The insight meditation, or vipasanna, movement in this tradition advocates focusing on the three marks of existence.
It's not Orthodox Christianity, but the Supreme Patriarch is the head of this major religious branch in one country, where illicitly-ordained women known as mae ji face discrimination. The "Forest Tradition" within this branch forsakes scriptural study for wilderness asceticism. The insight meditation, or vipasanna, movement in this tradition advocates focusing on the three marks of existence. This branch holds up the (*) arahant as an ideal, and stresses that it is nearly impossible for laypeople to become them. In this tradition, the Vinaya, Sutta, and Abhidhamma Pitakas, or "baskets," make up the Pali Canon, or Tripitaka. For 10 points, name this "Way of the Elders," a branch of Buddhism predominant in Southeast Asia, but with fewer practitioners than Mahayana.
It's not Orthodox Christianity, but the Supreme Patriarch is the head of this major religious branch in one country, where illicitly-ordained women known as mae ji face discrimination.
Theravada Buddhism [or Hinayana Buddhism; prompt on Thai Buddhism; prompt on Buddhism]