Theravāda
Theravāda, the 'Way of the Elders', is the oldest surviving Buddhist tradition, preserving the Pāli canon and the cultivation of calm and insight (śamatha–vipassanā) toward liberation. It remains dominant across Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.
Historical development
Theravāda, the 'Way of the Elders', is the oldest surviving Buddhist tradition, preserving the Pāli canon and the cultivation of calm and insight (śamatha–vipassanā) toward liberation. It remains dominant across Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.
Modern transmission
It is the direct source of the modern lay vipassanā movement.
NOSTOPS teachers in this tradition
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