Buddhism

OAKLAND, Calif.—Fed up with crime, rather than turning to despair, one Oakland resident remained hopeful.

An over 750 year-old realistic wooden sculpture of a Zen Buddhist monk can be seen at The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Camille Kwan never thought that the head of a Buddhist religious group she has been following for almost 30 years would turn her son away from her.

The monk was pulling over his car to do obedience training with his dogs, when suddenly a man attacked him and called him a Muslim.

Sik Chi Wai, chief monk of Po Lin Monastery and president of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association, was involved in slandering Falun Gong. He is now ill and has lost his post.

“It’s impossible for me to go to Tibet,” he said. “They’d never let in a Tibetan who was born in India. But if Tibet were free? Yes, of course I’d go back. And so would my parents.”

Scientists have investigated a few highly publicized cases of people who claim not to eat or drink for years, yet remain quite healthy.

A Buddha statue dating back to the 11th or 12th century was examined by CT scan and endoscopy in the Netherlands late last year, revealing that it encapsulated the mummified remains of the Buddhist Master Liuquan.

A mummy estimated from preliminary investigations to be about 200 years old, sitting in the lotus meditation position, was found in Mongolia on Jan. 27.

Different ancient cultures apparently developed alchemy in similar ways, but each seemed to come up with it on its own.

The probability of you being born at the time you were born to your particular parents, with your particular genetic make-up shows you’re more amazing than one in a million. It also correlates startlingly well with a Buddhist story.

When entering the mandala-like exhibition currently presented at the Asian Art Museum, worlds of history and meaning draw the visitor onward.