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Show Page 20-T- HERALD. HE Provo. Utah, Friday. October 19, 1979 i ..r Tibet Spiritual Leader Visits U.S., Attends W. Coast Rites By TODD R. EASTHAM The SAN ANSELMO, Calif. (UPI) man in maroon robes seemed faintly amused. A few paces from the low dais on which he sat, a sea of photographers jockeyed frantically - soft-spoke- n for position amid an interminable clicking of shutters. "Can you explain why this area is such a hotbed of Buddhism?" a reporter queried bluntly as others wriggled uneasily. "I mean we've got a governor." The patient, smiling man on the dais paused for a moment, conferring with his translator. "I don't know. I think you know better." came his studied reply. The man is the Dalai Lama, the 14th reincarnation of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, the manifestation of the Buhdda's compassion, the exiled "GodKing" of Tibet. "Is your trip timed to coincide with the Pope's?" another asked. Puzzled at first, then amused, he answered with a simple "no." To his left, in a little group apart from the visitors and press, six or seven men in maroon robes sat quietly, in stark contrast to the activity that surrounded them. Unlike their leader, the entourage of the Dalai Lama did not seem amused. A photographer made his way around room to where the the tapestry-drape- d Dalai Lama's attendants sat. He proceeded to wheedle his way between them, stepping on one man's robes, scattering a bunch of flowers before another. He took a liking to an older monk with an intense, dark, deeplyfurrowed face and shaved head. He seemed surprised when the man turned away from quasi-Buddhi- his probing camera lens. The occasion was the dedication of a project which aims to help preserve the culture of Tibet and the practices of Tibetan Buddhism by recording them on videotape. It is feared the ancient ways may die out because few young men have entered Tibetan Buddhist monasteries since the Dalai Lama was exiled from the country by the commmunist Chinese, who crushed a popular uprising in 1959. The project is called the "Three tntrances Television Library Pro- ject." It's a joint effort between the Dalai Lama and the California Univer- sity for Advanced Studies, which opened its doors this Fall. The name refers to the three traditional paths to enlightenment in Buddhist theology. Teams from the university will go to India and Tibet to document the rituals, teachings and ceremonies of Tibetan Buddhists while a group representing the four major traditions within the religion will come to California to be trained in videocassette production. They will in turn participate in the library project. The dedication took place in Scott Hall on the campus of the San Francisco Theological Seminary, where the video library will be stored. Walls of tiie lofty, domed hall were covered with Tibetan tapestries, floors with prayer rugs in honor of the lama's visit. Representatives of three othet major faiths Christianity, Judaism and Islam were present for the dedication, although none was invited to speak. The prevailing mood of the occasion was festive and frenetic, conditioned as much by several competing television camera crews as by the presence of a cultural oddity: an Eastern holy man. There was mother mood, however. which surrounded the holy man and his entourage. It might be characterized as the "calm at the center of the storm." It was a kind of thoughtful detached serenity that set them apart from their Western hosts here and at other occasions during their stay in this country In spite of their leader's open friendly overtures to the American people they remained distant and alien by virtue of that mysterious calm. As he has done repeatedly throughout his visit to the United States His Holiness politely evaded most overtly political questions. "The nature of my " he said in answer trip is to a volley of pointed questions. "You might say humanitarian." While alluding in a general way to "improved" relations with the Chinese and expressing his hope to return to Tibet "one day," he denied that his trip was timed to exert pressure on Washington to in turn pressure the Chinese to facilitate that return. "The Chinese government is (now) more moderate, more reasonable, more realistic, more tolerant " he said. "But of course it is too early to say definitely (whether they will sanction his return ). We are cautious. ' But he added "we have a right to preserve our identity and our culture. This is our main wish." He said he found in a recent visit to Russia, that the Soviets are somewhat more tolerant of diverse religions than the Chinese. "Religion is still strong in Russia," he observed. After the press conference and dedication, the unassuming Buddhist monk who has created such a etir wherever he goes made his way through a noisy, jostling throng to an open air gathering where he spoke to several thousand about Buddhism and its significance in the West. 1 " f T?--J- r- THE DALAI LAMA, exiled spiritual leader of world arrives at Boston's International Airport un- der a heavy security guard. The Delai Lama was the guest of Harvard University during a visit of the - I i United States. During the tour of this country, he ticipated in the dedication of Tibet Cultural Center in California. (UPI Telephoto) Russ Note Aging Slowdown Progress - Ponce de Leon, (UPI) attention. Soviet scientists are reporting progress in their efforts to slow down human aging. The Tass news agency reported Thursday that officials at the Kiev gerontology institute have extended the lives of test animals by 30 percent through use of protein inhibitors. The scientists cautioned their methods are not yet sophisticated enough for use on humans and human research may be several decades MOSCOW pay away. But they see promise hypothesis that humans in the have regulatory genes that "switch on" at some point in life and begin to age the body. "The scientists presume that during aging there may be switched on a gene wfiich has previously been inactive." Tass said. "To find it in advance and to induce changes in it is a challenging task." In their research, the scientists reported they have also determined that aging is not necessarily a downhill slide. "Aging is not an atrophy of organs and tissues," Tass quoted the researchers as saying. While some bodily functions decay, they said, this is accompanied "by emergence of major mechanisms of adaptation." For instance researchers said, while the endocrine glands get older the sensitivity of tissues and hormones gets better. Kids Inter-cit- y Receive New Hope By PATRICIA McCORMACK UPI Education Editor Black and white youths out of work mostly black kids and mostly inner-cit- y are not without hope, says Jerome M. Rosow. President of the Work in America Institute. And to show this is so, he tells of work programs all pilots or which have proved to be helpful demonstrations, all pretty innovative and all described in detail in the institute report: "Job Strategies for Urban Youth, Sixteen Pilot Programs for Action." ' "These pilot programs should be carried out through existing institutions." Rosow reports in "The Exchange," a newsletter of the National Manpower Institute. "We need to face the reality that new opportunities must be attractive enough to compete with those found on the street. And employers and unions and educators have to be involved, as well as the government." One of the problems is financial. In New York City, for example, it was found a youth paid at the minimum wage of 2.90 an hour netted less $1.68 an hour. And even to pay the minimum wage, the employer had to expend as much as $4.95 an hour when taxes, insurance, and benefits are added in. To increase the financial incentives to work without adding to employers' costs, the report pilot programs that do not proposes three short-teradd to employers' costs: A youth exemption from social security or income taxes. A sizeable bonus when a youth sticks to a job for, say, six months. A job transportation service to make it easier and cheaper for urban youth to get to where the jobs are. "A second group of pilot programs would help young people get some experience in the private sector while encouraging them to use their leadership and entrepreneurial talents," Rosow reports. Another pilot program calls for setting up "youth enterprise development corporations." These would help youths organize and run their own small businesses. Yet another innovative program provides for contract service organizations that would give youth e employment doing odd jobs for home owners arid businesses. The young persons also would gain supervisory or management experience. An even different type sets up temporary employinner-cit- y ment services to enable employers to test-hir- e youth on temporary assignments without the financial, administrative, or emotional risks of an immediate permanent assignment. Making the job connection is the focus of another group of programs described in the report. One of these proposes "experience reports" for young persons to certify youths' experiences in part-tim- e work, school, and volunteer activities in a form that is useful to emploeyrs. Recommended also is a workeducation model tied to the community college structure. 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