宗博季刊第109期

館慶 7 Buddhism originated in India. Just as the Ganges irrigates the lands of India, so did Buddhism spread eastward, to the Yellow River and the Yangtze River in China and to the basins of Southeast Asia, such as the Mekong River, the Chao Phraya River, and the Irrawaddy River. In the 3rd century BC, Ashoka (273–232 ) of the Maurya Empire in India sent monks to Jindi (Suvannabhūmi, around modern Myanmar and Thailand) to preach Buddhism. It was not until the 11th century, when the Theravada system from Sri Lanka spread into Myanmar , and Thailand, that this religious circle of Theravada was gradually distinguished from the religious beliefs in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. This exhibition is centered on the core of Theravada of this region to explore how this religious culture became rooted in a land full of torment and conflict and established an influence as wide as a river that has been integrated into every aspect of people’s lives. A Deep River Runs Far – Thereavada Culture Exhibition 文 / 展示蒐藏組 鍾偉愷 展覽名稱：深河遠流－南傳佛教文化特展 展覽時間： 2018 年 11 月 9 日（五） - 2019 年 4 月 21 日（日） 展覽地點：世界宗教博物館．第一特展區 主辦單位：世界宗教博物館 特別感謝：香港旭日集團 緬甸聯邦共和國駐臺北貿易辦事處 燦爛時光：東南亞主題書店