Word: nirvanas
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...ALMOST GLIMPSES self-pity in Don Juan in this farewell speech. He is not offering his disciple nirvana, only the dignity of living and dying as a man. The road of a warrior is a lonely road. A warrior carries no baggage save his private nostalgia. Don Juan's satori is both liberating and irreversible...
...others choose the chic. Lovers of the exotic may insist that Morocco's Atlas Mountains, home of the ruggedly independent Berber tribes, offer the best schussing. Cross-country buffs are likely to feel that mushing through Norway's Jotunheim (Giant's Home) region is nearest to nirvana...
...WHEN WE WERE undergraduates, we always knew it was possible, but here it is nirvana," says John of the Ranch. And perhaps for the present it is true, but as one listens to the band talk about their music and way of life, one comes away with the impression that a constant battle is being fought against the encroaching reality of society as it is, that the classmates who went to law school might eventually have then way. Each rancher has his own thoughts on the subject of the future of the band, for each has individual concerns...
...right two alumni (Class of 48) were reaching nirvana as the band blared into the last refrain of "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" They fervently nodded approval and murmured emphatically "want victory today" as the band concluded. Trevor hadn't given it much thought when he agreed to go to the year's first Ivy League game at the Stadium. But he didn't expect it would be quite like this. "Where do they get these characters" he asked his roommate who was much worldher in such matters than he "Oh, they dredge them up from the alumni register...
...body is cleared of tensions, the trouble in the head is diminished. If Arica doesn't make you happy, it will at least make you happier than you were." One of his disciples is even more enthusiastic. Everyone, Arica Instructor Bill Gay insists, can achieve the nirvana of Level 24 (though Levels 12, 6 and 3 are beyond the reach of the ordinary trainee). Once there, "you have built up the essentials, broken the ego structure and have all the tools you need to continue to grow. You can empty your head any time you want...