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Hsun-ching is a worthy young man who, after his mother is killed, is raised by a patient Buddhist monk. The old monk's only dream is to go to San Francisco and find the Laughing Sutra, which he believes will unlock the secrets of wisdom. Of course he is too frail for such a quest, and of course Hsun-ching undertakes it in his behalf, ignorant though he is of travel bans in China, not to mention restrictions on entering...
Meanwhile, Saw Maung was preparing his counterattack. After a pious prayer to the Buddha, he outlawed then abolished some Buddhist sects. Saw Maung then sent his troops into Mandalay's monasteries "to clean out unlawful organizations...
Harvard's collection of Tun-huang wall paintings and sculptures in the Sackler Museum should also be considered an important case in the repatriation debate. The pieces were taken from Buddhist cave temples in northern China by Harvard archeologist Langdon Warner in a 1920 expedition. The ancient caves, now preserved by the Chinese government, are marred by gaping holes in the walls where the wall paintings and sculptures used...
...protest against the violent quelling of an antigovernment demonstration, some holy men in Mandalay had launched a campaign of refusing alms from soldiers and denying them other Buddhist sacraments. At times, the monks would overturn their alms bowls when a soldier approached. Finally, after the government ordered an end to the protest, troops armed with bayonets encircled Mandalay's 133 monasteries, then raided and ransacked some of the holy places...
...ranks are still swelling. In Maine alone this year, there were 1,500 parental applications to state authorities for permission to teach children at home, in contrast to four in 1981. "We have everything from Black Muslims to Jews and one woman who is a cross between a Zen Buddhist and Winnie the Pooh," says Michael Farris, president of the Virginia-based Home School Legal Defense Association, which tracks developments across the country...