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...border of Assam state and the North-East Frontier Agency. A light drizzle fell on a detail of the small-statured soldiers of the Assam Rifles. A knot of Indian government officials shifted position in the muddy street as they awaited the appearance of Tibet's Dalai Lama, who had now been more than a month on the trail-14 days in making his escape from the pursuing Red Chinese in Tibet (TIME, April 20), and a more leisurely 18 days of pushing through the Himalayan jungles of India's northeast frontier...
...China Attacks Lama...
TOKYO, April 20--Red China Monday branded as lies the Dalai Lama's statement denouncing Communist rule in Tibet...
...called statement of the Dalai Lama issued through an Indian diplomatic official in Tezpur on April 18 is a crude document lame in reasoning, full of lies and loopholes," declared a long commentary of the official New China News Agency...
THROUGHOUT Asia, some 500 million people-including the Dalai Lama-practice Buddhism. An outgrowth of Hinduism, Buddhism accepts the central Hindu idea of reincarnation: every soul turns on a wheel through a recurring drama of birth, death and rebirth. Existence is pain. The root of pain is desire. By following the Way of Buddha, a man can eliminate desire and win ultimate knowledge. Depending on his works, a man may be reincarnated as a prince or a panda. Therefore, all life is sacred. A true Buddhist should not kill a fly or step on an insect because-literally...