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During Burma's first decade of independence, the nation's undisputed leader was affable, ascetic Premier U Nu, a sometime Buddhist monk who sought through his politics "to merit admission to the higher abode of nirvana." But U Nu was a lackluster administrator, and by 1958 Burma's rice-rich economy was on the brink of ruin and domestic Communists were gaining strength. Willingly, Socialist U Nu turned over power to a military caretaker regime headed by General Ne Win, who restored efficient government, defeated Communist guerrilla bands. After 15 months in office he held elections that...
Toshiro Mayuzumi: Nirvana Symphonie (Time Records). A 1958 composition in which avant-garde Japanese Composer Mayuzumi mixes orchestra and male chorus with purely electronic beeps, whistles and growls as a means of "creating my own musical Nirvana." Whatever he created (he also refers to the piece as "a sort of Buddhistic cantata"), the music is fascinating-full of swelling sonorities and eerie spatial sounds...
...future history of religions will be in the encounter of Nirvana and the Kingdom of God," concluded Tillich. In these symbols are all final questions of the experience of human existence...
...felicity of the blessed (the years of loving sacrifice in scraping that boxful without letting Patty go short were amply crowned for John by this one moment. He sat down again in the corner wrapped in beatitude -Mary Webb) (a sense of deep beatitude - a strange sweet foretaste of Nirvana -Max Beerbohm) BLESSEDNESS suggests the deep joy of pure affection or of acceptance by a god (the blessedness of the saints) BLISS may apply to a complete and assured felicity (all my life's bliss from thy dear life was given -Emily Bronte) (now safely lodged in perfect bliss...
...King's coffin was placed on a dragon-headed carriage and, to the music of gongs and cymbals, borne to the cremation site, a soccer field outside town that had been piled high with sandal wood logs. Laotians reverently brought thousands of gifts to accompany "the King to nirvana, including a box of U.S. laundry detergent to keep him clean. Next day, rain and high winds swept the field, knocking down ceremonial arches and scattering the King's gifts. Laotian monks and elders sadly shook their heads. Said one: "The old King is angry with us. We have...