Postcard IN-511568

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Theravada is the most ancient branch of the extant Buddhism today and the one that preserved their version of the teachings of the Gautama Buddha in the Pali Canon. The Pali Canon is the only complete Buddhist canon which survives in the classical Indian language, Pali, which serves as both sacred language and lingua franca of Theravada Buddhism. As a distinct school of early Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism developed in Sri Lanka and subsequently spread to the rest of Southeast Asia. It is the dominant form of the religion in Cambodia, Lao, Myramar, Sri Lanka and Thailand and is practiced by minority groups in India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal and Viet Nam.