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Theravada Buddhism: Teachings
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As in other Southeast Asian nations where Theravada Buddhism is the dominant religion, Laotians go to the temple to make merit, pray, or meditate. Exquisitely decorated and surrounded by high white boundary walls, the temples are centres of community life in the rural areas.
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Theravada Buddhism, sometimes referred to as Southern Buddhism, belongs primarily to the Hinayana tradition and is the only so-called Hinayana School to survive to the present. Theravada means 'teachings of the elders' (Skt. sthavira-vada).
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An impact of Theravada Buddhism on administration has been inherited on society’s morality, political culture since Sukothai period. Unfortunately, part of such inheritances have been ignored ... the question arises whether “Norms” and “Values” of the present society have been changed or not.
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As stated above, the Theravada school of Buddhism is known as “the way of the elders” and is considered the oldest, most orthodox form of Buddhism. But this does not make it a rigid and dogmatic or fundamentalist school of Buddhism. The remainder of this webpage will focus on this issue of fundamentalism to show that this is not the intention or purpose of Theravada and a small minority of monks and lay people who are attempting to take Theravada in this fundamentalist direction are actually going against the Buddha’s teachings.
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Venerable Aswaghosh, Jnanapurnika, Sudarshan and Nun Dhammavati are the leading figures of Theravada Buddhism in Nepal now. Ven. Ashwaghosh is an influential speaker and writer. He was a parliament member of Upper House of Nepal and Vice-Chairman of Lumbini Development Trust. He started Sangharam Bhikshu Training center at Chhetrapati - Dhalko, in KTM. It is the first monk training school.
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A form of meditation widely practiced in Theravada Buddhism in which the mind is concentrated on a single object and gradually calmed until only the object is known. The ultimate goal of this meditation is to enter the state of samadhi which is when the distinction between the object and the meditator disappears, which is the realization of non-dualism. This state is a prerequisite to entering the four levels of jhana and enlightenment.
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