Theravada
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title:
Theravada
text:
Theravāda is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school's adherents, termed Theravādins, have preserved their version of Gautama Buddha's teaching or dhamma in the Pāli Canon for over two millennia. The Pāli Canon is the most complete Buddhist canon surviving in a classical Indian language, Pāli, which serves as the school's sacred language and lingua franca. In contrast to Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna, Theravāda tends to be conservative in matters of doctrine (pa
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Major branch of Buddhism
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada
date created:
2001-10-25T19:30:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T09:05:39Z
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