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Theravada - Part 4: Who decides what counts as Theravada, and how is it passed on?
Who decides what it means to be a Theravada Buddhist? Is it the words written in ancient palm-leaf manuscripts, the discipline of the monastic community, or the authority of living teachers? In Theravada, authority is a layered and sometimes contested tapestry, woven from texts, rituals, and generations of transmission. The Pali Canon—Tipitaka—sits at the center.
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