Ngay tOf nhiJng th§' ky d&u ti§n cua c6ng Ijch, h'&u
h§'t cac qu6'c gia c6 dai d D6ng Nam A da tiep t h u
Phat giao tOf An Do. Nhieu c6ng t r i n h ki&'n true, dieu
khac, hoi hoa n6i tieng bac nha't d D6ng Nam A c6
ngubn g6'c Phat: B6-rb-bu-du cua In-d6-n&-xia, Bay-on cua Cam-pu-chia, k h u den chua thap thcf Quan Th&' A m Bb Tat cr D6ng DiTcfng cua Cham-pa, That Ludng cua Lao, chua Vang cua My-an-ma, tUcfng Phat cua Thai Lan... Theo nam thang, bvic tranh t6n giao Dong Nam A ngay mot doi thay. Hbi giao, Thien chiia giao d^n dtrcfc tiep nhan: Thien chiia giao thanh t6n giao
c h i n h a Phi-lip-pin, Hoi giao thanh ton giao chinh cua
I n - d 6 - n 6 - x i - a va M a - l a i - x i a . . . Th^' n h U n g , d Lao,
Cam-pu-chia, Thai Lan, My-an-ma v i n c\i r\Xc rd mau
ca sa vang cua cac nha sif. Dao Phat tOfng la qubc giao va da hoa nhap sau sac vao phong tuc cac dSn t6c tr§n, tao thanh net dac t r i m g van hoa cua toan k h u vtfc cung nhir cua tufng dan toe.
Phat giao t h i n h hanh khong phai vdi txX each la
quy tac s6'ng, chuin m\ic dao diJc, hufdng con ngUcfi
tdi cMn, thien, mi-noi each khac: ca m6t vSn hoa lam ngtf&i. Noi tdi Phat giao la ndi tdi ba vi&n ngoc quy, tiJc Tam bao: Phat, Phap, Tang. Moi ngiTdi hoc each
song d ban than Bxic Phat tCf bi, bac ai d cac di^u
Ngai ran day (Phap), va d cac nha sir (TSng).
Ngifdi dan My-an-ma thiTdng ndi tdi nSm cai bong mat: bong cay, bong cha me, bong thay giao, bong eac ong hoang, bong Phat. Diu la cha me, th^y giao, vua
chua, tham chi dku la than thanh, thi, tat ca, deu
tha'y hanh phiic va binh an khi nUcJng minh difdi bong Phat quyen nSng, nhan dvJc va bao dung v6 han.
NhiTng, nifcfng nhd dau c6 nghia la y lai. Phat day rang, moi chving sinh deu chiu trach nhiem ve cae hanh vi thien, ac cua minh, va chi ti^ minh di dUcfe tdi cai dich binh an, hanh phiic qua nhilng hanh vi
eong diJc, nhilng viec lam tii thien, nhilng y nghi t6't
lanh, tao nen con thuyen Bat Nha de r6i bo Ben Me sang Ben Ngo. Ngay tCf ta'm be ta nen tich ddc, lam vi&c thien...