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From Rangoon's golden Shwe Dagon Pagoda, glistening under the monsoon rains, came the deep, resonant voice of Maha Ganda, the 25-ton bronze merit gong, notifying the worlds of spirit and man alike that a noble deed had been accomplished. Exactly 2,202 years after Buddhism was introduced within its borders, Burma reverted to the ways of its ancient kings and adopted Buddhism as its state religion...
...Sabbaths. All non-Buddhists are guaranteed religious and political protection, but Buddhism will be taught in state schools and teacher-training colleges. The biggest change: Buddhist sabbath days, which roughly correspond to the four phases of the moon, will be official holidays during which offices, schools and all bars must close...
...century B.C. to grab control for a thousand years, labeling the area Annam (pacified south), exacting tributes of pearls, precious stones, elephant tusks and valuable woods for the Emperor. Cleverly, the Annamese took the best China had to offer?the Chinese classics, the ethics of Confucius, and Mahayana Buddhism. But they fought fiercely and persistently to regain their independence...
...Paying typical tourist obeisance to the Himalayan-high Empire State Building, he padded sandal-clad and saffron-robed around the 86th-floor observation platform, noted the artifacts of Western civilization-but few of his flock. "I have seen many people in this country who are interested in Buddhism," commented His Holiness, "but not too many...
Casting about for a triggerman, he happened on Talduwe Somarama, who was both a monk and a practicing ophthalmologist. As a Buddhist, Somarama was exasperated at the Prime Minister's delay in fulfilling his campaign promises to Buddhism. As an ophthalmologist, he was anxious to have his contract at the State Indigenous Hospital renewed, and therefore needed Buddharakitha's good offices, for the widow Wijewardene had put the high priest on the hospital's appointment board. Plainly, Somarama was Buddharakitha...