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...lucky that practicing Buddhists tend to be liberal-minded. For one thing, the key events in the Buddha story appear in "Buddha" like cornerstones on which Tezuka constructs his own fantastic palace of myth and philosophy. The first volume, during which prince Siddhartha is born, barely concerns itself with this event. Instead the majority of the narrative follows Chapra, a talented slave child who hides his caste to become the adopted son of a general. Along the way he befriends Tatta, a cheeky little boy of the lowliest pariah caste. Tatta has the remarkable ability to take over the minds...
...rare a commodity in this day and age,” says Suhrcke. “Resources and demands for space, money and personnel in the sciences and technology fields [have grown] by leaps and bounds. Humanities don’t need a lot, so they tend not to be taken seriously and not funded seriously across the board...
...more advanced language classes such as “Old Irish,” in which students read texts dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, however, tend to be reserved for graduate students...
Those pursuing advanced degrees in Celtic studies tend to choose Harvard for “the very distinguished faculty,” according to Ph.D. candidate Matthew Knight, another Celtic Colloquium organizer...
This proposal can be a difficult one, especially when our classes stress documentation and empirical/cognitive processes. (“Is your source on this reliable?”) Old habits die hard, and in spite of myself I still tend to seek out the academic, university-approved options as I try to learn more about religion. Even as I write this column, I have yet to attend any of the churches in Cambridge. My father’s book-of-the-month volumes continue to sit on the shelf. I am, however, almost certain I will enroll in the class...