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...hermits. There, for the rest of his life, he wrote verses (strict in form, four couplets to a page, each a small tower of vertical characters) declaring his independence from the material "world of dust." Cold Mountain was one of those jokester sages in whom Buddhist culture -- Zen Buddhism in particular -- abounded. Marden, whose interest in Oriental poetry had been deepening in the 1980s, seized on him not only because he liked the poetry in translation but because of the beautiful and wayward calligraphy of the surviving texts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Lines That Go for a Walk | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

Ikeda, president of the world peace organization Soka Gakkai International and author of several books on Buddhism, civilization, life and peace, was accompanied by a large entourage of followers, assistants, photographers and security personnel...

Author: By Philip P. Pan, | Title: Japanese Religious Leader Visits Rudenstine | 9/27/1991 | See Source »

Jerry, if you're out there--as you certainly are--take some free advice. Forget about the whole White House thing. One, it doesn't become you, and two, you don't have a chance. Go back and learn some more about Zen Buddhism...

Author: By Palo Alto and Gady A. Epstein, S | Title: Governor Flake | 9/18/1991 | See Source »

...Death is hot," agrees Bruce Joel Rubin, writer of Ghost. A former hippie who studied Buddhism in India, Rubin admits the seminal idea for the movie came from Hamlet's vapory father. "The film's message is: Life turns on a dime, so tell people you love them," says Rubin. Director Blake Edwards, whose current film, Switch, tells the story of a male chauvinist pig who dies and returns to earth as a woman, believes spirit-filled movies are popular because "the kids are searching for something. Filmmakers are merely attempting to tap it." Producer Robert Lawrence recently paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Goes to Heaven | 6/3/1991 | See Source »

Unable to remake their nation or count on rescue from abroad, large numbers of Burmese seek solace in the ghostly world of nats, the pantheon of spirits whose influence predates Buddhism. Despite the military siege, thousands of pilgrims entered monasteries all over the country last week. They prayed, tucking money into the clothing on figures of the nats. Then they sought out the astrologers who line the covered walkways around the temples. Questioned about Burma's future, one astrologer in Mandalay cast a wary glance over his shoulder to see if anyone might be listening. Then he whispered, "Burma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma A People Under Siege | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

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