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one of the big ones was the study of buddhism. , this lastthis idea one, trying to recapture that girl that i was, whoever that was. i do think, you know, it is not in the external world that solves these problems for you, and it is not in that velocity that we embrace to get us through the day. i think it is really in the and that safe place within and surrounding yourself with that. i mean, my family has always been the balm for any bad time. tavis: i'm going to come back to that family and your granddaughters for whom you've written this book and other granddaughters run the world. before i move on, you said something fascinating i want to go back and pick up on. you are not the first person, the first artist, the first artist specifically, to sit in turned to who has buddhism at various points in their careers. that is not to suggest that there are artists who are arestians and artists who agnostics and atheists and everything else under the sun, but i find some of the most creative people i have talked to over the course of my doing the show have a certain point in their lives hav

over 90% of the population follows buddhism. thai supreme patriarch leader died on thursday after a blood infection following intestinal surgery. people dressed in black lined up near the hospital in bangkok. later on the monk's body was transferred to a temple. as the head of buddhism in thailand, he was an influential figure. >> translator: i was shocked to hear that his holiness died, because he was an important person in thai buddhism. i came all the way from the countryside to pay my respects to his image. >> translator: i'm heart broken. i was following the news about his health, and when he was not doing any better, we were really sad. we prayed for him to get well. >> the buddhist leader was born in 1913. he started his studies to become a monk at 14. in late 1980s, he was appointed as supreme patriarch. the leader's passing made headline news. they've asked the state to mourn for 30 days and to fly flags on all public buildings at half mast for three days. >>> 340,000 people remain evacuated after an earthquake in the s

not just what is hinduism and buddhism, fascinating questions. i've been studying hindu for the last ten years and have no idea what it is which makes it wonderful from my point of view. i asked them what is this and they just said come in, relax have fun. [laughter] how many gods do you have? who knows. [laughter] i loved it. the question isn't just what is buddhism and christianity but what does it mean? is that a live option for you? what would you believe? the philosophers, there are people who are among the most brilliant people in the universities. i said to you ask them if what plato said is true? sometimes they say they are not ready for it yet. they aren't ready to go out and fight for the country. ready to get married and have children but not ready to asked if he has a part in justice. it is as though we humanists have given our students a beautiful piece of cloth, beautifully textured, put it on their desks and said to them if you want to make a jacket out of it, go ahead, i don't care. say to them how would you make something out of

this sect of buddhism--they believe playing the shakuhachi, playing even a single tone, was a means or enlightenment. [soft flute plays] shakuhachi has such a palette of different color sounds. for example, if we want a very strong round sound, more like a western flute, very hard-edged sound, we have [hard-edged flute sound] very, more strong kind of shakuhachi sound. then we also want a very airy sound so the same kind of [airy flute sounds] (narrator) when another instrument and voice are added to the shakuhachi, what kind of texture results? (hahn) when shakuhachi plays with the ensemble, with koto and with vocalist, these kinds of lines together are heterophonic in nature. the same melody is being played, but there are little nuances partular to each instrument. so the koto might play a line that sinks down [sings example] like this. shakuhachi, they may not play in that kind of ornamentation, that kind of subtlety, so we might play just an introductory note to the phrase, where we play [sings example]. all of these various sounds create such a beautiful heterophonic texture. (nar

don't disrespect buddhism. paid for by knowing buddha, a group that campaigns against any offensive use of buddha's imagine. it says from the tops of french toilet seats to inappropriate advertisements and engines ploytation knowingly or unknowingly causes offense to buddhist worldwide. >> we want to bring awareness to this campaign. we believe we can make the world listen to us, and it is time to speak out. >> reporter: and if the offenders don't listen to petitions, their products are boycotted. with 95% of thailand's population bees buddhist, the image of buddha is synonymous to thai culture. it presents campaigners with more than enough cases of apparent misuse. for devout buddhist, image misuf the buddhist image is offensive, the worst when it is tattooed on the human body. >> reporter: tattoo parlors gearing up for tourists who will want their trip etched on their body. >> i think the buttist image is more about art but it has to be placed in the appropriate location. if the tattoo is below the waistline

white elephants are considered incredibly auspicious in buddhism, because the buda's mother dreamt ofht elephant the night before he was born. myanmar'sel facts face taurning point. they have survived wars and dictatorships, now they must survive democracy and the free market. >>> we are following breaking news out of japan where an earthquake has just struck. the quake hit a magnitude 7.6 and hit in the middle of the ocean. there's no word yet of any damage or injuries. the u.s. warning system for a tsunami say there is no wide-spread warning for a threat. >>> thank you for watching al jazeera america, "techknow" is next. and for more go to aljazeera.com, where the news is 24 hours non-stop. ♪ >> hello and welcome. i'm phil torrez, here to talk about innovations that are going to change lives. we're testing the intersection of hardware and humanity. rax is a neuroscientist. she has the invocation of bamboo and carbon. mar inkta davidson is a biologist specializing in ecologist and evolution. and i'm phil torrez. i'm an entomologist. but i'm over america for a very bad ride. how bad i

