Hey!
1.There are no Mahayana in Myanmar and Thai. It is Therawada.
2. It is not foreigners who killed all the monks. It is Sithawaka Rajasinghe who converted to Hindusm.
Facts from Mahavamsa
Please get the facts clear.
Wayamba. You understood wrongly. Please read it again.
Periods of Mahayana influence, as well as official neglect under colonial rule, created great challenges for Theravada Buddhist institutions in Sri Lanka, but repeated revivals and resurgences- most recently in the 19th century CE- have kept the Theravada tradition alive for over 2000 years. |