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Beijing and Taiwan are always baring their fangs at each other, but usually over matters of war and diplomacy, not teeth. But Wednesday saw China's government furiously denying that Taiwan owns a prime relic: one of the teeth of the Buddha...
...Beijing insists that only two teeth survived the Buddha?s cremation, one of which is in Beijing, the other in Sri Lanka, and says the 2,000-year-old tooth presented to Taiwan by Tibetan monks is nothing more than old dente. But Beijing?s demand that the tooth be returned to China takes the bite out of its protests over the tooth?s authenticity. Taiwan?s premier will likely flash his pearly whites when he greets the ?third tooth? on its arrival Thursday. Beijing?s leaders are more likely to be gnashing theirs...
Traditionally, making sand mandalas--representations in sand of the house of Buddha, whose dismantling symbolizes the impermanence of life--one of the higher practices of Buddhism, was a domain limited to monks...
...Jack's leaves you laughing all the way to the bank, you might want to save time and buy one while you're there. The "Buddha Money Mystery" makes coins appear, vanish and change, the "Chinese Wallet" will change your cash into a fortune, and the "Money Maker" cranks in blank paper and spits out dollars. Jack's can teach you how to put a cigarette through a quarter or how to place a half dollar through the neck of a bottle and out again. Budding magicians who want to learn the tricks of the trade can choose from Jack...
...REST If you use a dietary supplement called Sleeping Buddha, you should stop right away, says the FDA. Marketed as an herbal sleep aid, it actually contains estazolam, a prescription-strength drug that can cause fetal damage if used by pregnant women...