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...devotees wait in line at the temple bearing offerings of orchids, cigarettes, bottles of M-150. At the head of the queue, sitting in the lotus position, is Luang Phi Pao, a young monk whose arms and legs are covered with tattooed mantras and serpents. He dips a pointed, 60-cm silver rod into blue black ink infused with Chinese herbs and snake venom. With a steady rhythm, he delicately jabs Niwet Paopunsri, an auto mechanic, inscribing the words The Heart of Lord Buddha in ancient Khmer on the small of his back. (That's Pao's specialty; other monks...
...hasn't gotten much for his westward drift." Labour backbenchers are roiling as M.P.s beyond the usual antiwar suspects signal strong opposition to an Iraq war. Claire Short, the International Development Minister, has said privately she will protest in the streets if Iraq is bombed. But like a monk who believes self-flagellation is the path to salvation, Blair said last week he thinks Bush is right to focus on foiling Saddam's effort to procure chemical, biological and atomic weapons. French and German officials did not go so far, but they too tried to sand down talk of transatlantic...
...United States should hold “sessions of deep listening” designed to promote understanding between world nations, Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh told a crowd of about 1,800 students, faculty and Cambridge residents assembled at Memorial Church on Friday...
...firmly believe that many academics dream of rock star hedonism. In terms of the reverse—rock stars who dream of monk-like academic celibacy—Cuomo appears to be the exception, not the rule. Still, fantasies of the core curriculum won out over the realities of adoring crowds, and Cuomo, having been accepted to Harvard, enrolled. Prior to his matriculation, he told Vox, “I really want to disappear, grow a beard, not talk to anyone, not make any friends…I just want to disappear and study...
...feel at home with this movie. I've worked with most of the cast before; that gives me great peace of mind. I was meant to be action director for Chow Yun-fat's Bulletproof Monk, as well as a new project by Steven Seagal. But I pulled out of both. I wanted to make history with this film. I'm sure Jet Li feels the same...