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...This business of going forth into the woods is a universal symbol of spiritual quest. Thoreau used it in his years at Walden Pond. And as translator Patrick Olivelle - who in his rendering of the Buddhacarita has stressed its exquisite literary qualities - notes, Siddhartha's departure into the forest from his father's palace is itself "modeled after that of Rama in the Ramayana, although cast within a Buddhist theological and moral background." The Buddhacarita, Olivelle argues, is both an extension of Brahmanical texts and a potent challenge to them - repudiating Vedic conservatism and its emphasis on family units...
...Phnom Penh the day after Cambodia's July 27 national elections, the 46-year-old tire repairman said he voted for infrastructure when he cast his ballot in favor of Prime Minister Hun Sen's winning Cambodia People's Party. "In my district, we now have roads, a pond and a reservoir. These are the CPP's achievements," said Bon Tona. Though the opposition promised to combat the country's endemic corruption, promote greater government accountability, respect for human rights and end of land grabbing by the rich and powerful, Bon Tona said he believed more in asphalt than lofty...
...Meet High Art Despite a sagging economy, Christie's auction house has racked up $3.5 billion in art sales so far this year--up 56% from 2006, in part because of demand in Russia, China and the Middle East. The two highest-selling works were Monet's Water Lily Pond, top, and a triptych by Francis Bacon...
...better organized. Think about it. The little kids who sat in my rowboat are all big and smart now. It might only be for a short time and in a certain place but all life violates the law that demands "things fall apart." From the algae that organize pond gunk into efficient little green cells, to human beings, striving constantly for that special kind of organization called understanding, living things build up and organize where Nature would tear down and break apart. Nowhere is this unnatural behavior more evident than in our thinking - minds and brains are perhaps the least...
Zittrain, who graduated from the Law School in 1995, said that the opportunity to work full-time with the center at a time when it was becoming a University-wide institute played an important role in convincing him to cross the pond...