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irosie91,
I forgot to add this.
Hindus and Buddhists do not have any conflicts. They are very similar religions. I grew up a Hindu but adopted Buddhist faith during later phase in my life. Both of them are inclusive religions so I do not have any compatibility issues.
Bhai, are you sure you're fully aware of the history of Hindu-Buddhist relations?
There were a few Hindu kings were dedicated to destroying Buddhism in ancient India. Pusyamitra Sunga, Shashanka, and Mihirakula being some notable names who destroyed tens of thousands of stupas and massacred an equal number of monks and boddhisatvas, not to mention Rajendra Chola's invasion of Sri Lanka in which Buddhism was destroyed throughout the north to propagate Shaivism. Even today, the relations between Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka is a problem, albeit an ethnic conflict.
Brahmins have always worked to undermine the sovereign identity of Buddhism. The whole "Buddha is an avatar of Vishnu" rhetoric is nonsense manufactured by the Brahmins to assimilate Buddhism into the Hindu fold. Adi Sankara was an intellectual, manipulative criminal and his faithful followers are the reason for Buddhism's gradual decline in India. According to the accounts of Chinese travelers in ancient India, Buddhism was the dominant religion in the land before the Hindu revivalist movements founded by Adi Sankara.
I do not live too much in past. Past is past. I personally do not see too much friction between Buddhists and Hindus. There is a lot of support for Buddhists among Hindus and vice versa. This is pretty evident when you travel through Himachal Pradesh where large number of Buddhist refugees from Tibet live.
As far as Sri Lanka is concerned, that conflict is mainly between hardliner Christian Tamils and Singhlas of all faiths.
Most Tamils are Hindu though, and proportionately most LTTE members were as well.
You're right, there isn't much friction nowadays. Hell, the contemporary relations between Hindus and Buddhists are more favorable than Christians and Jews I'd say. But again, that is only because Hindus believe that Buddha was a reincarnation of Vishnu hence Buddhism can be reconciled within Hindu teachings.
I was born and raised a Hindu. I have never heard anyone make that claim that Buddha was a reincarnation of Vishnu. There may be some people who believe that. I am not denying that. Keep in mind both Hindu and Buddhist faith are very different from organized religions like Christianity or Islam. So individual Hindus or Buddhists have individual beliefs.
As far as LTTE is concerned, even though it had good number of Hindu members, its leadership was Christian. It's funding also mainly came from questionable Christian organizations and Tamil expatriates.