How Sri Lanka became a Buddhist Country : Complete Story of Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Buddhism was introduced to Sri Lanka in the third century BC and soon it took deep roots in the island nation. When Buddhism spread beyond India, the first nation in which it took root was Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is considered to have the oldest continuing Buddhist civilization. The Pali Canon was first written in Sri Lanka. Here Buddhism has survived repeated invasions by colonial forces, large-scale massacres of monks, burnings and destructions of monasteries and libraries and persecution of the lay disciples. At multiple times the persecution of Buddhism on the Island was so complete that hardly a couple of ordained monks survived and Sri Lanka had to import monks from countries like Thailand and Myanmar to save Buddhism from extinction. Let’s understand how Buddhism reached this beautiful island, how it was challenged by Indian Kings and later by European colonial powers and missionaries and how it revived from its ashes. #Buddhism #srilanka #buddhist Chapters : 0:00 - Intro 2:59 - Buddhism Reaches Sri Lanka 6:30 - Order of Nuns 6:59 - The arrival of the Sacred Bodhi Tree 7:33 - Pali Cannon / The Tripitaka 10:46 - Buddhghosha and Visuddhimagga 11:55 - Colonial Period and Buddhism 15:57 - Revival of Buddhism Credits: Photo Dharma from Penang, Malaysia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Photo Dharma from Penang, Malaysia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons MediaJet, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons "Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from www.videvo.net" Pierre André Leclercq, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons India_rivers_and_lakes_map.svg: User:Planemadderivative work: Aymatth2, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Cherubino, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand, CC BY 2.0 ttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Neoclassicism Enthusiast, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons पाटलिपुत्र, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Rambukwelladk, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Z_thomas, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons A.Savin, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons Anandajoti Bhikkhu, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Anandajoti, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Cherubino, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons A.Savin, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons Hirushini Dematagoda, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Nahid Sultan, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons See page for author, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Nicolas Chadeville, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Michael Gunther, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Photo Dharma, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Mandovi1, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Jorge Láscar from Australia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Lakdee, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Grentidez, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons