Theravāda Buddhism 테라와다 (남방) 불교
'The teaching of the elders', the oldest surviving school, living in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. Monks on morning alms rounds and forest meditation monasteries are its familiar faces.
OriginSri Lanka, then Southeast Asia
WhenFrom the 3rd c. BCE
TextsThe Pali Canon (Tipitaka)
A practice you can try today
Vipassanā (insight) and samatha (calm) meditation, mettā (loving-kindness), offering alms.
🕯 Pray in the Forest Sanctuary Make your own caveSacred places
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Buddhism불교The path taught by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha ('awakened one'): life is marked by suffering, suffering has a cause in craving, it can end, and the Eightfold Path leads there.Mindfulness & secular meditation마음챙김과 세속 명상Paying attention, on purpose and without judgement, to this moment.Seon / Zen Buddhism선불교 (선종)The meditation school of Mahayana Buddhism: awakening is not far away but is your own original mind, seen directly.
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