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...opponents tell it, Ranasinghe Premadasa had some mental quirks. After his election as President in 1988, he increasingly likened himself to Sri Lanka's miracle-working Buddhist kings of old. Until recently, he also avoided overseas travel, reputedly after astrologers warned of his death should he leave the island. The precaution was in vain. Last Saturday, while officiating at a festive May Day parade in Colombo, the 68-year-old President of low-caste birth was blown to bits by a suicidal assassin laden with explosives. At least 15 bystanders were also killed in this latest outbreak of political violence...
...means "Buddhist dog" in English, he said...
...America people go to bars for a drink. In Japan they can now go to a bar for enlightenment. A new saloon has opened in Osaka featuring friendly conversation over a glass of sake with an on-premises Buddhist priest. Patronage has been steady, with discussion topics ranging from personal problems to Japanese political scandals. The bar is the brainchild of an ex- bar owner named Manabu Yoshida and Fumihiko Kiyoshi, a Buddhist priest whose sect emphasizes preaching. The two bill their venture as "a temple that is in harmony with...
Moyers also visits U.S. hospitals in which nontraditional therapies have taken hold, including one in Massachusetts where Buddhist meditation is part of the regimen for patients with intractable pain. He winds up at Commonweal, a retreat in California where terminal cancer patients seek relief from the anguish that comes with their illness. They learn, says Moyers, "that healing is possible even when a cure...
...because of service to the old Saigon regime, thousands of new "enemies" have been discovered. The police may not be able to stop banditry, prostitution or corruption, but woe to anyone openly critical of the government. The regime has even launched a harassment campaign against the relatively benign Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, seeking to force it to merge with the government-approved Vietnam Buddhist Church. Says a Saigon observer: "It seems our leaders think they are still fighting in the jungles...