Theravadin

Theravadin schools of Buddhism say that the Buddha allowed his monastic students to eat pork, chicken and beef if the animal was not killed for the purpose of providing food specifically for them.

Lodro Rinzler: Buddhism and Vegetarianism: Would Sid Eat Meat? 2010

Since the Theravadin calendar is different from that of the Tibetans, and derives from one of the Indian Hindu systems, Vesak works out to be one month earlier than in the Tibetan scheme.

Tibetan Astro Sciences ��� 2 History and the Tibetan Calendar 2009

Wosak, derives from the Pali equivalent, used in Theravadin countries, of the Sanskrit month

Tibetan Astro Sciences ��� 2 History and the Tibetan Calendar 2009

One guideline, however, suggested by Bhikkhu Bodhi, a senior Theravadin monk, is important to remember here: “The bhikshuni ordination procedure was designed to facilitate the ordination of bhikshunis, not to prevent it.”

A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages ��� Part One: Background 2007

There is also a Canadian Theravadin monk's blog which talks about the uprising and has some good links.

Philocrites: Buddhist monks lead popular uprising in Burma. 2007

The Pali Canon of the Theravadin Buddhists, in multiple passages that have parallels in other Buddhist traditions, describes progressively deeper stages of meditative concentration (jhana), passing through which one loses first the abilities to initiate and sustain thought, then also joyful interest (pîti), and finally even the feeling of

Pleasure Katz, Leonard D. 2006

The Vietnamese bhikshu Thich Quang Ba added that if the Tibetans re-establish their bhikshuni ordination, the Theravadin countries that have not yet re-established their bhikshuni ordination traditions may more easily follow suit.

A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages ��� Part Three: Day Two 2003

The Pali Tripitaka, which reflects Theravadin tradition, was written under2

d. Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 2001

The Pali Commentaries on the Canon, put into their final form by the Theravadin scholar Buddhaghosa in thefifth century c.e., also helped readers to place the sporadic and unconsecutive events recounted in the Canon in some chronological order.

Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

It is one of the places where these Theravadin scriptures become opaque to people who are not expert yogins, since they dwell in such detail on meditative technicalities.

Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001