Word: buddha
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...temple is crowned by a bell-shaped stupa. Dozens of dagobas, or small stupas, dot the terraces, while the solid superstructure, measuring 400 ft. at the base and rising to a majestic 130 ft. in height, is laced with open galleries displaying statues and reliefs telling the story of Buddha's life...
...laid bare the magnificent carvings and in four years reconstructed Borobudur in its entirety. Only the floors were new. The rest was all there to be put back into place, including some 3,000 pieces of statuary, 432 balustrade niches and 72 latticed stupas, each with its own Buddha image...
...seized by soldiers in a Saigon street. In no mood to ask questions, the spindly general whipped out his snub-nosed .38 revolver and wordlessly blew the suspect's brains out. "Many Americans have died recently," Loan told TV newsmen later. "So have many of my best friends. Buddha will understand...
...Mohawk moccasins in its pseudo-marriage ceremonies. One popular center of hippie worship in Los Angeles is the Oracle-Cosmic Joy Fellowship, whose prelates are known as "coordinators." At its regular services, worshipers sit cross-legged in an incense-clouded room festooned with Indian print cloths, statues of Buddha and votive candles, holding hands and ecstatically chanting "Om" (a Hindu word signifying "the ultimate religion...
...evening gown elaborately stitched in gold, the beautiful queen a traditional gown of Thai embroidered silk in yellow with a matching sabai, or stole. After dinner, the King and Queen suggested that they take a little walk. Knowing that Jackie particularly wanted to see the temple of the Emerald Buddha, the King had ordered the whole palace and temple grounds illuminated. Lights shone on the golden spires and the gilded heads of the king cobras, on the fierce 25-ft.-high demons who guard the temple, on the white monkey king warrior and the life-size golden statue of Manohra...