Word: karma
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...vanished too, speeding downhill toward a dubious breakfast. A snow rat poked its head out, hoping for a crumb. I broke the park's rules and tossed him a piece of cookie. Feeding anything that lives at this desolate height has to be good karma. So long as you're not offering a deep-fried sandwich...
...fringes of society and is haunted by the memory of an innocent's execution, is called into duty one last time. He is a killer, no doubt, but the consecrated rope he uses to hang his victims also has the power to cure sickness. Is he an agent of karma? A mere government functionary? Or a willful sinner whose well-paid job trades in the blood of the blameless? The film is vintage Adoor, a picture-perfect set piece that entertains eternal questions of human responsibility and freedom. (Shadow Kill "has the stamp of a master," according to film critic...
...been a bad boy. I accept, therefore, that this may be karma working and that I am being punished appropriately and cosmically. I have lied and exaggerated about my feelings to girls. And while eventually these little deceptions have come to bear in the form of less-than-pleasant endings—including one break-up at a Houston coffeehouse that can only be described as nightmarish—I’ve never been punished for anything. In other words, I’ve never had my heart broken. The one time that I was really betrayed...
...Karma Bites Back
...knew, wouldn't be simple. The $1.8 million budget for his film, tentatively entitled Travelers and Magicians, wasn't sufficient to pay the $200 daily tariffs Bhutan imposes on tourists. But Khyentse Norbu proved a persuasive negotiator. In a country where 20% of the population are monks or nuns, karma is taken seriously and no one likes to refuse a request made by a rinpoche of Khyentse Norbu's rank. His American and Australian production unit received permission to enter the country for free, and shooting proceeded from September until late November...