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...thing?they teem with castles and knights, thickets of blooming vines, schools of fish, piles of jewels. They blend fact and myth to produce visions of Asia that are both alluring and terrifying. In a stunning Arabesque world map from the 8th century, Beatus of Li?bana, a Benedictine monk who tutored the Spanish royal family, describes India as "famous for gems and elephants," and adds that "there are men of all colors, huge elephants and dragons, the Monoceros beast, the parrot bird, ebony wood, cinnamon, pepper and aromatic reed. It sends forth ivory, precious stones, beryls, adamant burning carbuncles...
THELONIOUS MONK'S JACKET This custom-made smoking jacket with velvet lapels was one of Monk's favorites onstage and off. (Also for sale: his 1933 school notebook.) Estimate...
...COMMUTED. The death sentence of TENZIN DELEK RINPOCHE, 54, prominent Tibetan monk jailed by Chinese authorities; to life in prison, by the Higher People's Court of Sichuan province; in Chengdu, China. In 2002, Delek was convicted of participating in terrorist bombings and secessionist activities in a closed-door trial widely criticized by international human-rights groups, who made numerous appeals on his behalf...
With its primitive action premise (a sacred MacGuffin has been stolen; you go get it back), Ong-Bak needs the things Jaa can add. And there are plenty. As Ting, a country-boy studying to be a monk who has been taught Muay Thai martial arts and goes to Bangkok to retrieve a missing Buddha head, Jaa battles a series of Asian and Caucasian bruisers with fists, feet, elbows, head--he uses them all in his full-body barrage--with a sleek intensity and jaw-swiveling impact unique in movie martial arts. He also knows how to take a fall...
...Vietnamese are getting the chance to reacquaint themselves with Nhat Hanh. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, the victorious communists folded all Buddhist sects into one state-controlled church, and monks who wouldn't submit were placed under pagoda arrest. Nhat Hanh's writings were seized by the authorities, and the monk was unable to get a visa to return to his homeland for nearly 30 years. After more than a year of negotiations, Hanoi allowed him and 200 followers to come back for four months of touring and teaching. (The government also allowed four of his books...