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Theravada - Part 1: How a teaching crossed empires and oceans to take root
Picture a world where a single teaching, spoken under the shade of ancient trees, would ripple out to shape entire civilizations. Imagine words and rituals passing from mouth to mouth, city to city, until they are inscribed in palm leaves and stone, enduring for millennia. How does a tradition claiming roots in the Buddha’s own time become the heartbeat of entire regions? To answer that, we have to travel back to a crossroads of history, encounter legendary kings, and step inside the story that Theravada Buddhists tell about themselves—a story that is still unfolding.
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