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LUMBINI, NEPAL: Beneath the Maya Devi temple to Buddha's mother in this southwestern Nepal town lies a recently uncovered complex of rooms that may transform this remote hamlet into a sort of mecca for the world's 340 million Bhuddists. After carefully studying the chambers discovered 9 months ago, a multinational team of archaeologists has announced that the rooms prove that ancient inscriptions claiming the site is Buddha's birthplace are true. The inscriptions were found on a pillar at the ancient Maya Devi temple erected by Ashoka, an Indian king who converted to Buddhism and spread the religion...
...penis and testicles rather than a woman's head, neck and breasts, but of course the sculpture is richer for its double meaning.) Because his work was deeply influenced by classical Indian and Khmer sculpture, it may be that the Eastern practice of gilding the effigy of the Buddha--gold being a symbol of supreme reality--prompted his use of high polish. But there is no doubt about its results...
...denies having abducted the Dalai Lama's golden child but has started a propaganda campaign against him, saying his family was "notorious among their neighbors" and the boy himself once drowned a dog, which the official Xinhua news agency proclaims is "a heinous crime in the eyes of the Buddha." Such assertions are unlikely to sway Tibetans to Beijing's choice...
...merchandise was no less varied. Central Square stores emptied their insides onto the sidewalk, and merchants came from as far as Vermont to hawk Guatemalan bags and vests, jade statues of Buddha and faberge thimbles (two for five dollars...
...star, Keanu Reeves, cannot act. While this may not have mattered in 'Speed' and was less notice-able in "Little Buddha,' it is painfully obvious in 'A Walk in the Clouds.' Even Reeves' talented co-star, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, cannot stop the romance from becoming ridiculous...