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...most colorful of the three major Buddhist branches, however, was Vajrayana, the "Diamond Vehicle" adopted in Tibet in the 7th century. Instead of attaining complete enlightenment gradually, Tibetan monks claimed to do so in a single lifetime, an approach compared by Rick Fields, author of the American Buddhist history How the Swans Came to the Lake, to climbing the sheerest face of a Himalayan cliff: demanding and perilous. Unwilling to limit themselves to the standard tools--chanting and meditative breath-control techniques--the Vajrayana Buddhists employ an eclectic mix that includes religious visualizations, philosophical debate, ritual, yoga and the energies...
Sweat / You could make a preacher regret / He ever donned a Catholic vest / And make him run for a ring and a diamond, he croons...
...Orioles and Indians fans take heed: the gods of the diamond are as fickle as they are fantastic, word is Jeff Maier has right-field box seats for all the LCS games and Richie Garcia is calling both foul lines...
...done some improvement in El Salvador factories," said Marci Diamond, a volunteer with CISPES, "but we're asking that The Gap also improve conditions in subcontracting facilities in other countries...
...Diana is wholly unwarranted and will confirm the declining state of our society's values. We look up to celebrities and entertainers rather than to teachers, nurses and others who work hard for the public good every day in unglamorous settings. One example of our skewed values: the diamond ring Dodi Fayed gave Princess Diana cost $205,400; the Nobel Peace Prize awarded Mother Teresa was worth $190,000. HOWARD M. LIEBMAN Brussels...