Buddhism in Cambodia is right now a type of Theravada Buddhism. Buddhism has existed in Cambodia since at any rate the fifth century, and in its prior structure was a sort of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Theravada Buddhism has been the Cambodian state religion since the thirteenth century (with the exception of the Khmer Rouge period), and is at present assessed to be the confidence of 95% of the population.[1][2]
The historical backdrop of Buddhism in Cambodia ranges over various progressive kingdoms and realms. Buddhism entered Cambodia through two diverse streams. The most punctual types of Buddhism, alongside Hindu impacts, entered the Funan kingdom with Hindu traders. In later history, a second stream of Buddhism entered Khmer society amid the Angkor realm when Cambodia consumed the different Buddhist customs of the Mon kingdoms of Dvaravati and Haripunchai.
For the initial thousand years of Khmer history, Cambodia was ruled by a progression of Hindu rulers with an intermittent Buddhist lord, for example, Jayavarman I of Funan, Jayavarman VII, who turned into a mahayanist, and Suryavarman I. An assortment of Buddhist customs existed together gently all through Cambodian grounds, under the tolerant protection of Hindu lords and the neighboring Mon-Theravada kingdoms.
The historical backdrop of Buddhism in Cambodia ranges over various progressive kingdoms and realms. Buddhism entered Cambodia through two diverse streams. The most punctual types of Buddhism, alongside Hindu impacts, entered the Funan kingdom with Hindu traders. In later history, a second stream of Buddhism entered Khmer society amid the Angkor realm when Cambodia consumed the different Buddhist customs of the Mon kingdoms of Dvaravati and Haripunchai.
For the initial thousand years of Khmer history, Cambodia was ruled by a progression of Hindu rulers with an intermittent Buddhist lord, for example, Jayavarman I of Funan, Jayavarman VII, who turned into a mahayanist, and Suryavarman I. An assortment of Buddhist customs existed together gently all through Cambodian grounds, under the tolerant protection of Hindu lords and the neighboring Mon-Theravada kingdoms.
