He has conducted a mass ritual for Buddhists and met with several lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Some Buddhists have also demanded the removal of a Hindu temple in the area.
Some Buddhists, however, welcomed the plan for addressing their fear of a Muslim population explosion.
Standard Time looked at violence by majority Buddhists against Muslims in central Burma last week.
You know how the Buddhists say that our thoughts are like a monkey gone wild?
The Rakhine Buddhists and Muslims, believed to be mainly Rohingya, blame each other for the violence.
The Sinhalese, some 80% of the population, are Buddhists, who pride themselves on tolerance and calm.
Hindus by 43% and Buddhists rose most of all in percentage terms, up by 74%.
Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and other faiths together form about 6 percent of remaining Indians.
The fire in Myanmar's largest city comes amid heightened tensions between the country's majority Buddhists and Muslims.
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He habitually makes lists, of reasons, goals and real or imagined atrocities committed by Muslims against Buddhists.
The conflict that erupted in Rakhine involved Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, who are not recognised as Burmese citizens.
There are more atheists in this country than there are Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists combined and doubled.
Beijing simply cannot incarcerate 100 million fervent Christians as well as untold numbers of devout Buddhists, Muslims, Daoists, and others.
Their core message is that Buddhists must unite against a growing Muslim threat.
Japanese Buddhists have provided financial assistance to build hotels and amenities at the site but progress has been slow.
This is Kan Thar Htwat Wa, home to 400 Buddhists who have been here since clashes in late October.
But the city itself conjures images of beatniks and Buddhists rather than entrepreneurs.
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Indians exchange garlands, Jews and Christians exchange rings and Buddhists exchange white scarves.
The Tigers raided the village of Gonagala, near Amparai, and killed 54 Buddhists.
The camps, he said, have about 1, 000 Muslims, with another estimated 5, 000 Buddhists taking refuge at monasteries in Meikhtila.
The United States of America is a nation of Christians and Jews, and Muslims and Buddhists, and Hindus and non-believers.
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Now many Buddhists accept that the one-time prince, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in a grove here some 26 centuries ago.
In the June clashes, sectarian clashes spread across the state, with houses of both Buddhists and Muslims being burnt down.
Three people have been killed in clashes between Muslims and Buddhists in the western Burmese state of Rakhine, officials say.
In April, a brawl between Buddhists and Muslims from Myanmar left eight people dead at a detention center for illegal immigrants.
In August, Burma set up a commission to investigate the violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the west of the country.
Our correspondent says Rakhine Buddhists control all the land around the camp for Rohingyas, and that bringing help is almost impossible.
So the British decision, and its approval by Buddhist monks (Buddhists make up 75% of the island's population), is a bonus.
But some chauvinistic Buddhists have launched a campaign against Muslims and accused them of trying to expand their activities, our correspondent adds.
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