Word: buddhists
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...phoenix. In “Dragon amid Clouds,” a hanging scroll from the Choson dynasty of Korea in the nineteenth century, an orange and green dragon is offset by black and white clouds. The dragon, a celebrated animal in East Asia, is chasing a wish-granting Buddhist symbol in this scroll. “Dragons in the West are considered evil, whereas in Asia they are thought of as benevolent and even auspicious,” says Mowry. These pieces illustrate Asian views of the dragon, also an emblem of masculinity, known in China...
...pours it over her tour bus of fools: the television dog-show host who thinks diplomacy is a lot like pooch training, the academic couple who can't stop intellectually one-upping each other, the dangerously do-gooding heiress. Saving Fish from Drowning (the title comes from a Buddhist fisherman's rationalization of his craft) ends without clear winners. And Tan neatly frames the dilemma: To help the oppressed, do you use a carrot or a cudgel...
...predecessor--the President as tourist. Bush had always resisted sightseeing, spending just seven minutes touring the Kremlin, for instance. But last week his itinerary bristled with excursions outside official halls. The stops had a theme: he made a series of leisurely visits to religious sites, including a gold-leafed Buddhist temple in Japan and an ancient Korean pagoda. White House officials tell TIME that the National Security Council included those stops so Bush could show an appreciation for Asian culture and give the U.S. a calling card besides troop requests and military bases...
...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 the gradual influence of Western art on Chinese painting - mainly Castiglione...
...last month’s earthquake in South Asia. Attendees were greeted by a large screen with a slide show of the devastation in Kashmir, including the individual faces of those affected by the earthquake. The service was an interfaith gathering with readings from the sacred traditions of the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim faiths, which were followed by a song and speakers. Asim Ijaz Khwaja, assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, was one of the speakers at the event. Khwaja expressed concern not only for the victims of the catastrophe but also...