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* At Kangtse, just outside the border of Tibet, last week waited the Panchen Lama, Tibet's "Living Buddha," now very much dead. He died 13 months ago while attempting to regain his godly throne. Since for religious reasons he could not be embalmed, and for political reasons cannot be taken into Tibet, he is still sitting, wrapped in shrouds, surrounded by hundreds of flickering yak-butter lamps, guarded by 2,000 armed retainers, serenaded by a brass band of 40 instruments.