Word: banyan
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...months the sign of the banyan tree has been sprouting all over Indonesia. Planes dropped leaflets and kites that displayed the spreading tree. Be-tjak (three-wheeled ricksha) drivers wore polo shirts imprinted with it. Practically every civil servant in the sprawling archipelago nation sported a button emblazoned with the symbol. Radio and television stations frequently played a song extolling the tree, traditional symbol of security, as the place "to hail while expecting the blessings...
...regime remained in power. The tree is the symbol of the government's political organization, Sekber Golkar. Last week, when 57 million Indonesians went to the polls in the country's first national elections in 16 years, a majority of them probably punched the sign of the banyan tree on the ballot. Exactly how many will not be known until mid-August, when President Suharto will announce the results. But since the government had already reserved the right to appoint 100 members of the 460-member House of Representatives, there is little doubt that the military regime will...
...Ojai, California in 1922, Krishnamurti experienced a spiritual transformation. It was a purification, and a dedication to lead humanity to the heights. On December 29th, 1925, underneath a Banyan tree, he spoke to Theosophists of the Teacher: "He comes to lead us and He comes only to those who have understood, who have suffered, who are unhappy, who are enlightened. He comes only to those who want, who desire, who long. And I come for those who want sympathy, who want happiness in all things. I come to reform not to tear down. I come not to destroy...
...HAVE SPENT wonderful days and nights on the beach where Leadbeater made his discovery. It was the back yard to my jungle cottage. I have walked and sat beneath the incredible Banyan Tree where He and I were one. I have visited the rooms where the young teacher lived. All these places are on the stunningly beautiful estate of the International Headquarters of the Theosophical Society at Madras, India. I lived there seven months...
...charming old Spanish colonial palace has become a fortress. Workmen have welded closed two of its four massive entrance gates. Armed guards patrol the Pasig riverfront; soldiers in combat dress and plainclothesmen, guns bulging under their loose-fitting barong tagalog shirts, are all over the Malacanang's banyan-shaded grounds...