Who is ready to be a teacher

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Suttas where the Buddha said we should or shouldn't spread the Dhamma

Continuing the discussion from The deeply concerning lack of Theravada perspectives in western media: Because of some early influential Buddhists in the west, there is a common perception that “Buddhists should not proselytize.” But I have a hard time finding strong support for this in the suttas. We can specifically see this spread by the Thai Forest Sangha in the west when they say that monks can only give a sermon when invited. There is no rule like this in either the Dhamma or Vinaya that …