Word: buddhists
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WHERE TRADITIONS MEET: PAINTING IN INDIA FROM THE 14TH THROUGH THE 17TH CENTURY. This exhibit explores the evolution of Indian painting, from early illustrations of Jain and Buddhist manuscripts to refined paintings done in the Rajput courts and under the Mughal emperors. Being in an area of germination and intersection of artistic traditions, India attracted numerous artists, many of whom illustrated religious and allegorical subjects using vibrant indigenous styles. Through December 7. Hours: Monday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. $6.50 adults, $5 students/seniors, free with Harvard ID. Arthur M. Sacker Museum...
...Buddhist, Tan embodies those paradoxes inherent in this illusory, earthly life. He is a wealthy man who potters around in denim shorts and sandals and still lives in Singapore's notorious Geylang red-light district. "You see prostitutes all the time," he says before adding that he continues living there in memory of his parents, from whom he inherited the house. His daily routine is as austere as a monk's: he sleeps until 1 p.m., and when he wakes, he meditates before climbing 1,000 steps to warm up his calf muscles for his strenuous calligraphy sessions. He works...
...official ceremony taking place at home. Italy's laws are more accommodating, but dress and behavior codes in Italian churches are strict, and Italian priests have little tolerance for some practices that have become standard elsewhere, like a bride and groom writing their own vows or incorporating a Buddhist blessing into the ceremony. Locals whose towns or villages have become popular destination wedding sites also have mixed feelings about the lucrative traffic. "There's a certain amount of resistance, irritation with the late-night partying," says Sarah DeKlein of Aisleaway, a London-based company. But some destination weddings are simple...
...FREED. THICH QUANG DO, 74, prominent Vietnamese Buddhist dissident; from house arrest; in Ho Chi Minh City. Do, a leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, had been confined to a monastery since 2001 for agitating for religious freedom and human rights. A Communist Party newspaper said Do was released because of the government's "humanitarian policies." But some observers speculated the authorities might be trying to blunt the strong international condemnation over the recent 13-year jailing of another dissident, Pham Hong...
...Akshobhya Buddha The founder of a Taiwan-based Buddhist association received this 1,300-year-old head?sawed from its torso at the Four Gate Pagoda in northeastern China in 1997?as a gift from his disciples. He returned it to China...