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The tragic fate of Tibetan refugees, dying of tuberculosis near Darjeeling or begging for a crust at Buddh Gaya, at the very spot where Gautama got his enlightenment, is commentary enough on those dreamers who would airily dismiss everything including the world, the body, and the events of history as mere maya, unreal and not existent, hence to be ignored.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 4 : China, Japan, Tibet > # 193