Word: rebirth
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...Gaulle shows proudly and clearly how, when the time came near war's end to rescue France, he demanded and won the right to be what he had always said he was: the symbol of French rebirth. The De Gaulle who now once again heads his country is recognizable as the unashamed hero, who in this book describes his task at the moment of personal victory:" Gradually, the call was heard. Slowly, severely, unity was forged. Now the people and the leader, helping each other, were to begin the journey to salvation...
THROUGHOUT Asia, some 500 million people-including the Dalai Lama-practice Buddhism. An outgrowth of Hinduism, Buddhism accepts the central Hindu idea of reincarnation: every soul turns on a wheel through a recurring drama of birth, death and rebirth. Existence is pain. The root of pain is desire. By following the Way of Buddha, a man can eliminate desire and win ultimate knowledge. Depending on his works, a man may be reincarnated as a prince or a panda. Therefore, all life is sacred. A true Buddhist should not kill a fly or step on an insect because-literally...
Sitting 49 days under a bo tree, Gautama won through to enlightenment and could have vanished into Nirvana, the final release from the wheel of rebirth. It is the essence of the Buddhist tradition of humanity that he refused to abandon mankind to darkness and pain. He labored until he was 80 to show man the way to enlightenment, and then, in the fullness of years, ended his final reincarnation...
Under Horton's "quiet and imaginative leadership," Pusey said, "the Divinity School has experienced a rebirth." Appointed in 1955, Horton had been a leader in the world ecumenical movement, and Minister of the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches. His appointment was part of an effort to promote a more ecumenical outlook at the Divinity School and study of varying streams of religious thought...
...improbable economic and social set-up of the town, population circa twelve, all of whom sport neuroses of one sort or other. One day's exposure to the hero is all the therapy they need to set them straight, however, while he seems also to have undergone Rebirth by the time he rides out of town...