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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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The monastic-centered Buddhism of Tibet, that combines Theravada monastic discipline with Mahayana Buddhist teachings and the esoteric practice of Tantra.
Jayavarman was a Mahayana Buddhist, but at this time Theravada Buddhism was introduced into Burma by the Mon monk Chapata, and its simple ways of austerity, solitude, and meditation soon spread into Cambodia, where people were tired of big temples.
What follows is a description of Theravada Buddhism, chosen because it is arguable that Theravada was the conceptual basis for the development of the more popular Mahayana path - Zen is a later Mahayanist sect that was greatly influenced by Taoism.
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