Buddhists. really?
Buddhists aren't all like Richard Gere or the Dalai Lama. China is a nominally Buddhist nation with no shortage of large scale atrocities throughout its thousands of years of history. What differentiates Sri Lanka from India is that Sri Lanka is Buddhist. One mild interrogation method used in Sri Lanka is to splash some gasoline into a plastic bag, which is then cinched around the suspect's neck. Another method is to shoot one terrorist before asking the survivor questions. Japan's Shinto religion is an outgrowth of Buddhism. Vietnam, Thailand and Korea - all are Buddhist nations with significant martial traditions - and no particular tolerance of blasphemy. Central Asia used to be Buddhist - it fell to the Muslims not because they were pacifists, but because the Arabs were strong and they were weak.