Home›Meditative Rituals›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups rituals by the religious tradition that prescribes them. Wikipedia notes that rituals "may be prescribed by tradition, including religious practices, and are often characterized by formalism, traditionalism, rule-governance, and performance." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every ritual belonging to one faith together, rather than finding them scattered by kind.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedSet rites whose content is a period of meditation performed in a prescribed form on a prescribed occasion, as distinct from meditation kept as a standing personal discipline, which the atlas treats as a practice. The line between the two is this classification's own and is not one the traditions draw. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe meditative rituals This small group holds a meditative ritual, a ceremonial form of contemplative practice, in which meditation is framed and structured as a rite rather than practised informally. The browser will find the ritual the atlas classes here. The entry describes its form and aim, noting the tradition in which it is performed.TraditionFilter Results2 entriesBasis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllAwakening as sudden and direct, outside the scriptures (1)Awakening by one's own effort (jiriki) (1)Liberation by the path of the arhat (1)Documented Accused CountAll3 (1)GovernanceAllA head temple over affiliated branch temples (1)Authority through monastic ordination lineage and its seats (2)Autonomous local bodies under a national umbrella association (1)No central authority (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (1)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan) (1)Pali (1)Membership Figure As OfAll1984-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (1)2012-01-01 (1)2014-01-01 (1)2021-01-01 (1)2026-08-14 (1)OrdinationAllMarried clergy permitted (1)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (2)Restricted to men (1)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (1)Varies between provinces or member bodies (1)Origin Period End YearAll1200 (1)1900 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll250 BCE (1)500 (1)Relation to the StateAllVaries by Province (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareTheravadaTradition1 entryZenTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensionstier 1Catherine Bell, Oxford University Press, 1997View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.