That all phenomena arise from causes.
Theraveda is a sect that follows strict Buddhist teachings.
Lord Buddha
Essential teachings was created in 1995.
Buddhist is all about the rice and ping pong in the ching chong with ur ding dongs, but Hindu is all about Tilak Patel's teachings and way of Curry.
Essential teachings has 129 pages.
A person is a Buddhist if he says he is a Buddhist. Someone who tries to follow the teachings of the Buddha is the kind of person who would call himself a Buddhist.
It is fairly simple. If you have investigated the Buddha's teachings and have come to believe that this is the path (and it is a path) that you want to follow in your life then you simply need to take the refuge ceremony, either by yourself, or in a Buddhist Temple or with a Buddhist Monk. The refuge ceremony is your statement that you intend to use the Buddha (the first know enlightened one), his teachings (the Dharma) and his followers (The Sangha, which is the Monks, Nuns, lay persons that follow The Buddha and all enlightened beings (other Buddhas)) as your guides in life. It is well explained here: See : Related links
The ISBN of Essential teachings is 1-56731-794-4.
A tipitaka contains most of the Buddhist teachings.
One of the teachings of the Buddha is that there is no unchanging self, there is no soul. So the question has no meaning in a Buddhist context.
Buddhist statutes are not used for worship. They are used to being to mind the teachings of the Buddha or his and his disciples actions. We bow to the Buddha in reverence to his teachings just as we bow to all beings.
Prince Shotoku helped spread Buddhism in Japan by building a grand Buddhist temple and by writing commentaries on Buddhist teachings.