Golden Lotus Border —
Ready to Use
This file contains the complete Golden Lotus Border extracted from the LaoDharma.org home page. The border you see on all four edges of this preview is the component itself — working exactly as it will on your pages.
Step 1 — Copy the CSS into your page <head>
Everything between /* ── START COPY ── */ and /* ── END COPY ── */
in the <style> block. On WordPress / Kadence, paste it into
Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS.
Step 2 — Copy the 8 HTML divs to the top of <body>
The 4 corner divs (.lotus-corner-tl/tr/bl/br) and 4 bar divs
(.lotus-border-top/bottom/left/right). On WordPress / Kadence, add a
Custom HTML block as the very first block on the page and paste the 8 divs inside it.
Step 3 — That’s it
The border is position:fixed — it stays on screen as the user scrolls.
Body padding is applied automatically so content never hides beneath the bars.
It scales down gracefully on tablet (16px) and mobile (10px).
Theravāda
Buddhism
ສາສະໜາພຸດເຖຣະວາດ
The oldest surviving school of Buddhism — the tradition that has shaped Lao, Thai, Burmese, Cambodian, and Sri Lankan civilizations for over two millennia. What is it, how does it work, and why does it matter?
Buddhism’s oldest
surviving school
ສາຂາທີ່ເກົ່າແກ່ທີ່ສຸດ ທີ່ຍັງດຳລົງຢູ່ຂອງສາສະໜາພຸດ
Theravāda — the “Teaching of the Elders” — claims to preserve the original teachings of the Buddha as faithfully as possible. It is the dominant form of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. It is the tradition the Walk for Peace monks embodied in their 2,300-mile journey. And it is the living heart of LaoDharma.org.
Section 2 gives you a complete understanding of what Theravāda is, what makes it distinctive, how its scriptures and monastic code work, what its meditation practices look like, and how it compares to the other great Buddhist schools you may have heard of.
Read in order or
jump to any topic
New to Buddhism? Start with Section 1 — Buddhist Foundations first. Already familiar with the basics? After this section, continue to Section 3 — Lao Buddhism, the heart of this site.