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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. History
v. t. e. Rāmañña Nikāya ( රාමඤ්ඤ නිකාය, also spelled Ramanya Nikaya) was one of the three major Buddhist orders in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1864 when Ambagahawatte Saranankara, [2] returned to Sri Lanka after being ordained by the Neyyadhamma Munivara Sangharaja of Ratnapunna Vihara in Burma.
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" in both Pāḷi and Sanskrit. [1] It is most commonly used in reference to the Pali Buddhist texts of the Tripitaka namely those found in the Sutta Piṭaka.
Watch on. Welcome to Bangkok, Thailand | DW Documentary. Although Thais practice both Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, most are Theravada Buddhists. The Theravada lineage is then locally split into two sub-lineages: Maha Nikaya (Bigger Order) and Dhammayuttika Nikaya (Orthodox Order). The Mahayana lineage is also split into subsects.
- MN 1: Mulapariyaya Sutta — The Root Sequence {M i 1} [Thanissaro]. In this difficult but important sutta the Buddha reviews in depth one of the most fundamental principles of Buddhist thought and practice: namely, that there is no thing — not even Nibbana itself — that can rightly be regarded as the source from which all phenomena and experience emerge.
- MN 2: Sabbasava Sutta — Discourse on All Āsavas/All the Fermentations {M i 6} [Burma Piṭaka Assn. | Thanissaro]. The Buddha teaches seven methods for eliminating from the mind the deeply rooted defilements (sensuality, becoming, views, and ignorance) that obstruct the realization of Awakening.
- MN 4: Bhaya-bherava Sutta — Fear & Terror {M i 16} [Thanissaro]. What would it take to live in solitude in the wilderness, completely free of fear? The Buddha explains.
- MN 5: Anaṅgaṇa Sutta — Unblemished {M i 24} [Thanissaro]. Ven. Sāriputta explains the blemishes of the mind: the influences of evil, unskillful wishes.
Nikāya (T. sde; C. bu; J. bu) is a term from the Sanskrit and Pāḷi languages [1] that is translated as "group," "collection," "assemblege," etc. This term is used in the following senses: 1) In reference to collections of sutras. In this context, nikāya is most commonly used to refer to the suttas of the Pali Canon, which are referred to ...
nikāya, in Buddhism, any of the so-called “Eighteen Schools” of Indian sectarian Buddhism. After the second Buddhist council, at which time the Mahāsaṅghikas separated from the Sthaviravādins, a number of Buddhist “schools” or “sects” began to appear over the course of many years.
