Word: buddha
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...sounds more Taliban than zen , but there is a saying among teachers of the latter way of life, "If you see the Buddha, kill him!" The point being made in Zen's challenging way is that Buddha was a teacher not a god, and therefore visions or worship of him are forms of idolatry his followers should not fall...
...Ming was five when he arrived at Shaolin in 1969. He had suffered a near-fatal illness and his parents, believing he owed his recovery to Buddha, sent him to become a monk. It was a perilous time to join a monastic order. Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution was in full swing and the temple's remaining handful of monks were so busy fending off gangs of marauding Red Guards and writing self-criticisms that they had little time for new disciples...
...short way into the story, K-PAX finds itself with nowhere to go. Spacey’s alien is buddha-like in his effortless self-satisfaction, but though his smiles are charming, they are a poor substitute for a central character with a compelling purpose. Bridges’ doctor is meant to be the center of the action, but he appears to have little motivation. The duo’s therapy sessions are reduced to casual conversations about the planet K-PAX, and the doctor comes off as a lonely man who wants to chat rather than...
Armstrong cited an anecdote of Buddha to explain America’s situation in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Buddha achieved enlightenment only after experienceing suffering, and the United States may have to pass through the same process...
...than-friendly reception for foreigners crossing the border in the next few weeks, its foot-soldiers were pretty unusual hosts before Sept. 11, too. A few months ago, Canadian Gabriel Mandel, 25, and two companions decided to explore Afghanistan to try to view the ruins of the 5th century Buddha statues at Bamiyan that were blown up by the Taliban in a fit of iconoclastic fury in March. They got their wish?and a short but intense lesson in the strangeness of a country governed by the Taliban...