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A Terrible Traveller’s Guide to Sri Lanka II

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Ben Sixsmith
Sep 29, 2026
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I find statues of the Buddha almost eerily inscrutable. I can’t tell what the former Prince Siddhartha is meant to be feeling. But I’m sure this is the point. He has transcended the vicissitudes of emotion.

The Buddhist temple at Dambulla is full of statues of the Buddha — sometimes standing, sometimes reclining. Signs warned us that photos which “bring …

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