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...turn, man may aspire to personal Buddhahood through ridding himself of such worldly attachments as family and his ego. Between god and man are the bodhisattvas (or saints), who have nobly rejected nirvana (or the utter annihilation of self) to minister to the needs of mankind. Also in between are the yidams, bristling with many pairs of arms brandishing weapons, who are often sensuously pictured in copulation with their female consorts to symbolize the final union in Buddhahood where the sexes blend together. Nepalese art not only revolves around this Oriental theology but also helps the individual attain...
...architect. Above all, however, the University should hire an individualistic architect, one who will avoid the common-place, impersonal tones of Quincy. No matter what its style, the Tenth House should be unique enough to suggest an image, to create a personality. Architecture alone cannot create the nirvana of Lowell's "community," but its importance is undeniable...
...Nirvana & Dharma. Buddhism consists of three spiritual components, two traditions, and a multiplicity of sects. The first of the three components, common to all Buddhists, is the legendary life of a handsome Indian prince named Gautama, who, about 600 years before Christ, abandoned his luxurious existence after seeing four facts of life for the first time: a sick man, an old man, a dead man and a holy man. He fled to the forest to seek enlightenment, tried and abandoned the ways of the hermit and the ascetic, and, after meditating under a sacred Bodhi tree for 49 days...
Greater & Lesser Vehicles. The two great Buddhist traditions are Hinayana and Mahayana. Hinayana, the so-called Lesser Vehicle, is generally more austere and uncompromising; it holds that only monks and nuns have hope of reaching nirvana. Mahayana, the Greater Vehicle, offers hope of enlightenment to laymen as well, and stresses the compassionate concern of the Buddha for humanity. The highest Mahayana ideal is the bodhisattva, or enlightened one, who sacrifices himself for others, and Mahayana mythology contains numerous examples of sacrifices as an act of love as well as a means of liberation. Zen Buddhism, one of the subdivisions...
Casting the Blame. In the Buddhist faith, self-sacrifice is often undertaken to transfer the suffering of others to oneself. The martyr is usually considered a holy man so close to nirvana that he is unaffected by pain. Quang Due's premeditated act was a demonstration of Buddhist determination to force South Viet Nam's Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem to knuckle under to demands for increased religious freedom (TIME, June 14). In a will written "before closing my eyes to Buddha," Quang Due said: "I have the honor of presenting my words to President Diem, asking...