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started to develop. Yet they were all based on the same basic beliefs
that the Buddha had discussed with his earliest followers.
Spreading Across Asia
Beginning in the first century ce, merchants and sailors
introduced Buddhism to other parts of Southeast Asia. It
gained popularity in what are present-day Myanmar,
Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. During the next several
centuries, people also started practicing Buddhism in China,
Korea, Japan, and Tibet.
The Golden Pavilion is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.
