Beyond the Mainland: An Introduction.

She demonstrates how the Peranakan Chinese community was actively establishing Buddhist organizations and propagating the Dharma, accelerating the growth of Buddhism in the world's largest Muslim nation. References 1 Blackburn Anne M.. Ceylonese Buddhism in Colonial Singapore: New Ritual Spaces and Specialists, 1895-1935Asia Research Institute Working Paper Series, No. 184; Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore: Singapore. Mention "Southeast Asian Buddhism" and what comes to mind is often Theravada Buddhism, the dominant religion in the mainland Southeast Asian states of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. [Extracted from the article]