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Wat Wang Wiwekaram
, image = Wat wangwayrugaram - panoramio - Boonchai C.jpg , image_size = , alt = , caption = , map_type = Thailand , map_size = , map_alt = , map_caption = , location = , coordinates = , religious_affiliation = Theravada Buddhism , deity = , country = Nong Lu, Kanchanaburi, Rural Road 3024, Thailand , functional_status = , website = , founded_by = Monk Luangpho Uttama , year_completed = Wat Wang Wiwekaram ( th, วัดวังก์วิเวการาม, ; mnw, ဘာဝင်္ကဝိဝေကာရာမ), or Wat Luang Pho Uttama ( th, วัดหลวงพ่ออุตตมะ; mnw, ဘာကျာ်ဇၞော်အ္စာတၠဥတ္တမ), is a temple at Ban Wang Kalang. It was originally built in 1953 by Luang Pho Uttma with the help of a local immigrant population of Karen and Mon peoples. It is located in Sangkhlaburi District, Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi ( th, กาญจนบุรี, ) is a town municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theravada
''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) 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 ''Dharma (Buddhism), Buddha Dhamma'' in the Pāli Canon for over two millennia. The Pāli Canon is the most complete Buddhist canon surviving in a Indo-Aryan languages, classical Indian language, Pali, Pāli, which serves as the school's sacred language and ''lingua franca''.Crosby, Kate (2013), ''Theravada Buddhism: Continuity, Diversity, and Identity'', p. 2. In contrast to ''Mahāyāna'' and ''Vajrayāna'', Theravāda tends to be conservative in matters of doctrine (''pariyatti'') and monastic discipline (''vinaya''). One element of this conservatism is the fact that Theravāda rejects the authenticity of the Mahayana sutras (which appeared c. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
