Primary tabs
Transcription
<p>[Page 64]</p><p>Buddhist faith may have a lot going for it, but that doesn’t mean one should debase oneself like these guys do. When among the natives, okay, maybe they can dress and live like that, but among Europeans they should revert to being European. Apart from these three priests, there were 4-5 younger ones in the beginning, some kind of lay monks, among them the brothers Bauer who built the decors for the theatre. Upon leaving Colombo, they have put their European clothes back on, and maybe their faith became a bit shaky.</p><p>Unfortunately, we have come to learn a few weeks ago that there are thieves among us Germans. Things have disappeared from cells before but we always suspected the Tommies who roam about camp at times. But now that fairly large amounts of money have been pilfered from handbags, it can only be a German, and most likely not just one. The thieves must have staked out their grounds carefully;</p>