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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tibetan Buddhism, called Lamaism, is a variant of Mahayana, basing a large part of its practice on the revelatory Tantric texts. It absorbed much of the dark, animistic Bon Po religion of primitive Tibet and swarms with demons and fiercely copulating gods. The world is haunted by such specters as the ro-langs, or standing dead. They walk with their eyes closed, never change direction, and their touch is fatal to human beings. There are mountain demons who suck the life from unwary travelers, demons who cause hailstorms and earthquakes and eclipses. The Tibetan Buddhist contemplates an intricate pantheon, from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: BUDDHISM-The Dalai Lama's Faith | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...your March 23 issue you report that Alexander L. Guterma "won a round in his battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission when it rescinded the ban on trading in Bon Ami, a Guterma company." The [trading ban] was removed on the petition of this company [which emphasized that] the present management has no association whatsoever with members of prior management, including Alexander Guterma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 13, 1959 | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

...Bon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 13, 1959 | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

...Reader Weesner is right. Alexander Guterma resigned from Bon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 13, 1959 | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

ALEXANDER L. GUTERMA won a round in his battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission when it rescinded the ban on trading in Bon Ami, a Guterma company. The SEC continued its suspension of F. L. Jacobs, another Guterma corporation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Mar. 23, 1959 | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

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