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...ancient Chinese invented it, medieval Arabs adapted it and modern Germans made it a winter staple. But the world's finest marzipan?that oh-so-sweet confection of sugar and almond paste?is made by the cloistered nuns of holy Toledo, Spain. The city, once capital of much of the Iberian peninsula, has several other tourist draws: one of the world's finest Gothic cathedrals, exquisite gold-inlaid damascene jewelry and magnificent swords. But the Spanish themselves say no Christmas celebration is complete without the nun-made sweets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweet treats in the heart of Spain | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...Asia is meditation. Though most Americans may perceive Buddhism as primarily practiced through meditation, that is certainly not the historical case. Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies, says that traditionally, “meditation is usually done only by specialized people,” such as monks, nuns and yogis. These specialists typically spend much more time on meditation than most modern lay people. Myhrum recalls a funny conversation from her stay at a monastery in Taiwan, when a bemused nun asked her, “why do you all care so much about meditation...

Author: By Jannie S. Tsuei, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eastern Exposure | 11/6/2003 | See Source »

...edible—and healing to boot), held on the second and fourth Fridays of the month at 6:30 p.m. (suggested donation $5). The GBBCC is actually a Buddhist temple in the Chinese tradition of Fo Guang Shan, which Yifa, the Center’s director and resident nun, calls “co-humanistic Buddhism”—i.e. Buddhism that is “engaged with society” and emphasizes “this life, this world, this time, these people.” The GBBCC offers courses in tai chi ($60), vegetarian cooking...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Meditation in Cambridge | 11/6/2003 | See Source »

...effort, The Passion, a supposedly historically accurate version of the events leading to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Gibson, who co-wrote the script, utilized various sources to compile the series of events, ranging from the four Gospels themselves to the diary of a vehemently anti-Semitic 19th century nun. He had the script translated into Aramaic, Latin and Hebrew and then assembled a cast whose only recognizable names were Jim Caviezel (Frequency) and Monica Bellucci (The Matrix Reloaded...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scholars Challenge Gibson's 'Passion' | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

...Centuries of Catholic teaching also established her colloquial identity as the bad girl who became the hope of all bad girls, the saved siren active not only in the overheated imaginations of parochial-school students but also as the patron of institutions for wayward women such as the grim nun-run laundries featured in the new movie The Magdalene Sisters. In the culture at large, writer Kathy Shaidle has suggested, Magdalene is "the Jessica Rabbit of the Gospels, the gold-hearted town tramp belting out I Don't Know How to Love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mary Magdalene: Saint or Sinner? | 8/11/2003 | See Source »

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