Although it is a country which follows an esoteric branch of Buddhism, the people believe in the spirit of the story of the Buddha feeding his body to a starving lion. All the way from the premier down to the common people, people have signed cornea donor cards. The figures show that one in fifteen of the population a total of more than a million people--have given their consent.
像斯里蘭卡雖是佛教國家，但該國人民信奉佛陀捨身飼虎的精神，上自元首，下至販夫走卒多簽下捐贈眼角膜的同意書，據統計，全國每十五人就有一位簽過同意書，人數總共超過一百萬人。