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...images of frontier adversity but none so stunning as that of Lewis expecting to see a path to the Pacific but discovering endless ranks of mountains instead. There would still be historical markers on western highways but none that lead thousands of miles to the sea and allow the pilgrim at every stop to cross-reference the vista spread out before him with the written impressions of those who blazed the trail...
...exists in Bamiyan?and that it escaped the Taliban's idol-busting spree. It's a whopper; this Buddha is believed to 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...
...pilgrim Xuanzang, usually an exacting chronicler, is maddeningly vague about the reclining Buddha's specific location. Reading his account and others of the same period, scholars are certain that the statue lies between the niches of the two destroyed Buddhas, a distance of nearly 800 meters. The last recorded sighting of the reclining Buddha, according to Paiman, was by a 10th century Indian historian. After that, the gigantic Buddha seems to have vanished as if by a magician's conjuring trick...
...PILGRIM: Here are five technology picks, on the hunch that many things will get better: Documentum, JDA Software, Mercury Interactive, QLogic and Microchip Technology. They're the dominant factor in everything they do. They're the quality in a busted-up sector. Away from tech, we like Bed Bath & Beyond. It has lots of years to grow. Starbucks--they're going to open three or four times as many stores over the next decade...
...PILGRIM'S PROGRESS Burmese artist Ma Thanegi's delightful book, The Native Tourist: In Search of Turtle Eggs, is a humorous account of her 18-day pilgrimage to Burma's major Buddhist sites. Her witty observations provide colorful insights into the lives of the practical-minded Burmese who combine religious fervor, holiday making and trade when they go on the road. You can find it in Rangoon bookstores and souvenir shops...