The Theravada Buddhism

The Theravada Buddhism – is the southern school of Buddhism, the name preferred by Hinayana Buddhists for their doctrines. The language used for writing teachings of Theravada Buddhism is Pali, the dead language. Pali – is an ancient language of India derived from Sanskrit; the language of the Buddhist scriptures. Those scripts are gathered in unit book that describes doctrines and statements of Theravada Buddhism. Unlike the Tibet Buddhism the Theravada Buddhism may be considered not only as a school of Buddhism but in some ways like a single taken religion, as most of the scholars consider that Theravada Buddhism is a branch of Hindu Buddhism like Protestantism and Orthodoxy are the branches of Christianity.

According to Theravada Buddhism the final destination point of each follower of Theravada Buddhism is unity with Buddha, but it's not necessary to destroy one's I to reach that unity, as according to Theravada Buddhism there are nothing constant and permanent in this world. Everything: universe, earth and inner I constantly change, so one should not neglect his inner I he only have to change it in that way so he become able to cognise absolute truth and unify with god. Theravada Buddhism teaches that a man is relative unity of five changeable components: body, feelings, perceptions, mental formations and consciousness. Nothing is steady in this world and nothing appears of any reasons and nothing disappears of any reasons. Every event is a result of the previous event and in its turn results further events, and if so every person receives the results of its own dids.

In case if one did something wrong, against Theravada Buddhism norms he may be rehabilitated after pass the octonary way of penitence. The octonary way consists of several stages: the right point of view (understanding of four noble truths – suffering, the reasons of suffering, ceasing of suffering and way of ceasing of suffering), the right thought (liberation of lust, evil will and cruelty), the right speech (no brutal words, no lie, no gossips), right dids (no murder, no stealing and sexual dissoluteness), right way of life (activities that cause no harm for living creatures), right way of growing old (avoiding of evil propensity), attention (watching after body and mind condition in order to prevent penetrating of wrong thoughts), right concentration (meditation for reaching right state of consciousness). So, Theravada Buddhism is aimed on reaching of state unity with Buddha state, and describes stages that are obligatory for undergoing in order to reach that state as that state is the form of absolute happiness and harmony of body and soul.