Theravāda
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Theravāda (Pāli, ‘teaching of the elders (of the order)’; Chin., Shang-tso-pu; Jap., Jōzabu; Korean, Sangjwabu). An early school of Buddhism, derived from
Vibhajjavādins and associated with Sthaviras. As the major survivor of this line, the term became synonymous with Buddhism derived from, and defensive of, the
Pāli canon—in contrast to
Mahāyāna. Theravāda is the form of Buddhism in Śri Lankā and SE Asia. Mahāyāna (‘Large Vehicle’) calls Theravāda ‘
Hīnayāna’, ‘Small Vehicle’, and this term, despite its contemptuous associations, still persists. Theravāda, though strictly inaccurate, is preferable, even though Theravāda was simply one among many early Buddhist schools.
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