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...Roman Christians long ago accepted cremation as no less reverent than interment, and Catholic theologians agree that God could just as easily resurrect a body from scattered ashes as from dry bones in a grave. The new ruling will probably be of most help to bishops in the predominantly Buddhist countries of Asia, where burial is regarded as a revolting and disrespectful custom. Japanese Catholics have already drawn up a cremation rite, and it is expected that church leaders in India, Ceylon and Burma will eventually follow suit...
...true that Candy, Mephesto the mad professor, Irving Krankheit the mad psychiatrist (author of Masturbation Now!), a mad Buddhist monk, and several other off-white slaverers at whom she throws herself, have as much fun as a barrel of impure-minded monkeys. But the result is not uproarious enough to require comparison to Byron (as one critic has suggested), unless you have something against Byron...
Tension developed between the two religious groups recently when Buddhists demanded the execution of Catholic Army Major Dang Sy, who is awaiting trial for giving the orders to fire on Buddhist demonstrators in Hué last year. Earlier the Buddhists had insisted that no mercy be shown to Diem's jailed brother, Ngo Dinh Can - who was executed even though Lodge privately pleaded with Buddhist leaders against the death penalty - or to Can's aide, Lieut. Phan Quang Dong, who was shot before an enthralled crowd of 8,000 in the stadium...
...Major Sy's case, Catholics angrily argued that he had only followed superiors' directives to keep order, and Catholic army officers circulated leaflets warning of serious trouble if Sy was shot. Although the Buddhist hierarchy now speaks of leniency for Sy, fear of a clash persists. Khanh, a Buddhist, has taken pains to antagonize neither the Catholics nor the Buddhists. But he is angered by the Buddhists' lack of support for his regime...
Late in the Game. Of particular concern to the U.S. embassy-where he enjoyed asylum for several weeks last year-is Thich Tri Quang, a frail, hot-eyed monk who heads the Institute of Buddhist Clergy. Quang has managed to confuse everyone about his political loyalties, but he masterminded last summer's Buddhist strategy against Diem and is now thought to be a leader of the militant monks exhorting Buddhists to "assert" themselves. What worries the U.S. is the possibility that they will assert themselves for neutralism-and the question of why they have failed to assert themselves against...