- The
Sthavira nikāya (Sanskrit "Sect of the Elders"; Chinese: 上座部; pinyin: Shàngzuò Bù; Vietnamese: Trưởng lão bộ) was one of the
early Buddhist schools...
-
initially split into two main Nikāyas (monastic groups, divisions), the
Sthavira ("Elders"), and the Mahāsāṃghika ("Great Community"). This
initial split...
- (janapada) of Avanti,
where the
Sthavira nikāya was centered.
Following the
initial split in the
Buddhist community, the
Sthavira nikāya
became influential...
- Mahāsāṃghikas hold that the
Sthaviras ("Elders")
wanted to 'add' more
rules to the Vinaya.
Vinaya texts ****ociated with the
Sthaviras do
contain more rules...
- Tripiṭaka (also 300,000 slokas),
which was
maintained in
Sanskrit The
Sthavira Tripiṭaka (also 300,000 slokas), the Pali
canon is one
version of this...
-
Nirvana (Sanskrit: निर्वाण; IAST: nirvāṇa; Pali: nibbāna) is the
extinguishing of the p****ions, the "blowing out" or "quenching" of the
activity of the...
- a term
applied generally to
groups of
early Buddhists belonging to the
Sthavira Nikāya,
which split from the Mahāsāṃghika (due
either to the
former attempting...
- of the
original pre-sectarian
Buddhist tradition (the
other being the
Sthavira nikaya). This
schism is
traditionally held to have
occurred after the Second...
-
surviving school out of the
Early Buddhist schools,
being derived from the
Sthavira Nikāya via the Sri
Lankan Mahavihara tradition. East
Asian Mahāyāna ("Great...
- but they
disagree on what
issues he
disagreed with the
Buddha on. The
Sthavira texts generally focus on "five points"
which are seen as
excessive ascetic...
