BUDDHISM
SIR,—In a letter in the Spectator of October 16, His Excellency the High Commissioner for Ceylon says: 'Buddhism is well known for its tolerance and for its good will towards other faiths.' While this is certainly true of Northern Buddhism, it is, un- fortunately, not true of the Buddhism of Ceylon. which, in recent years, has shown intolerance and even persecution towards Christianity, (The fact that they have copied this from a previous genera- tion of Christians does not make this untrue.) am very surprised that the installation of the Relic is receiving support from leaders of other religions since, unlike these, Ceylonese Buddhism is atheistic and also, unlike these, the aim of the religious life of a large proportion of Ceylonese Buddhists is not perfect bliss but extinction. ,
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