Some of the same Buddhist monks who braved Myanmar’s military junta in the “Saffron Revolution” of 2007 today incite violence against members of the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority. In Sri Lanka, the ethnic chauvinism of the Buddhist Sinhalese, stirred by a former president determined to reclaim power, mocks the supposed goal of reconciliation with the vanquished Hindu Tamils.
东京—佛陀乔达摩·悉达多从未有过宗教仇恨或种族敌意的话。但如今佛教沙文主义正在威胁缅甸和斯里兰卡的民主进程。在2007年“藏红花革命”（Saffron Revolution）中勇敢面对缅甸军方的和尚，如今正在对该国穆斯林罗兴亚人行使暴力。在斯里兰卡，决心重夺权力的前总统煽动信仰佛教的僧伽罗人的种族沙文主义，对计划中的与被征服种族、信仰印度教的泰米尔人的和解嗤之以鼻。