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...reverently pay homage to the Eternal Buddha...
...sect, which concentrates on self-examination and is the most intellectual of the major Buddhist sects. But most Buddhists in the U.S., like Buddhists in Japan, belong to the Jodo Shinshu sect, which teaches that the Buddhist goal of cosmic enlightenment can be reached through faith in Amida Buddha, the Enlightened One of Infinite Life and Light. Of approximately 100,000 U.S. Buddhists, probably 80,000 are Shinshu. The sect operates 56 churches, concentrated on the West Coast but including a modernistic New York temple dedicated by the touring group...
Grinning Wryly. "It's a matter of mood with me," Reese says. "Sometimes I'll work right through the night in my cell." When he works all night, Reese sits Buddha-fashion on his cot and draws by the light that shines-in through the bars from the guards' catwalk. In the language of self-study prisoners soon learn, Reese explains himself: "This is a catharsis for me in a sense. I was a little rough at first, but now I've toned down a little...
Next, Souvanna presented his 19-man Cabinet to the King, and then took them across the muddy street to Vientiane's principal pagoda, Sisaket Wat, for the swearing-in ceremony. Sitting crosslegged on carpets before a huge gilded Buddha, the new Cabinet prayed while saffron-robed monks intoned the oath of office. Of Vientiane's estimated 60,000 people, only an apathetic 400 gathered to watch...
When he stood, everyone stood. When he sat, cross-legged like a giant Buddha on the floor, all eyes in the luxurious Paris apartment turned toward him. Through the whole long evening, he laughed, talked, puffed on a cigar, listened to the gypsy singers, and downed endless jiggers of vodka. At 3 in the morning, when two or three couples started for the door, he bellowed: "You're not leaving already, my friends. The night is young. Play, gypsies; play, play, play!" The guests stayed, the gypsies played. Once again, and at long last, Orson Welles was front...