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After the Buddha’s death at the age of 80, Buddhism eventually split into two main lines, those who strictly followed his teachings, the Theravada or Hinayana school of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and those who allowed new interpretations, the Mahayana Buddhists of China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, India, and Nepal.
This original doctrine, without any sense of Buddha’s divinity, was embraced by the Hinayana (Lesser Vehicle) school which spread to Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand, as well as Cambodia and Laos.
The official China Daily reported from Sri Lanka Wednesday a ruling by that country's superior court that elephants have a right to be happy.
Winchester would like us to believe that this surprising piece of surgery is connected to those lissome beauties of Sir Lanka or to intimacies with Eliza Merritt, George's widow.
Sri Lanka's Sunday Times also reports increased security precautions by the United States in that country.