What is Theravada Buddhism?
Theravāda is the oldest surviving Buddhist school and it is the predominant religion of Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
Theravāda is the oldest surviving Buddhist school and it is the predominant religion of Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
A long but clear and interesting religious post on what happens after death according to Classical Theravāda Buddhism.
To help with Buddhist literacy, I made a basic video that helps people memorize The Noble Eightfold Path in English.
If I were to describe a river based on Suttanta values and again in terms of Abhidhamma and commentary values, they both will become very clear.
The Monastery Murder Massacre that happened in Vesālī during the time of The Buddha is not well known among lay people
I have made a list of the most basic Pāḷi terms which will help you in your Theravāda Buddhist Readings and listening to Dhamma Talks.
Most Westerners do not like the ancient commentaries or the Abhidhamma. Here is a story.
The Mass–energy equivalence is one of the most famous physics equations known to the general population. Did the Buddha know this beforehand? We all know this formula as the explanation for how nuclear energy works, but we really don’ t know much more than that. For my one of my birthdays, I asked a monk …
If you go to a Theravada Buddhist forest monastery in Asia, you are likely to find a full skeleton or parts of a skeleton somewhere where it can be viewed easily. Why?