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...There is a large room devoted to literati paintings, some produced by Ming loyalists protesting foreign rule in subtle works that speak of isolation, removal or quiet outrage. And many artifacts demonstrate the three Emperors' fascination with technology from Europe, like clocks and sextants, and religions from Asia, particularly Buddhism. In one painting on cloth, Qianlong sits cross-legged in Buddhist dress, surrounded by religious iconography. He holds the wheel of teaching - the traditional Buddhist symbol - in his left hand and, with his right, forms his thumb and forefinger into the classical discussion mudra, or gesture. The show also documents...
Graduate students from the Harvard Buddhist Community (HBC) met with 12 students from the College yesterday in an effort to expand undergraduate involvement in Buddhism on campus through meditation, discussion, and education. Alan G. Wagner, a 6th year graduate student in Chinese Buddhism and a board member of HBC, said that currently, the HBC does not have a strong influence within the undergraduate community. He described the meeting as an “open forum to talk about Buddhism and about what a Buddhist presence in the College might look like.” Adam S. Lobel, a second year...
...traditional Buddhism, practices like meditation and breath-work have been successful solutions to calm fear. And in the end, it may indeed come down to taking a moment for yourself. As Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 says, “to cope with my worst fear—an interview with Crimson reporters—I take a deep breath...
...pilgrims also went to see Sarnath, where the Buddha preached his first sermon; Rajgir, where he came to meditate during the monsoons; Vaishali, where the beautiful courtesan Amrapali made him a gift of a mango grove; and Kushinagar, where, lying on a bed under two trees, he died. Buddhism withered in India in the Middle Ages; the great temples and monasteries were destroyed by invaders and the pilgrims stopped coming. In the 19th century, pilgrims from Burma and Sri Lanka rediscovered the trail, renovated and rebuilt ruined monasteries and temples, and the Buddhist pilgrimage circuit slowly revived...
Most pilgrims are from East Asia, but Americans and Europeans also visit. "You can feel thousands of years of prayers vibrating in the air," says Manu Hari, a Swiss-born convert to Buddhism who is meditating near the temple. With every major Buddhist community from Sri Lanka to Japan having constructed a monastery in the city, Bodh Gaya has virtually turned into a United Nations of Buddhism; at night, as Tibetan monks cycle around to buy groceries, the streets resound with gongs being struck from inside the various monasteries...