STHAVIRAVADA
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'SthaviravÄda' (Sanskrit; Chinese 上座部) literally means "Teaching Of The Elders". It was one of the two main movements in early Buddhism, the other being that of the . "The Elders" referred to the elder monks, who were naturally the leaders of the community, and whose voice and views carried more weight than more junior monks.
The two groups separated between the second and third Buddhist council, around 350 BCE. The SthaviravÄda were the proponents of an orthodox understanding of the Buddha's teachings. They were criticised by the school for adding additional rules to the Patimokkha.
The SthaviravÄda doctrine survives today in the TheravÄda tradition, but "although they share the same name (Thera and Sthavira being the PÄli and Sanskrit forms of the same word meaning "elder"), there is no historical evidence that the TheravÄda school arose until around two centuries after the Great Schism which occurred at the Council of " ("Oxford Dictionary of Buddhism, Damien KEOWN, 2003). The Theravada is often recognized as being a continuation of the Sthaviravada, after the Third Buddhist Council.
★ Early Buddhist Schools
★ Schools of Buddhism
★ Buddhist Councils
★ Keown, Damien. (2003). ''Oxford Dictionary of Buddhism''. ISBN 0-19-860560-9.
'SthaviravÄda' (Sanskrit; Chinese 上座部) literally means "Teaching Of The Elders". It was one of the two main movements in early Buddhism, the other being that of the . "The Elders" referred to the elder monks, who were naturally the leaders of the community, and whose voice and views carried more weight than more junior monks.
The two groups separated between the second and third Buddhist council, around 350 BCE. The SthaviravÄda were the proponents of an orthodox understanding of the Buddha's teachings. They were criticised by the school for adding additional rules to the Patimokkha.
The SthaviravÄda doctrine survives today in the TheravÄda tradition, but "although they share the same name (Thera and Sthavira being the PÄli and Sanskrit forms of the same word meaning "elder"), there is no historical evidence that the TheravÄda school arose until around two centuries after the Great Schism which occurred at the Council of " ("Oxford Dictionary of Buddhism, Damien KEOWN, 2003). The Theravada is often recognized as being a continuation of the Sthaviravada, after the Third Buddhist Council.
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See also
★ Early Buddhist Schools
★ Schools of Buddhism
★ Buddhist Councils
References
★ Keown, Damien. (2003). ''Oxford Dictionary of Buddhism''. ISBN 0-19-860560-9.
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