RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Theravada
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Mahayana
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Orthodox
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Detailed explanation-1: -Theravada recognizes the primacy and humanity of the historical Buddha.
Detailed explanation-2: -Wisdom in Theravada Buddhism Theravada stresses purifying the mind from defilements (kilesas, in Pali) and cultivating the mind through meditation (bhavana) In order to develop discerning or penetrating insight into the Three Marks of Existence and the Four Noble Truths. This is the path to wisdom.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the reign of the emperor Ashoka (3rd century bce), the Theravada school traveled to Sri Lanka, where it divided into three subgroups, known after their monastic centres as the Mahaviharika, the Abhayagirika, and the Jetavaniya.
Detailed explanation-4: -Theravāda (/ˌtɛrəˈvɑːdə/), lit. ‘School of the Elders’) 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 Buddha Dhamma in the Pāli Canon for over two millennia.