Thai teachers are not Classical Theravāda.

[theY]

What about your thai teacher?

Thailand and srilanka have lost tipitaka learning system in colonization war.

Thailand began to lost our tipitaka learning system about 1855 and after that years (Bowring Treaty).

The king trying to protect thailand by changing every rules of us. They also changed learning system of monk, too. They cancle memorized learning system, then took a written learning system instead.

Writing learning system is for kamaguna 5. They save memorizing times to consume kamaguna 5.

Arahanta havn't writen. They keep tipitaka in their mind.

Before that time we still having tipitakathara, such as mun bhuritutto. But after the changing, we never have tipitakathara anymore. The elder tipitakathara died. Never have any newer to be instead of them.

So your teacher is a western, although he is a thai native. Because thailand loose our tipitaka learning system so long time ago in colonization war.

[paul]

Classical Theravada is western, not Thai because it comes directly from the Pali Canon. The most dynamic school of Theravada now is the western.

[Mr Man]

Classical Theravada is western, not Thai because it comes directly from the Pali Canon. The most dynamic school of Theravada now is the western.

Who are the proponents/practitioners of this dynamic "western" school of Theravada?

[pilgrim]

Who are the proponents/practitioners of this dynamic "western" school of Theravada?

Stephen Batchelor?

[Coëmgenu]

Classical Theravada is western, not Thai because it comes directly from the Pali Canon. The most dynamic school of Theravada now is the western.

Dynamism is not a good thing in and of itself. Also, I don't know if you meant to say this, but your first sentence implies that only Western Dhamma comes directly from the Pali Canon, which is not the case.

[mikenz66]

There might be some confusion in terminology here. "Classical Theravada" in the context of this Forum refers to the interpretation of the Tipitika according to the Pali Commentarial literature.

In the West there seems to be a preference for EBT (Early Buddhist Texts). That's fine, but it's not "Classical Theravada" according to the definition we are using here.


Mike