A crowd of fanatical supporters lined the beaches of the main island, to witness the homecoming of the buddhist fundamentalist cleric.
His holiness the Madyamika - a title meaning literally "bliss artist" - emerged from his chartered boat looking tired and emotional.
At a press conference, he rejected allegations that his arrival may trigger a holy war against the legitimate Samsaran government of the islands. But then he made this veiled threat - "people who don't do the bliss will not survive".
