• The Mahā Nikāya (literal translation: "great order") is one of the two principal monastic orders, or fraternities, of modern Thai and Cambodian Buddhism...
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    not within the order being referred to as part of the Maha Nikaya order. The Dhammayuttika Nikaya plays a significant political role in Thailand. The order...
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  • Gnanasami Maha Thera. Main Station - Mūla Maha Viharaya, Payagala, Kalutara. In the beginning, the Majority of monasteries of Rāmañña Nikāya were forest...
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  • derived from Pali. The full official title of the Supreme Patriarch of the Maha Nikaya is Samdech Preah Sumedhādhipati (Khmer: សម្តេច ព្រះ សុមេធាធិបតី); sumedhādhipati...
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    Yuttika Nikaya 10 Sri Lanka Svejin Maha Nikaya 11 Sabaragamu Saddhammawansa Nikaya 12 Amarapura Ariyavansa Saddhamma Yuttika Nikaya 13 Culagandhi Nikaya 14...
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  • existed for the Cambodian branch of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, and another for the Maha Nikaya. Because the Dhammayuttika order enjoyed closer ties to...
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    The Dīgha Nikāya ("Collection of Long Discourses") is a Buddhist scriptures collection, the first of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Piṭaka...
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  • Maha Dwara Nikaya (Burmese: မဟာဒွာရနိကာယ, IPA: [məhà dwàɹa̰ nḭkàja̰]); also spelt Maha Dwaya Nikaya or Mahādvāra Nikāya, is a small monastic order of...
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  • Gnanasami Maha Thera in order to establish Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya. He was considered the pioneer of forest dwellers in Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya. Some...
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    oversee both of Thailand's Theravada fraternities, the Maha Nikaya and the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, as well as the small minority of Mahayana Buddhists in...
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    period of unification between 1981 and 1991: the Maha Nikaya and the Dhammayuttika Nikaya. The Maha Nikaya is by far the larger of the two monastic fraternities...
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    monks" movement, a small group of politically active monks (primarily Maha Nikaya) voicing public opposition to the current government. The "young monks"...
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  • The term Nikāya Buddhism was coined by Masatoshi Nagatomifake as a non-derogatory substitute for Hinayana, meaning the early Buddhist schools. Examples...
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    890 are of the Maha Nikaya and 1,987 are of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya orders of the Theravada school, while 12 are of the Chinese Nikaya and 13 are of the...
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  • Nikāya (निकाय) is a Pāli word meaning "volume". It is often used like the Sanskrit word āgama (आगम) to mean "collection", "assemblage", "class" or "group"...
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  • The Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya (Sinhala: අමරපුර–රාමඤ්ඤ සාමග්‍රී මහා සංඝ සභාව, romanized: Amarapura–Rāmañña Sāmagrī Mahā Saṁgha Sabhāva) is the larger of...
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    was a member of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya. Ajahn Sao was ordained as a monk at the age of 20, entering the Maha Nikaya order. In 1887 he re-ordained in...
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    eight somdet phra rachakhana: four from the Mahā Nikāya sect and the other four from the Dhammayuttika Nikāya sect. The titles for somdet phra rachakhana...
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  • July 1933. On 3 September 2012, he was appointed as the 13th Maha Nayaka of the Ramanna Nikaya succeeding Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thero who died in August...
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    1975) Hngettwin Nikaya Thai Theravāda Maha Nikaya Dhammakaya Movement Mahasati meditation (mindfulness meditation) Thammayut Nikaya Thai Forest Tradition...
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    in Laos. Early Buddhist schools Early Buddhist texts Dhammayuttika Nikaya Maha Nikaya Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah Galduwa Forest Tradition Sri Lankan...
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    two official branches, or Nikayas, of Thai Buddhism are the royally backed Dhammayuttika Nikaya and the larger Maha Nikaya. The Mahāvaṃsa, a historical...
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    one of the temples that emerged from this tradition and is part of the Mahā Nikāya fraternity. The temple is legally represented by the Dhammakaya Foundation...
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  • The Siam (also Siyamopali and Siyam) Nikaya is a monastic order within Sri Lankan Buddhism, founded by Upali Thera of Siyam, on the initiatives taken by...
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  • Kotugoda Dhammawasa Mahanayaka Thero (category Sri Lankan recipients of Agga Maha Pandita)
    Amarapura Nikaya, including: his appointment in 1970 as an ordained member of the Working Committee and to the Post of Honorary Prelate (Maha Nayaka)....
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    nikayas (collections) of suttas: Digha Nikāya (dīghanikāya), the "long" discourses. Majjhima Nikāya, the "middle-length" discourses. Saṁyutta Nikāya (saṃyutta-)...
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  • Theravada (category Nikaya schools)
    (or Mahavihara Vamshika Shyamopali Vanavasa Nikaya) Thailand and Cambodia Dhammayuttika Nikaya Maha Nikaya Theravāda Buddhism's emphasis on mindfulness...
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  • Amarapura Nikaya Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya Amara Sinha Amaravati Buddhist Monastery Amaravati Stupa Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera Ambapali...
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    post of Amarapura nikaya in 1969, state patronage has been extended to the Mahanayaka theros of the other nikayas as well. Agga Maha Pandita Buddhism in...
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  • Kandy. The chief incumbent of the Asgiri Maha Viharaya is the Mahanayaka thero of Asgiri chapter of Siyam nikaya, a leading Buddhist monastic fraternity...
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