Hi Tim,

I'm no historian, and I don't know all the reasons
Theravada died out in India, but I'm pretty sure the
wholesale slaughter of Buddhist monks and destruction
of Buddhist temples by Muslims did not help.

-fk



--- "Timothy C. Cahill" <tccahill@...> wrote:

> >
> > I think it's only a misspelling for KorEan. How
> sa~n~naa becomes sa.nkhaara!
> > >
> > > The Muslims wiped out Theravadin buddhism from
> > > Northern India. Only fitting that they try to
> finish
> > > the job in the modern era.
> > >
> > > -fk
>
> I got quite a chuckle out of this! The typo Koran
> <-- Korean is mirrored
> nicely by the mistaken view that Muslims were
> responsible for Theravada's
> N. Indian decline.
>
> best,
> Tim Cahill
>

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