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.
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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There are more atheists in this country than there are Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists combined and doubled.
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 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.
Three people have been killed in clashes between Muslims and Buddhists in the western Burmese state of Rakhine, officials say.
In August, Burma set up a commission to investigate the violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the west of the country.
So the British decision, and its approval by Buddhist monks (Buddhists make up 75% of the island's population), is a bonus.
Most of these men are Buddhists, police say, angered over the death of a Buddhist monk who suffered severe burns on Wednesday.
Some Buddhists are fighting fire with fire by turning to reality television shows and the Internet to revive interest in Buddhist teachings.
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An unknown number of Buddhists, meanwhile, sought refuge inside the city's shrines.
Human and animal lives may not necessarily be considered equivalent, but practising Buddhists preach kindness to animals and empathy for their suffering.
Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists blame each other for the violence, reports say.
An eclectic crew of Christians, Jews, Buddhists and agonistics, the faith we shared was not linked to a particular set of religious convictions.
An argument sparked violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the town.
The alternative versions introduced more than 40 years ago allow Hindus and Buddhists to use the word "my Dharma" and Muslims "Allah" instead of God.
Deadly violence between Buddhists and Muslims has occurred since last year in other parts of Myanmar, first in a western region and then in central towns.
Even though they form a majority in both countries, many Buddhists share a sense that their nations must be unified and that their religion is under threat.
The island is a melting pot of Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and other Asian cultures that are expressed deliciously in the foods sold at the open-air hawker centres.
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