Buddhism is the national religion of Myanmar
and consequently about 85 % of the population are Buddhists. But
like Thai Buddhism Myanmar Buddhism is strongly intertwined with
spiritism.
Myanmar was the first country in Southeast Asia where the words of
the Buddha were spread. Buddhism has been taught since the first
millennium of Christian reckoning by Indian merchants, who entered
the Ayeyarwaddy delta for trade purposes.
But Buddhism became the dominant religion of Myanmar only after
King Anawratha ascended the throne of the Burmese Kingdom in Bagan
in 1044. King Anawratha was converted to Buddhism by a Mon
missionary by the name of Shin Arahan.
Myanmar a Buddhist temple is always the center of the village
community.
Myanmar Buddhist temples are the traditional places for education
every male Burmese is expected to temporarily don the monk's robes
at least once in his lifetime usually as adolescent.
Although Myanmar is predominantly a Buddhist country, following
the school of Theravada Buddhism, | there are also Christians,
Muslims, Hindus and some animists. Myanmar respects the freedom of
belief and the people practice religious tolerance, evidenced by
the existence of religious edifices of different U faiths in large
cities. Freedom of worship for followers of different religions
has exited in Myanmar since ancient times.
Buddhism is practiced by about 89.3 percent of the population,
Christianity by 5.6 percent, Islam by 3.8 percent, Hinduism by 0.5
percent and Animism by 0.2 percent. Buddhism, which teaches that
people can find happiness only by freeing themselves of worldly
desires, strongly influences familv and communitv.
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