Word: cioffi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Italian was Rev. Locanatha Bhikkhu, born Salvatore Cioffi 40 years ago, educated in Manhattan, now resident in Benchamabopitr Monastery near Bangkok. Next June, Buddhist Bhikkhu and 1,000 apostles will set out from India, proceed to Rome and the U. S. on foot save when waters are to be crossed. Begging as they go, the Buddhists expect to take two years in reaching Rome. Their twelve leaders will be called "Lions" because they think they will need lion hearts in such troublous spots as Mecca and Jerusalem. They will preach vegetarianism. "Westerners," said Bhikkhu, "make graveyards of themselves on account...