The Indian pavilion is splendid in its endeavor to describe the origins and history of India, and the struggle to build a modern nation. The history of Buddhism is very clearly depicted, and we are told that Buddha himself was born as recently as 544 B.C.E. By then the writing of the Hebrew Scriptures was nearing completion. Main tenets of Buddhism are set out on a plaque reading: “Then Buddha spake: Right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. All things are impermanent.” We reflect, of what use can “right” things be without permanence?

A fearsome print of the Buddhist “hell” with its victims squirming in excruciating agony reminds one of Dante’s “inferno”​—truly, all false religion has common origins!