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... Theravāda kingdom , with a sangha that was unified under Theravāda auspices and a monarch who le- gitimated his rule in Theravada terms . The new Theravada tradition that was established spread from Sri Lanka into Southeast Asia , where ...
... Theravāda kingdom , with a sangha that was unified under Theravāda auspices and a monarch who le- gitimated his rule in Theravada terms . The new Theravada tradition that was established spread from Sri Lanka into Southeast Asia , where ...
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... Theravada countries and is still alive in Sri Lanka . Later Theravada literature . During and after the " re- vival " and spread of the Theravāda in the early centuries of the 2nd millennium AD , a new corpus of Theravada literature ...
... Theravada countries and is still alive in Sri Lanka . Later Theravada literature . During and after the " re- vival " and spread of the Theravāda in the early centuries of the 2nd millennium AD , a new corpus of Theravada literature ...
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... Theravada tradition , which are performed independently of other rituals . Both of these forms of practice , however , are embedded in one way or another in virtually all other Buddhist rituals , including calendric rituals , pilgrimage ...
... Theravada tradition , which are performed independently of other rituals . Both of these forms of practice , however , are embedded in one way or another in virtually all other Buddhist rituals , including calendric rituals , pilgrimage ...
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