occasionally Buddha's.
8 All the leading monks from Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana together decided that your Master is our Master.
9 Theravada teaching is not egoistic but has a intense will to transcend, on which based the genuine cultivation of Bodhisattva.
10 In Theravada Buddhist countries,[www.Sentencedict.com] it is traditional to begin each meditation session with the recitation of a certain set of formulas.
11 Theravada Buddhism, suppressed by Khmer Rouge but now revived, is the main religion, but Christianity is spreading in the country.
12 In addition to Theravada Buddhism, Guan Yin Bodhisattva even is very prominent in Mahayana Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism.
13 The predominant religion is Theravada Buddhism which, along with the common Animism practiced among the mountain tribes, coexists peacefully with spirit worship.
14 In Theravada Buddhism, bodhi and nirvana carry the same meaning, that of being freed from greed, hate and delusion.
15 In the meantime, Sri Lanka became the centre of the earlier Theravada order of Buddhism.
16 This Mahayana view was probably developed out of the ideas found in the original Theravada Pali texts, to which we have just referred in our brief discussion.
17 According to the last census (2000), 94.6% of Thais are Buddhists of the Theravada tradition.
18 After Anawrahta's capture of the Mon capital of Thaton in 1057, the Burmans adopted Theravada Buddhism from the Mons.
19 The exhibition covers a wide range of the heritage of both Theravada and Mahayana-Vajrayana orders, providing a view of the richness of the whole Buddhist tradition.
20 Further, taking into account the recent League of frequent incidents, more than Theravada recession and more able to understand.
21 The Buddhism brought to China initially encompassed both the old Theravada (Shravakayana) and the new Mahayana sets.
22 Historians have established that by the fourth century A.D., Theravada Buddhism originating from Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) became the dominant religion of the people of Maldives.
23 From BC 3rd, Buddhism had been spreading to the south region of India. By way of Sri Lanka, Srivijaya, the Mons and Funan, Theravada Buddhism became the main relief of Southeast Asia mainland.
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