Buddhism is a religion that is based on the practices, beliefs and traditions of Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha Gautama is who is also known as the Buddha basically means the awakened one.
Buddhism teaches that everyone experiences suffering and misery caused by a desire for money and happiness.
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Buddhism teaches that everyone experiences suffering and misery caused by a desire for money and happiness
The followers of Mahayana worshipped Buddha as a god and also believed that there are many Buddhas.
Around 70% of Sri Lankans are Buddhist with most of those following the Theravada school of Buddhism. Sri Lanka is the oldest continually Buddhist country in the world, the religion was introduced in the 2nd century BCE by Venerable Mahinda.
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Theravada, the "Doctrine of the Elders," is the school of Buddhism that draws its scriptural inspiration from the Tipitaka, or Pali canon, which scholars generally agree contains the earliest surviving record of the Buddha's teachings. For many centuries, Theravada has been the predominant religion of continental Southeast Asia (Thailand, Myanmar/Burma, Cambodia, and Laos) and Sri Lanka. Today Theravada Buddhists number well over 100 million worldwide.
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The most common type of Buddhism is Theravada Buddhism. It was founded in India, and is the oldest surviving Buddhist school. It is practiced by an estimated 100 million people worldwide today.
I heard that in Sriwijaya at about 7th century there was a biggest Buddhist University in the world at that time. I'tsing, a Buddhist monk from China came to Sriwijaya to learn about Buddhism. Dharmakirti was known as the Mahaguru at that time. Sriwijaya is known as Palembang, it's south of Sumatera Island. The answer for the crossword clue the questioner was after is: Theravada
Ellen Page is a Buddhist. The actress even attended a Buddhist school when she was growing up. The school taught meditation and yoga.
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Therevada Correct spelling is THERAVADA
This is too complex to answer in full here, but please refer to this excellent website which has a detailed discussion of the schools and lineages:http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/schools.htmThe three branches of Buddhism are Mahayana Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism, and Theravada Buddhism.
Buddhism and Buddhists do not have an official or sacred language. Buddhist documents where originally written in Sanskrit (and ancient Indian language) and later Pali ( a more modern Indian language) but Buddhist texts have been translated to most languages. When Buddhist get together they speak in the language of the country that they are in through translators.