Word: nirvana
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...Path to Nirvana (of the feet...
...third Buddha--the so-called sleeping Buddha--may yet exist in Bamiyan, buried just feet from where the other Buddhas once stood. A 7th century Chinese traveler left notes describing the sculpture as measuring up to 650 ft. in length and reclining in a state of Nirvana. (The taller of the two upright Buddhas was just 180 ft.) The statue is believed to be entombed, either buried intentionally before the first Islamic invaders arrived in the 9th century or covered by debris from an earthquake or the natural erosion of nearby cliffs. Archaeologists are debating whether...
...better or worse, Asia owes much of its collective face to a handful of authoritarian, single-minded leaders. They were possessed of a clear idea of where they wanted to take their countries?usually to economic nirvana?and of a supreme self-confidence that they knew best how to get there, even if it meant trampling on liberties along the way. As these strongmen saw it, for many Asian states the stakes were simply too high to take a chance on unbridled freedom: potential unrest in China, the specter of communism in Indonesia, the risk of being overshadowed...
...down to Manikarnika Ghat, where bodies are burned on the riverbank, to lay down their burden. The widow is directed to an observation deck above the burning platform. "Women cannot come to the burning," explains Papu. "They cry and wail and shout, and the soul cannot be released to Nirvana if someone is calling him back with tears...
...measure up to 200 m long (the upright ones were just 55 m and 38 m high). According to meticulous records kept by Xuanzang, a Chinese Buddhist pilgrim who trekked to Bamiyan in the 7th century, the Buddha is shown reclining?and dying; freed from his body, he achieves nirvana, or enlightenment...