• Nguyen Thanh Giang

Theravada Buddhism, also known as Theravada Buddhism, means Buddhism transmitted from southern India such as Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka), Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, and Southern Vietnam. Also known as Buddhist sectarian Theravada (Theravada). According to the 2500 Years of Buddhism by P V Bapat states that “The third Buddhist Council was convened in the city of Pataliputra (Pataliputra) under the tutelage of Ashoka (Priyadarsi Ashoka) - the famous king devotion to Buddhism. Ashoka followed Buddhism after only a few years of enthronement. The third council was conducted due to the need to purify the Dharma at risk due to the emergence of various sects with conflicting rhetoric, precepts and practices .... And one of the important outcome of the council was to send delegations to various countries around the world to spread the Dharma (Saddhamma). The son of Ashoka was Mahinda and his daughter, Sanghamitta, was assigned to preach in Sri Lanka. When the third council was organized in 234 Buddhist calendar, King Asoka and the elder Moggalliputtatissatthera dispatched 9 envoys to go to the evangelization outside of Magadha, including origin of Suvannabhumi (Suvannabhumi includes Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam ...). Since its inception, in the Asia and the Khmer community in particular has been quickly accepted and the Khmer Buddhist temples have become a place to preserve and impart the indispensable spiritual culture of the Khmer people.

Theravada Buddhism, Buddhist Education

"KHMER BUDDHIST EDUCATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM: TRADITION AND CHANGE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 6, page no.1857-1859, June-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2006268.pdf

"KHMER BUDDHIST EDUCATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM: TRADITION AND CHANGE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 6, page no. pp1857-1859, June-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2006268.pdf