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...When you first meet someone of the opposite sex, the first thing you say is not 'I'm an organ player," Forger chuckles. "They'll think you're a monk...or they'll misinterpret what you mean by 'organ...
...University must be commended for doing such a great job in planning Jiang's visit. All went smoothly: the press got great photos of Jiang (behind ye old Harvard motto) and the lovely protesters in their monk robes and specialized t-shirts. It all seemed like such a perfectly organized circus to us that Jiang might take the idea back to his own military state. The message for the next Communist Party convention? If you can manipulate and manage dissent so as not to have it taken seriously, why bother shooting...
...points to improve oneself." The Han and Tang dynasties were both an age of economic prosperity and also one of flourishing international exchanges. Imperial envoy Zhang Qian's trip to the "West" in the Han Dynasty, over 2,000 years ago, opened up the world-famous Silk Road; Eminent Monk Xuan Zang, of the Tang Dynasty, brought back ancient culture after braving the long journey to South Asian countries. In the Ming Dynasty, Chinese navigator Cheng Ho led a fleet to what the people then called the "West Sea" seven times in the 15th century, spreading the Chinese culture...
...want this protest to make an impression on Jiang and the world in general," Sangpo said.CrimsonRuss J. FleischmanA ROSE OF RESISTANCE: A Tibetan monk was one of many sympathizers and participants in a hunger strike...
Throughout Asia today, in one of the little remarked but momentous sea changes of modern times, the sandaled monks with shaved heads have abandoned Buddha's command to be still...and have plunged deep into politics. While most continue their usual duties of meditating...teaching and begging, more and more of them are busy issuing political manifestoes, organizing riots and working for the downfall of governments. From the Indian Ocean to the Sea of Japan, from the Irrawaddy to Tonkin Bay, [Buddhist monks] are causing political waves whose final effect they themselves cannot foresee but which are vitally affecting...