The term Nikāya Buddhism was coined by Masatoshi Nagatomi as a non-derogatory substitute for Hinayana, meaning the early Buddhist schools. Examples of...

'monastic fraternity'. The term Nikāya Buddhism is sometimes used in contemporary scholarship to refer to the Buddhism of the early Buddhist schools. In...

(lit. "Three Baskets") of Theravada Buddhism. It was composed between 3rd century BCE and 2nd century CE. This nikaya consists of 152 discourses attributed...

the Sthavira Nikāya via the Sri Lankan Mahavihara tradition. East Asian Mahāyāna ("Great Vehicle"), East Asian Buddhism or "Eastern Buddhism", prominent...

that compose the Pali Tipitaka, the sacred scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. This nikaya consists of fifteen (Thailand), fifteen (Sri Lanka follows Buddhaghosa's...

compose the Pali Tipiṭaka of Theravada Buddhism. Some of the most commonly referenced suttas from the Digha Nikaya include the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta (DN...

scholarship has deprecated the pejorative term, and instead uses the term Nikaya Buddhism to refer to early Buddhist schools. Hinayana has also been inappropriately...

The Saṃyutta Nikāya ("Connected Discourses" or "Kindred Sayings") is a Buddhist scriptures collection, the third of the five Nikāyas, or collections,...

Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that comprise the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism. This nikaya consists...

Pali Canon of the Theravada, the term nikāya is used. The word āgama does not occur in this collection. In Buddhism, the term āgama is used to refer to...

Insight' and 'Enlightenment' in Early Buddhism Majjhima Nikaya 26 Anguttara Nikaya II.45 (PTS) Samyutta Nikaya III.140–142 (PTS) This also includes Pratyekabuddha...

Dhammayuttika Nikāya (Pali; Thai: ธรรมยุติกนิกาย; RTGS: Thammayuttika Nikai; Khmer: ធម្មយុត្តិកនិកាយ, Thômmôyŭttĕkâ Nĭkay), or Dhammayut Order (Thai: คณะธรรมยุต)...

Indian Buddhism may be divided into five periods: Early Buddhism (occasionally called pre-sectarian Buddhism), Nikaya Buddhism or Sectarian Buddhism (the...

Mahā Nikāya (literal translation: "great order") is one of the two principal monastic orders, or fraternities, of modern Thai and Cambodian Buddhism. The...

arhatship, envisions different views of nirvāṇa than the Nikaya Buddhist schools. Mahāyāna Buddhism is a diverse group of various Buddhist traditions and...

of Buddhism Index of Buddhism-related articles Nikaya Buddhism Pyrrhonism Rhinoceros Sutra Schools of Buddhism Secular Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Gombrich...

Mahavihara Vamshika Shyamopali Vanavasa Nikaya) Thailand and Cambodia Dhammayuttika Nikaya Maha Nikaya Theravāda Buddhism's emphasis on mindfulness and meditation...

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...

Ango Aṅgulimāla Angulimaliya Sutra Anguttara Nikaya Angya Anicca Aniconism in Buddhism Animals in Buddhism Aniruddha Mahathera Añjali Mudrā Anomadassi...

Rāmañña Nikāya (රාමඤ්ඤ නිකාය, also spelled Ramanya Nikaya) was one of the three major Buddhist orders in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1864 when Ambagahawatte...

commentarial tradition, the scholar Buddhaghosa's commentary to the Majjhima Nikaya describes Yama as a vimānapeta (विमानपेत), a "being in a mixed state", sometimes...

nikayas (collections) of suttas: Digha Nikāya (dīghanikāya), the "long" discourses. Majjhima Nikāya, the "middle-length" discourses. Saṁyutta Nikāya (saṃyutta-)...

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Vol. 1, p. 377 The Connected Discourses of the Buddha. A Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Translator...

Pre-sectarian Buddhism, also called early Buddhism, the earliest Buddhism, original Buddhism, and primitive Buddhism, is Buddhism as theorized to have...

Yogācāra Nikaya Buddhism (also called "Hinayana") Theravada Sangharaj Nikaya Mahasthabir Nikaya Dwara Nikaya Shwegyin Nikaya Thudhamma Nikaya Amarapura–Rāmañña...

Index of Buddhism-related articles Secular Buddhism Six realms The unanswered questions Tulpa This is discussed in many Suttas of different Nikayas. See,...

In the oldest texts of Buddhism, dhyāna (Sanskrit: ध्यान) or jhāna (Pali: 𑀛𑀸𑀦) is a component of the training of the mind (bhavana), commonly translated...

two official branches, or Nikayas, of Thai Buddhism are the royally backed Dhammayuttika Nikaya and the larger Maha Nikaya. The Mahāvaṃsa, a historical...

The Amarapura Nikaya (Sinhala: අමරපුර මහ නිකාය) was a Sri Lankan monastic fraternity (gaṇa or nikāya) founded in 1800. It is named after the city of Amarapura...

Theravada Buddhism is the largest and official religion of Sri Lanka, practiced by 70.2% of the population as of 2012. Practitioners of Sri Lankan Buddhism can...