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Its also quite varied - Theravada is more different from Zen than protestant Christianity is from Catholic or Orthodox.

But he's not distorting, what he said is actually very much in line with at least Theravada Buddhist view on morality.

And if you continue to follow the Theravada tradition, make sure you understand the difference between being an arhat, bodhisattva, or Buddha.

Even among Theravada Buddhist meditation instructors there are clear disagreements on what the experience should be, how concentrated the mind should be, etc.

Pali is the scriptural language of Theravada Buddhism, which dominates Burma/Laos/Cambodia/Thailand/Sri Lanka.

There is also Chan, Zen, Pure Land, Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism.

I've only read Theravada texts, and in those, good and bad Karma are clearly differentiated.

Basically, this guy (a Theravada monk) summarizes almost perfectly what I'm trying to say.

Try instructions from the Theravada Buddhist tradition, or zazen.

Due to this I've gravitated towards the Pragmatic Dharma crowd which tends to be a mix of Theravada and Advaita practices (though rejecting Advaita view).

In my understanding Zazen is Mahayana buddhism version of Vipassana, which comes from Theravada buddhism, but I am just a begginer so I can be horribly wrong.

I know from personal experience that the early teachings of the Buddha as preserved by the Theravada linage are almost entirely devoted to practical instruction on how to accomplish this very feat.

This is the knowledge I teach." The Buddha as described in Theravada Buddhism was not particularly interested in specific beliefs but rather in providing practices that help humans to suffer less.

I had disagreements between Buddhists in the Mahayana and Theravada schools in mind, though: I don't know of any escalating to violence(!), but the former calling the latter "Hinayana" (which is kind of like "The Inferior Way (to enlightenment)") is pretty petty.

The book is not about this variety of Buddhism; Zen is a school of Mahayana; the book discusses Theravada.

If Theravada, then does DROdio mean that his discipline is the equivalent of precepts that he his following?

Theravada Buddhist monks follow the rule of not eating after midday.