A recent Telegraph (March 2010) article, Rare Buddhist flower found under nun’s washing machine reported the appearance of the rare “Udumbara” flower, which according to Buddhist scripture blossoms every 3000 years before the coming of the next Buddha or Tathagata (which by the way can also mean the essential Buddha nature found in everyone.)
A nun, Miao Wei, found the cluster of 18 rare white flowers under a washing machine.
In most cities, people look at Antony Gormley’s celebrated work, stroke their chins, and gently wonder: “Is it art?” But New Yorkers don’t have time for sober reflection. Instead, they panic, dial 911, and invite a squadron of noisy police cars to come and investigate what they believe to be an emergency in the making.
The Chinese practice of footbinding, popular since medieval times, was banned only in 1911. Young girls’ feet were wrapped in bandages to prevent them from growing longer than 4 inches. By age 3, four toes on each foot would break, often leading to infection, paralysis and atrophy. Some elderly Chinese women today still show disabilities.
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The earliest known cult in Pre-Pyramid age Egypt was that of the Cult of the Benu Bird. The Benu bird was the early representation for the Phoenix, and it represented the petrified semen of the Benu bird, and the Pharaoh Osiris.
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