DISCIPLE OF BUDDHA
TREBITCH LINCOLN WESTERN WORLD’S “LOSS.” SHANGHAI, June 20. (Received June 20, at 8.30 p.m.) Refused permission to reside in Britain, America, Japan, or European countries, Abbot Chao Kung, better known in the Western world as Trebitch Lincoln, who in the ’ course of a chequered career was at one time a member of the British Parliament, returned to Shanghai accompanied by six Buddhist priests and one nun, thoroughly embittered by the treatment of Western nations, where he intended to spread the Buddhist faith. He told journalists he was,- not interested in publicity, but simply wished to help suffering humanity through the doctrine of Buddha. He announced his intention of organising Buddhist propaganda for distribution in European countries, using China as a base.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22294, 21 June 1934, Page 7
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