Word: buddha
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...awesome 153 m tall, the bronze buddha recently unveiled in central China's Henan province seemed destined to become a rare tourist attraction in a place better known for its burgeoning AIDS problem. Yet when thousands of people tried attending the buddha's dedication ceremony last year, police shooed them away. And when the Henan Economic Experiment newspaper mentioned the statue in March, the edition was yanked from newsstands by provincial officials. The journalist who wrote the story was fired the following day, along with his editor. To date, no other mention of the buddha has appeared in the mainland...
...over Henan precisely when the local government was turning a blind eye to peasants contracting HIV by selling their blood, which was collected with tainted equipment. When the scandal was exposed four years ago, Li may have realized that his earlier decision to sign off on a $24 million buddha when many of the province's rural inhabitants were so poor they resorted to selling their own blood might make for bad press. And as the country's propaganda chief he had the power to order a nationwide news blackout. Today, the only real movement...
...importance of Jesus' message was to live an exemplary life of morality and kindness, then why could he not have died a natural death as did Buddha, who also was a great teacher of millions? If Christianity holds that Jesus' death was predetermined, then why blame anybody, whether Jew or Roman? If Rome regarded Jesus as a rebel against Caesar, then Jesus' execution was in conformity with Roman law. The Jews of Jerusalem, who lived under a brutal Roman occupation, were virtually powerless. Centuries later, after the Roman Empire had adopted Christianity, blame was shifted away from the Roman Governor...
Looking for a great comic book to take with you on your next flight? Then how about these charming depictions of the story of Buddha? Osamu Tezuka (1928-89), a pioneer of the manga (Japanese comic book), added his own characters and stories to the life and times of the great spiritual leader, creating a graphic-novel epic...
Looking for a great comic? Just follow Buddha. Osamu Tezuka (1928-89), a pioneer of the manga (Japanese comic book) form, added his own characters and stories to the life of the great spiritual leader, creating a graphic-novel epic. Translated into English by Vertical Inc. as an eight-volume series of stylish, $25 hardcovers, the third installment comes out this month. Though Tezuka's characters are cartoonishly cute and he frequently inserts goofy humor, the series also explores adult themes of romance and violence. Literati and pop-culture mavens alike will enjoy this manga masterwork. By Andrew D. Arnold