Word: buddhists
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...stalled payment of this tranche because of mismanagement of the economy. You quoted the Prime Minister as saying that "the President has said before that politics and power in Sri Lanka is a Bandaranaike family preserve." The President is emphatic she never said this. You wrote that "Sinhalese Buddhist mobs have burned or vandalized more than 100 Christian churches." This is the work of a small extremist group whose members are now in custody. They attacked mostly evangelist prayer houses, not churches. Eric Fernando Director General Policy Research and Information Unit, President's Office Colombo, Sri Lanka...
Construction of Shitennoji, one of the oldest Buddhist complexes in Japan, began in the year 593. One of its carpenters, Shigemitsu Kongo, traveled to Japan from the Korean kingdom of Paekche. Today, working from offices overlooking the temple, Kongo Gumi Co. is run by Masakazu Kongo, 55, the 40th Kongo to lead the 1,410-year-old company, believed to be the world's oldest family enterprise...
...flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder 40,000 mouths to feed each day, service is spotty, but who cares? Room and board are free. SCOTLAND Dhanakosa Find enlightenment in the southern Scottish Highlands at this Buddhist hideaway. Retreats on offer combine meditation with everything from photography classes to Tai Chi, starting from $100 a weekend. KOREA Mu Sang Sa This Zen temple, three hours' drive from Seoul , holds twice-yearly retreats. Live the life of a monk or a nun for up to three months without...
...also want to direct your and our four readers’ attentions to some of the less heralded fare that might only show up at Coolidge Corner or Brattle. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring tells the story of a single Buddhist monk and the five stages of his life that he experiences upon a floating monastery in the middle of a lake. The seemingly innocuous conceit hides some darker material, which apparently entangles him in some violent child games and ardent love affairs. The visuals, provided by South Korean director Kim Ki-Duk, are supposed...
SENTENCED TO DEATH. SHOKO ASAHARA, 48, former leader of the religious sect that released sarin gas into the Tokyo subway in 1995; in Tokyo. The founder of Aum Shinrikyo, a cult that combined Buddhist and Hindu philosophies, was convicted of masterminding the attack that killed 12 and injured...