Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism rests on a foundational belief in Buddhist sufferance toward minorities

Evidence

This ideology is partly justified using mytho-history, thanks to texts such as the Mahavamsa. In addition, however, the ideology compromises the moral, ethical, and peaceful values of Buddhism and undermines democratic governance. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 294 (#expands, via linked claim)

Chetan Bhatt has pointed to the ways in which forms of diaspora nationalism reinforce and reinscribe essentialist and exclusive forms of communal ideology. These movements operate within translocal routeways while strengthening an exclusively Hindu claim to Indian soil. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a semimartial organization set up in the 1920s, aims to implant Hindu supremacist ideology and encourage physical training among Hindu young men. This project has a specific youth orientated form through the RSS branches or Shakhas that promote Hindu education through storytelling, games, physical activities, and quizzes. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3010 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ideology frames dissenters as enemies of the state. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 36; Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ideology commands broad popular support in Sri Lanka; Entrenched Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism forecloses federal solutions and portends broader attacks on minorities — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 42 (+15 more)

Related

• A foundational sufferance belief justifies enduring Sinhalese superordination over minorities. (similarity 0.90)
• Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ideology casts minorities as tolerated guests in a Sinhalese island (similarity 0.90)
• Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ideology rests on mythic history yet betrays Buddhism’s core values (similarity 0.89)
• A foundational doctrine of sufferance frames minorities as tolerated guests of Sinhalese Buddhists (similarity 0.89)
• Sinhalese nationalist claims rest on chronicle authority and a myth of paternalistic tolerance. (similarity 0.89)
• Sinhalese Buddhist supremacy is a constructed ideology built on deployed mytho-history, not primordial reality. (similarity 0.88)
• Sinhalese Buddhist identity is constructed through mythic history rather than primordial descent. (similarity 0.88)
• Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ideology commands broad popular support in Sri Lanka (similarity 0.88)
• Sinhalese nationalist identity is constructed as inseparable from Buddhism (similarity 0.87)
• Nationalist scholars framed Buddhism and Sinhalese identity as inseparable, dehumanizing non-Buddhists (similarity 0.87)
• A majoritarian Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ethos is now broadly accepted across Sri Lankan society (similarity 0.87)
• Sinhalese nationalist identity rests on a manufactured sacred history. (similarity 0.87)
• Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ideology frames dissenters as enemies of the state. (similarity 0.86)
• A pacifist religion has been harnessed to an ethnocentric state ideology. (similarity 0.86)
• Sinhalese Buddhist mytho-history is marshalled to justify ethnic violence, not peace. (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ideology rests on mythic history yet betrays Buddhism’s core values #expands (0.85) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 294
• Diaspora nationalism can reinforce exclusive and essentialist communal ideologies #qualifies (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3010