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What is the difference between Theravada and Mahayana monastic order?
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What is the main difference between the two main branches of buddism?
The main difference between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism is their approach to enlightenment. Theravada focuses on individual realization and self-liberation, while Mahayana emphasizes compassion and the idea of helping all beings achieve enlightenment. Additionally, Mahayana includes a wider range of texts and practices than Theravada.
What is the main difference between Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism?
Mahayana is longer and easier path towards enlightenment and Vajrayana is quicker and more harsh and hardworking path towards the achievement of enlightenment.
What are the similarities between mahayana and theravada?
similarities are that they both have to have their hair shaved of and they have to wear saffron with no shoes
What are the two groups that the Buddhists split into?
They split into the Mahayana and Theravada. Theravada is called the Teachings of the Elders and is predominant in South East Asia (Burma, Thailand, etc). It is somewhat closer to basics of what the Buddha taught and is more concerned with personnel liberation. Mahayana is predominate in China, Tibet, Japan. In its teachings it includes discourses and analysis from later Buddhists. It too is primarily concerned with personnel liberation but also includes the importance of helping other sentient beings to reach liberation.
What is the difference between the concept of Arhat and the Mahayana concept of the Boddhisatva?
The difference in the concept of Arhat and the Mahayana concept of the Boddhisatva is the difference in the set of obscurations.
What is the difference between thervada buddhism and mahayana beliefs?
The primary doctrinal belief that separates them is the Mahayana idea of Sunyata. Sunyata tells us that, essentially, nothing exists; a piece of paper is the tree that it came from, not a piece of paper; the tree is not a tree but the sun, the soil and the rain etc. Another major difference is the Theravada idea of Arhats and the Mahayana idea of Bodhisattva: Arhats being men who have achieved nirvana and will go on to achieve parinirvana; Bodhisattva are men or women who have reached enlightenment but upon death maintain their consciousness in Samsara until all other sentient beings have also reached nirvana. Other things that separate Mahayana from Theravada: different precepts for monastics, a different Vinaya, Female Monastics (can be monks or nuns, nuns 'died' out in Theravada), Skillful speech (lying is okay for the right reasons) and different interpretation of the precepts: some Mahayana believe it is okay to like eat meat if they didn't kill it.
What is the difference between Muhayana and Theravada?
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What are three differences in theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism?
The goal in the Theravada is enlightenment for oneself. Such a person is called an arahat. The goal in the Mahayana is the enlightenment of all beings. A person who has vowed to enlighten all beings is called a bodhisattva.Source of authority for the Buddha's teachings: In the Theravada, the final source for the Buddha's teachings is the Pali Tipitika. In the Mahayana, it is not clearly defined what the final authority for the Buddha's teachings is. For some, it is their own experience. For others, it is what their teacher says. For still others, it is the Tripitika.Number of schools: The Theravada has not had any further schisms since the Sthiravada/Mahasanghika split a couple of hundred years after the Buddha. The Theravada is basically the same in all Theravadin temples throughout the world. The Mahayana, on the other hand, has continued to schism for the past two thousand years, to the point where there are thousands of distinct Mahayana sects throughout the world, and the teachings are somewhat different between them, though there is still substantial overlap.
What are the major differences between schools of Buddhism like Theravada Mahayana Zen and Jogye?
well...it's a hard one. Tibet is a Buddhism hollyland,I suggest you go there and find out yourself.'Cause the most important meaning of Buddhism can never described.
What is the difference between Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism?
This is a short answer to your question. But much more detail is available online. At one time there were 3 great traditions in Buddhism. These were Mahayana, Theravada, and Hinayana. Two traditions are still active today, Mahayana and Theravada. In the Mahayana tradition a follower seeks to attain enlightenment not only for themselves but for the benefit of all sentient beings. These people are referred to as Bodhisattvas. The Mahayana tradition is the largest of the two Buddhist traditions active today. It was started sometime about 400 years after the Buddha's death. One of the great Masters of Mahayana was Nargajuna who taught on emptiness. The Theravada tradition was started after the Third Council after The Buddha's death. This council was held to remove some heretical beliefs and writings from the scriptures that were seeping into the teachings. The Buddha's teachings were written down and approved by this council and is know as the "Teachings of the Elders". The main goal of a Theravadan is to attain Buddha-hood. It is the oldest school and the one most closest to the early Buddhism. Hinayana tradition was for those who for seek enlightenment for themselves, but Hinayanists developed a set of rules that only a person who reincarnated as a man and become a Monk could attain enlightenment, which goes against The Buddha's teachings. As of today, there are no schools of tradition for Hinayana. It is effectively a dead tradition.
How many members of Buddhism are there?
Well there are two branches of Buddhism: Theravada and Mahayana.They are further divided into several sects or schools of Buddhism. Tibetan, Nichiren, Pure Land, Zen, Singon, and Tendai are all Mahayana Buddhist sects.
What are the differences between theravda buddaism and mahayan buddaism?
Theravada- "teachings of the elders" (followed original teachings). elief in god arent as important as becoming enlightened yourself. Mahayana- "Great vehicle" where those who become enlightened must help others. This branch embraced popular new features
