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

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...

derived from Pali. The full official title of the Supreme Patriarch of the Maha Nikaya is Samdech Preah Sumedhādhipati (Khmer: សម្តេច ព្រះ សុមេធាធិបតី); sumedhādhipati...

Gnanasami Maha Thera. Main Station - Mūla Maha Viharaya, Payagala, Kalutara. In the beginning, the Majority of monasteries of Rāmañña Nikāya were forest...

Sirisaddhammawansa Maha Nikaya Amarapura Mulawamsika Nikaya Udarata Amarapura Nikaya Amarapura Sabaragamu Saddhamma Nikaya Saddhamma Yutthika (Matara) Nikaya Dadalu...

existed for the Cambodian branch of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, and another for the Maha Nikaya. Because the Dhammayuttika order enjoyed closer ties to...

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...

The Dīgha Nikāya ("Collection of Long Discourses") is a Buddhist scriptures collection, the first of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Piṭaka...

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...

oversee both of Thailand's Theravada fraternities, the Maha Nikaya and the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, as well as the small minority of Mahayana Buddhists in...

eight somdet phra ratchakhana: four from the Mahā Nikāya sect and the other four from the Dhammayuttika Nikāya sect. The titles for somdet phra ratchakhana...

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...

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...

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"...

monks" movement, a small group of politically active monks (primarily Maha Nikaya) voicing public opposition to the current government. The "young monks"...

Maha Dwara Nikaya (Burmese: မဟာဒွာရနိကာယ, IPA: [məhà dwàɹa̰ nḭkàja̰]); also spelt Maha Dwaya Nikaya or Mahādvāra Nikāya, is a small monastic order of...

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...

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

in Laos. Early Buddhist schools Early Buddhist texts Dhammayuttika Nikaya Maha Nikaya Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah Galduwa Forest Tradition Sri Lankan...

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

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...

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...

1975) Hngettwin Nikaya Thai Theravāda Maha Nikaya Dhammakaya Movement Mahasati meditation (mindfulness meditation) Thammayut Nikaya Thai Forest Tradition...

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

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

marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Khmer script. Samdech Preah Agga Maha Sangharajadhipati Tep Vong (Khmer: សម្ដេចព្រះអគ្គមហាសង្ឃរាជាធិបតី ទេព វង្ស;...

Kandy. The chief incumbent of the Asgiri Maha Viharaya is the Mahanayaka thero of Asgiri chapter of Siyam nikaya, a leading Buddhist monastic fraternity...

The chief incumbent of the Malwathu Maha Viharaya is the Mahanayaka thero of Malwatta chapter of Siyam nikaya, a leading Buddhist monastic fraternity...

The Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya (Sinhala: අමරපුර–රාමඤ්ඤ සාමග්‍රී මහා සංඝ සභාව, romanized: Amarapura–Rāmañña Sāmagrī Mahā Saṁgha Sabhāva) is the larger of...

Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya Galduwa Forest Tradition Siam Nikaya Sri Lankan Forest Tradition Dhammayuttika Nikaya Thai Forest Tradition Maha Nikaya (Thailand) Dhammakaya...