THERAVAD

A
AND
MAHAYANA
PRESENTED BY:
GROUP 5
OLI, LAXAMANA, TECSON,
PADUA,
RODRIGUEZ,MORENO,DRISCO
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IDEA?
 FOUNDER
SIDDHARTA
 FOUNDED BY
GAUTAMA OR ALSO
KNOWN AS BUDDHA.
THERAVADA
 MEANS “WAY OF
THE ELDERS” AN
IMPLICATION THAT
IT IS LITERALLY
WHAT BUDDHA
TAUGHT.
 MAHAYANA
 “GREATER VEHICLE”
A DEROGATORY
REFERENCE THAT IT
SUPERIOR TO
THERAVADA
BUDDHISM, THE
LESSER VEHICLE.
DIFFERENCES
ONE OF THE MAIN
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE TWO IS THAT THE
IDEAL OF MAHAYANA IS
BECOMING A
BODHISATTVA
(BUDDHA TO BE).
LOCATION OF THERAVADA
AND MAHAYANA BUDDHISM
 Theravada Buddhism
Southern (Sri Lanka, Thailand,
Burma, Laos, Cambodia, parts of
Southeast Asia)
 Mahayana Buddhism
Northern (Tibet, China, Taiwan,
Japan, Korea, Mongolia, parts of
Southeast Asia )
DIVISIONS OF BUDDHISM
 THERAVADA SACRED TEXT
 TIPITAKA = IT MEANS THREE
BASKETS
 IT WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE BOOKS
WRITTEN IN PALI DURING 4TH CENTURY
o 1ST COLLECTION= VINAYA
o 2ND COLLECTION= SUTTRA OR SUTRA
o 3RD COLLECTION = ABHIDARMA MEANS
“THE WORKS THAT GO BEYOND THE
ELEMENTARY TEACHINGS.”
 MAHAYANA SACRED TEXT

 SUTRAS
2 TYPES OF SUTRAS
o VIMALAKIRTI SUTRA live a
devout Buddhist life without
becoming a monk.
o PURE LAND SUTRAS speak
about a heavenly realm
where humans can be reborn
 THERAVADA DOCTRINES
 Theravada emphasizes individual enlightenment; the
ideal is to become an
ARHAT (SOMETIMES ARAHANT), which means
"WORTHY ONE" in Pali.

 An ARHAT is a PERSON who has realized

ENLIGHTENMENT AND FREED himself from the
CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH.

 DOCTRINE OF ANATMAN —the

NATURE OF THE SELF—that differs from that of the
Mahayana. It means that an individual's ego or
personality is a TETHER AND DELUSION.
 MAHAYANA DOCTRINE
 TATHAGATA-GARBHA
IT MEANS WOMB OF
BUDDHA.
It is described as a seed,
embryo or potentiality
within each individual to be
developed.
 THERAVADA AND
MAHAYANA GODS
 NO GOD, BUT THEY
ACCEPT THE
EXISTENCE OF A
HISTORICAL BUDDHA,
SIDDHARTHA
GAUTAMA.
 SECTS OF BUDDHISM
1.THERAVADA
BUDDHISM
2.MAHAYANA
BUDDHISM
3.VAJRAYANA
(TIBETAN BUDDHISM
AND TANTRISM)
SECTS OF BUDDHISM
1.THERAVADA
BUDDHISM
2.MAHAYANA
BUDDHISM
THE 2 LARGEST
SECTS OF BUDDHISM
 VAJRAYANA
BUDDHISM
 VAJRAYANA means ''THE WAY OF
THE DIAMOND.
 VAJRA refers to the DIAMOND-
HARD THUNDERBOLT that was
used as a weapon by the Hindu
god of thunder and rain, INDRA.
 YANA refers to the WAY or the
SPIRITUAL VEHICLE for
ACHIEVING ENLIGHTENMENT.
 THERAVADA ISSUES
BUDDHIST RADICALISM is
on the rise in countries like
Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Since 2012,
both countries have witnessed
SEVERE VIOLENCE AGAINST THEIR
MUSLIM MINORITIES.
 Buddhist and Muslim leaders meet
to discuss peace initiatives at the
Yogyakarta meeting in
INDONESIA, MARCH 2015.
 MAHAYANA ISSUES
 BIRTH CONTROL, DIVORCE,
ABORTION, WOMEN AND RELIGION,
AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
BIRTH CONTROL as well as
DIVORCE MOST MAHAYANISTS
ASSUME that the mind of a dead
person enters a new being at the
moment of conception; therefore,
ABORTION IS SEEN AS HARMING OR
KILLING A LIVING CREATURE.
들어 주셔서 감사합니
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