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Then she told of a trip she had taken to the Heng-Yang Mountains to see the "Rub-the-Mirror Pavilion." There, 2,000 years ago, a young Buddhist monk had sat crossed-legged for days muttering "Amita Buddha! Amita Buddha!" The Father Prior took a brick and rubbed it against a nearby stone until the acolyte asked what he was doing...
...said the Father Prior, "it is just as impossible for you to acquire grace by doing nothing except murmur 'Amita-Buddha' all day long...
...wild jungle of fantasy, posturing, belly laughs, narcissist and sadist confessions. It is stuffed with Dali's paranoiac paintings, sketches and constructions (see cut), is one of the most irresistible books of the year. Dali, whatever else he is, is a character. He stands, among other things, against Buddha and Spinach, for Maturity and Snails...
...children and adults alike, The Tree of Life provides ample and absorbing proof of a fundamental religious fact: every religious group has asked itself much the same questions and come up with much the same answers. Where Jesus raised the widow's son from the dead, Buddha handled a similar case as follows...
Kisagotami brought her dead son to Buddha, who required " 'some mustard seed taken from a house where no son, husband, parent, or slave has died.' The girl said, 'Very good,' and went to ask for some at the different houses, carrying the dead body of her son astride on her hip. The people said, 'Here is some mustard seed, take it.' Then she asked, 'In my friend's house has there died a son, a husband, a parent, or a slave?' They replied, 'Lady, what is this that...