Pure Land Buddhism is a branch of Theravada Buddhism.
Starting at around the 11th century, Sinhalese Theravda monks and Southeast Asian elites led a widespread conversion of most of mainland Southeast Asia to the Theravdin Mahavihara school
==== Sukhvatvyha Stras ====The two most important Indian sutras for the East Asian Pure Land tradition are the Longer Sukhvatvyha Stra, and the Shorter Sukhvatvyha Stra

