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...short way into the story, K-PAX finds itself with nowhere to go. Spacey’s alien is buddha-like in his effortless self-satisfaction, but though his smiles are charming, they are a poor substitute for a central character with a compelling purpose. Bridges’ doctor is meant to be the center of the action, but he appears to have little motivation. The duo’s therapy sessions are reduced to casual conversations about the planet K-PAX, and the doctor comes off as a lonely man who wants to chat rather than...
Armstrong cited an anecdote of Buddha to explain America’s situation in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Buddha achieved enlightenment only after experienceing suffering, and the United States may have to pass through the same process...
...than-friendly reception for foreigners crossing the border in the next few weeks, its foot-soldiers were pretty unusual hosts before Sept. 11, too. A few months ago, Canadian Gabriel Mandel, 25, and two companions decided to explore Afghanistan to try to view the ruins of the 5th century Buddha statues at Bamiyan that were blown up by the Taliban in a fit of iconoclastic fury in March. They got their wish?and a short but intense lesson in the strangeness of a country governed by the Taliban...
...seen before, say Muslim scholars. In a country in which there is no television and only Islamic radio, Omar shows little knowledge of or concern for the outside world. When officials and clerics of the Taliban, under international pressure, debated whether to destroy the 1,500-year-old Bamiyan Buddha statues early this year, Omar is said to have issued the order: Go ahead; it's only breaking stones...
...Taliban rulers forbid television, Afghans could see no pictures of the destruction that had people everywhere else glued to their sets. The immensity of the World Trade Center had to be described. When Afghans asked me about the Twin Towers, I compared them to Afghanistan's giant Bamiyan Buddha statues, a symbol of national heritage that the Taliban blasted to dust six months...