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Maha Nikaya

The Mahā Nikāya (literal translation: "great order") is one of the two principal monastic orders, or fraternities, of modern Thai and Cambodian Buddhism...

Last Update: 2023-02-05T05:04:52Z Word Count : 343 Synonim Maha Nikaya

Dhammayuttika Nikaya

not within the order being referred to as part of the Maha Nikaya order. The Dhammayuttika Nikaya plays a significant political role in Thailand. The order...

Last Update: 2023-07-25T04:23:18Z Word Count : 2728 Synonim Dhammayuttika Nikaya

Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia

derived from Pali. The full official title of the Supreme Patriarch of the Maha Nikaya is Samdech Preah Sumedhādhipati (Khmer: សម្តេច ព្រះ សុមេធាធិបតី); sumedhādhipati...

Last Update: 2024-02-29T19:39:27Z Word Count : 722 Synonim Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia

Buddhism in Cambodia

period of unification between 1981 and 1991: the Maha Nikaya and the Dhammayuttika Nikaya. The Maha Nikaya is by far the larger of the two monastic fraternities...

Last Update: 2024-02-23T00:29:37Z Word Count : 7625 Synonim Buddhism in Cambodia

Rāmañña Nikāya

Gnanasami Maha Thera. Main Station - Mūla Maha Viharaya, Payagala, Kalutara. In the beginning, the Majority of monasteries of Rāmañña Nikāya were forest...

Last Update: 2023-09-28T14:54:20Z Word Count : 769 Synonim Rāmañña Nikāya

Sri Lankan Forest Tradition

Gnanasami Maha Thera in order to establish Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya. He was considered the pioneer of forest dwellers in Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya. Some...

Last Update: 2023-09-03T04:41:18Z Word Count : 1616 Synonim Sri Lankan Forest Tradition

Amarapura Nikāya

Sirisaddhammawansa Maha Nikaya Amarapura Mulawamsika Nikaya Udarata Amarapura Nikaya Amarapura Sabaragamu Saddhamma Nikaya Saddhamma Yutthika (Matara) Nikaya Dadalu...

Last Update: 2024-04-17T03:10:25Z Word Count : 1467 Synonim Amarapura Nikāya

Sangharaja

existed for the Cambodian branch of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, and another for the Maha Nikaya. Because the Dhammayuttika order enjoyed closer ties to...

Last Update: 2024-04-11T00:43:45Z Word Count : 1415 Synonim Sangharaja

Dīgha Nikāya

The Dīgha Nikāya ("Collection of Long Discourses") is a Buddhist scriptures collection, the first of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Piṭaka...

Last Update: 2024-04-13T13:19:28Z Word Count : 713 Synonim Dīgha Nikāya

List of Buddhist temples in Thailand

890 are of the Maha Nikaya and 1,987 are of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya orders of the Theravada school, while 12 are of the Chinese Nikaya and 13 are of the...

Last Update: 2024-03-26T13:47:10Z Word Count : 1252 Synonim List of Buddhist temples in Thailand

Ecclesiastical peerage of Thailand

eight somdet phra ratchakhana: four from the Mahā Nikāya sect and the other four from the Dhammayuttika Nikāya sect. The titles for somdet phra ratchakhana...

Last Update: 2024-04-04T20:19:54Z Word Count : 1199 Synonim Ecclesiastical peerage of Thailand

Supreme Patriarch of Thailand

oversee both of Thailand's Theravada fraternities, the Maha Nikaya and the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, as well as the small minority of Mahayana Buddhists in...

Last Update: 2024-02-18T12:38:22Z Word Count : 1117 Synonim Supreme Patriarch of Thailand

Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo

was a member of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya. Ajahn Sao was ordained as a monk at the age of 20, entering the Maha Nikaya order. In 1887 he re-ordained in...

Last Update: 2022-01-07T13:37:10Z Word Count : 355 Synonim Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo

Nikāya

Nikāya (निकाय) is a Pāli word meaning "volume". It is often used like the Sanskrit word āgama (आगम) to mean "collection", "assemblage", "class" or "group"...

Last Update: 2023-10-21T17:37:26Z Word Count : 573 Synonim Nikāya

Thai Forest Tradition

in Laos. Early Buddhist schools Early Buddhist texts Dhammayuttika Nikaya Maha Nikaya Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah Galduwa Forest Tradition Sri Lankan...

Last Update: 2023-09-08T18:35:05Z Word Count : 10124 Synonim Thai Forest Tradition

Khmer nationalism

monks" movement, a small group of politically active monks (primarily Maha Nikaya) voicing public opposition to the current government. The "young monks"...

Last Update: 2024-04-15T09:46:19Z Word Count : 1454 Synonim Khmer nationalism

Schools of Buddhism

1975) Hngettwin Nikaya Thai Theravāda Maha Nikaya Dhammakaya Movement Mahasati meditation (mindfulness meditation) Thammayut Nikaya Thai Forest Tradition...

Last Update: 2024-04-08T09:29:38Z Word Count : 4266 Synonim Schools of Buddhism

Buddhism in Thailand

two official branches, or Nikayas, of Thai Buddhism are the royally backed Dhammayuttika Nikaya and the larger Maha Nikaya. The Mahāvaṃsa, a historical...

Last Update: 2024-03-22T20:55:51Z Word Count : 15740 Synonim Buddhism in Thailand

Sutta Piṭaka

nikayas (collections) of suttas: Digha Nikāya (dīghanikāya), the "long" discourses. Majjhima Nikāya, the "middle-length" discourses. Saṁyutta Nikāya (saṃyutta-)...

Last Update: 2024-02-15T04:41:07Z Word Count : 763 Synonim Sutta Piṭaka

Wat Phra Dhammakaya

one of the temples that emerged from this tradition and is part of the Mahā Nikāya fraternity. The temple is legally represented by the Dhammakaya Foundation...

Last Update: 2024-04-03T07:00:54Z Word Count : 18103 Synonim Wat Phra Dhammakaya

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Maha Nikaya

The Mahā Nikāya (literal translation: "great order") is one of the two principal monastic orders, or fraternities, of modern Thai and Cambodian Buddhism. The term is used to refer to any Theravada monks not within the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, the other principal monastic order. The Maha Nikaya is the largest order of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and Cambodia, in Thailand taking up over 90% of the Buddhist monks in the country.