Theravāda Buddhism
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War in the Sanskritopolis
X.T.M reads the Thailand–Cambodia border dispute through the shared Hindu-Buddhist heritage of Southeast Asia, noting the Theravāda and Mahayana divide, and argues India should act as a civilisational fountainhead in…
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The Barua Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims as inversions?
The author argues that the Barua Buddhists, often called Bengal’s indigenous continuous Buddhists, mostly descend from Tibeto-Burman people who adopted Bengali identity, while the Rohingya claim deep Arakan roots and…
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Caste in Buddhist Monastic Orders of Sri Lanka
Excerpts from a Colombo Telegraph article on how caste shaped schisms among Sri Lanka’s Buddhist monastic orders and how British rule exploited and preserved feudal structures. The poster adds no…
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Sri Lanka, Tamils, Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing?
Sbarrkum disputes accusations of genocide and ethnic cleansing against Sri Lanka’s government, citing 2012 census figures that most Sri Lankan Tamils live in Sinhalese-majority areas, and arguing the LTTE pushed…
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In Burma, of Burma, but not Burmese…yet
Reading a New York Times report on Burma, the author argues the persecution of the Rohingya is not driven by religion alone, since many Burmese Muslims are of mixed descent,…
