"The Buddhism of Burma is probably the purest now extant, and its monks often approach the ideal of Buddha; under their ministrations the 13,000,000 inhabitants of Burma have reached a standard of living considerably higher than that of India."
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Will Durant, Our Oriental Heritage: India and Her Neighbors (1963)
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