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<p>[Page 62]</p><p>and you can tell that he is deeply anchored in his beliefs but still has his feet firmly on the ground and also has an interest in many things beyond the Buddhist teaching. He is definitely the most significant [of the three] and also seems to have a higher religious status than the others. The second one is a man of maybe 60-65 years and keeps pretty much to himself; he seems to have finished with life on Earth and already dwells in some other spheres. He is said to believe that his self has died a long time ago and only his body still roams the Earth. Wrapped in his yellow priestly garb, mostly armed with an open umbrella against either sun or rain, and sporting a cap provided by the Australian government but visibly too small for his head, he paces the same little path along the beach for hours on end, taking notice of absolutely nobody, but always the first to show up at the cauldrons at mealtimes. He seems to be constantly dreaming or pondering the most arduous problems, and one could be quite awed</p>