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...rationalize their own departures from the traditional view. I did so for 15 years myself." For Thurman, "Euro-American Buddhism doesn't exist yet," nor can it do so until it can furnish the true motors of devotion and keepers of the flame, "ordained monks and nuns, supported in vows of celibacy and poverty, divorced from everyday life and supported by a community of lay members." Even if the majority of American Buddhism seems to be fleeing such an ideal, he remains convinced that especially within the Tibetan tradition there exists a promising community, and individuals "slowly coming closer...
...Bodhisattva Vow, the Beastie Boys...
...Jaaved Jaaferi), who, goaded into the marriage by his older brother Ashok (Kulbushan Kharbanda), continues to see his Chinese girlfriend by night. Sita becomes depressed and grows increasingly closer to Radha (played by Shabana Azmi, one of India's most accomplished actresses), Ashok's wife, who has taken a vow of celibacy with her husband to justify her inability to have children. Denied the passion they need by the males in their lives, the two wives begin an affair that threatens to tear the family apart-and undoubtedly raise great controversy in Mehta's homeland...
...vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above, Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love: The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test, That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best; The love that never falters, the love that pays the price, The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice...
...soon asked the Vatican if she and her followers could take a vow supplementary to those of poverty, chastity and obedience: "to devote themselves out of abnegation to the care of the poor and needy who, crushed by want and destitution, live in conditions unworthy of human dignity." It took Rome two years to say yes, and in 1950 the Vatican formally established the Missionaries of Charity, commanding members of the order "unremittingly" to seek out the poor, abandoned, sick, infirm and dying. Teresa warned that it was work few persons could endure; each volunteer was told that only...