The Buddhist Institute is the principal Buddhist institution of the government of Cambodia. It was founded on May 12, 1930 by King Sisowath Monivong

Sisowath Monivong

Sisowath Monivong was the king of Cambodia from 1927 until his death in 1941.Sisowath Monivong was the second son of King Sisowath. He was born in Phnom Penh in 1875. During this time, his uncle, King Norodom was ruling from Odong, the capital at that time, as a puppet king for the French...

 of Cambodia, King Sisavong Vong of Laos

Laos

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, the Governor General of Indochina Pierre Pasquier

Pierre Pasquier

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 and head of the École française d'Extrême-Orient

École française d'Extrême-Orient

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, George Coedes

George Coedès

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. The current director is Mr Nguon Van Chanthy. Its primary facilities are located in Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...

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Organization

• Administrative Department
• Tripitaka Commission
  Tripiṭaka
  ' is a traditional term used by various Buddhist sects to describe their various canons of scriptures. As the name suggests, a traditionally contains three "baskets" of teachings: a , a and an .-The three categories:Tripitaka is the three main categories of texts that make up the...
  
  
• Mores and Customs Commission
• Library
  Library
  In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
  
  
• Bookstore

See also

• Theravada Buddhism
• Mahayana Buddhism

• Buddhism in Cambodia
  Buddhism in Cambodia
  The kind of Buddhism practiced in Cambodia is called Theravada Buddhism. Buddhism has existed in Cambodia since at least the 5th century CE, with some sources placing its origin as early as the 3rd century BCE...
  
  

• Religion in Cambodia
  Religion in Cambodia
  Historically, Buddhism has been the dominant Religion in Cambodia, however before its introduction Hinduism also flourished. Roman Catholicism was introduced by French missionaries beginning in the eighteenth century...