(Pāli: Theravāda, the ‘doctrine of the elders’.) The name used today for the type of Buddhism predominant in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. It is associated with the texts of the Pāli Buddhist canon.
(Pāli: Theravāda, the ‘doctrine of the elders’.) The name used today for the type of Buddhism predominant in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. It is associated with the texts of the Pāli Buddhist canon.