I was surprised that there was a Sri Lankan novel that had more influence than that "Oshin" novel.

The author, Saratchandra, actually visited Japan in 1955, and it is evident that the intense experience he had there has strongly influenced this book.

In particular, in the first part, "The Deceased," the narrative is primarily directed at Dewendra, a Sri Lankan painter. The story vividly depicts what Japan was like at that time as seen from his gentile perspective. As the above commentary has already given a glimpse of, Sri Lankans at that time imagined the country of Japan from reading this novel.

I picked up this book thinking that this work must be valuable in understanding how Sri Lankans viewed Japan at that time.

This book, "What Brings the Taste of Honey: A Collection of Buddhist Discourses from Ancient India and Sri Lanka," is a Buddhist discourse that is still popular in Sri Lanka and other Theravada Buddhist communities.

The Jyataka, the story of Buddha's previous life, is a well-known Buddhist tale, but in this book you will witness a different kind of story.

What Brings This Taste of Honey: A Collection of Buddhist Discourses from Ancient India and Sri Lanka" is clearly not in the same vein as the devotion and compassion of the Jatakas, who think of no reward in return.

The main character of this book, Shaku Soren, is an amazing Zen monk who was the teacher of big names such as D.T. Suzuki and Kitaro Nishida, and also studied under Yukichi Fukuzawa in his youth.

I am now intensely attracted to Sri Lanka.

A Zen monk visited Sri Lanka 150 years ago.

I am still intrigued by that.

In this book, the life of Shaku Zong-en is dramatically told. We highly recommend this book, which provides a dramatic look at the life of the giant Shaku Zong-en.

This book is very stimulating to learn about the interesting background of psychicism, which had an occultic and suspicious image, but was actually born out of the industrial revolution and global rationalism. It was also a very gratifying work to learn about Sri Lanka. It was very informative for me as I wanted to know about the Sri Lankan Buddhist Dharmapala and the Theosophical Society.

Don't underestimate it as merely occult. A very real problem looms before you. This is interesting.

This work is an exciting book that provides an insight into Japan as seen by Sri Lankans.

I am reading and learning a lot about Sri Lanka and thinking about many things, but the reverse is also true. Japan is being looked at from the Sri Lankan side as well.

Sri Lankans and Japanese, who are also Buddhists, have completely different Buddhist styles and lifestyles. It is an interesting theme to see what Japan is like as seen by Sri Lankans, who are also Buddhists but very different from each other.