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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 916931, member: 2844&quot;]Buddhism in a complicated nutshell <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p>Theravada is the kind of Buddhism practised in Sri Lanka and mainland southeast Asia.</p><p>Some people call it Hinayana, the small vehicle, because it is geared more towards a small spiritual elite.</p><p>The best known Buddha statues from the Theravada region are from Thailand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mahayana means the great vehicle, it is the kind of Buddhism practised in the other Buddhist countries. It was developed so the people had more access to spiritual teachings.</p><p>An important branch of Mahayana is Vajrayana, which is mainly practised in the Himalayas, parts of China, Mongolia, Indonesia. It is Buddhism mixed with local pre-Buddhist beliefs, for the purpose of finding the right way of attaining enlightenment.</p><p>The best known Buddha statues from the Vajrayana region are from Nepal and Tibet.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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