"But the Buddhist Affairs Department refused to issue me an identity card." Her tears are unsurprising. After all, an identity card is key to life in Sri Lanka ... Buddha's daughters born on ...

The Cholas, as historian Daud Ali writes in his book ... but the Sri Lankan appropriation of Vishnu certainly was. To this day, though controversial, Vishnu in Sri Lanka is a future Buddha ...

Dr K Siri Sumedh Thero, president of the Sri Lanka International Buddhist ... Thero also mentioned that the next Buddha (Bodhisattva) will be born in Kashi, and at that time, Kashi will be known ...