is a western idea, and we go back to their own ethics and religious teaching, and we go back to buddhismity and judaism, and we say that in all of the teachings, it is the idea to help people and it does not stop at the profession. >> and gradually they would establish clinics to get practical experience to working with the dised a vanged. along with a handful of paid staffers, he recruits professors from the u.s., including robert dickie. >> it is to have a pro bono clinic that the students will man under the supervision of the dean and be backed up by law professors, and they will get credit for that course. and the students, the young people seem to like that a lot, and they are quite enthusiastic about that. >> reporter: in the university of the law school, the most prestigious in thailand, professor pan says that lasky's work is making a difference amongs to be. >> the benefit is that in the few chu, you will have more lawyer es who are willing to do public service. i like them to have lawyer heart and lawyer head in a good way. not, not a lawyer who pursue for money. >> we tell peo

been flooded and pagodas as well, the places of worship here and it is a holy fest cal coming up in buddhism main religion in this country. what we are seeing is the annual rainy season becoming more and more of a challenge across the entire greater mekong region. as climate change kicks in. and it's increasingly difficult for these communities who are generally used to flooding because of the monsoon to get past that stage of recovery and move on and take the next step up in their quality of lives. >> new zealand's government has unveiled technology it says could revolutionize the world's fishing fleets, gerald tan explains. >> reporter: a pvc tube that could change the face of commercial fishing. the fish inside are the intended catch. but escape roles let the small ones out while still under water. >> we can now target fish exactly the species and the size of the species that we want to catch. and what we don't want to catch stays in the water swimming. >> reporter: it holds enough water so the fish remain alive. anything else that's unwanted known as by catch can be thrown back in to sea

- about him at your store, his autobiography and all the story, i think he practice hinduism and buddhism and christianity. >> it was wonderful having him back again bringing that circle around. >> could he sing? >> he could sing. we sang his favorite song. >> what is that? >> "how can i keep from singing" which is one of my favorites. >> wow, i didn't know that. >> we really had a wonderful time together. people stayed for a long time because he received everyone so personally and warmly, and people were there to see him that day. wonderful. >> i did a funeral a couple of weeks ago, and the person loved music, and certain kind of music so i looked up all the music that they loved which was oldies in the 70s and 80s, and so i brought to the service some of the favorite songs of the person himself. it made the service really real and concrete for people, and the mother and the brothers and sisters and relatives said, oh, yeah, he would have loved those songs. it's good to know people's favorite songs, yes. tell us about some of the other -- you're the ones that do this. you do so many of t

it is a holy festival coming up in buddhism, the main reledge on in this country. what we are seeing is the annual rainy season becoming more and more of a challenge across the entire greater micong region as climate change kicks in. and it's increasingly difficult for these communities, who are generally used to flooding because of the monsoon to get past that stage of recovery and move on and take the next step up in their quality of lives. >> aid agencies are struggling to cope with the humanitarian crisis in the southern philippines. more than 100,000 people there have been displaced between clark between the army and sep prattist fighters. more than 200 people were killed in almost three weeks of violence. government troops are hunting for mnfl leaders believed to be on the run. on monday o the army said the uprising is over. mianmar said it will take all necessary measures to end violence against muslims. on a visit to new york, a foreign minister said it is in a state of emergency after a new spate of arson attacks targeting muslim homes since june, last yea

are doing all of this just to protect our own religion because we heard that the muslim man abused buddhism. >> reporter: in one village some say police stood by as the mobs moved through. >> reporter: the police are merely shooting into the air and not doing enough to prevent the violence. >> reporter: the sectarian clashes first broke out in june last year. more than 200 people have been killed since, thousands have fled their homes. not all buddhists agree with the gangs. >> translator: we are all natives of this region. if this violence persists, all the businesses and community here will be affected. >> reporter: the president is in the state for the first time since the conflict broke out. he's been criticized for not bridging mayayanmamyanmar's div. he said it has to come from the people. >> translator: just military and police forces aren't enough to control the situation. these burnings, killings and violence will not happen if we maintain peace. >> reporter: right groups have accused security forces of being complicit in the violence. it's an allegation the government strongly den

white elephants are considered incredibly auspicious in buddhism because the buddha's mother dreamt of elephant the night before he was born. ironically, nations have gone to war over white elephants. and also like here in myanmar, they have been reduce today curiosities. the elephants face a turning point. they have survived wars and dictatorships, now they must survive democracy and the free market. al jazerra. >>> personal belongings of the late u.s. president john f. kennedy will be auctioned in november, his rocking chair and two flags that stood in his oval offers are among items being sold by a private dearly. the chair is expected to fetch at least $50,000. and the two flags are expected to sale for at least $100,000. a reminder that you can get updates on all of our stories on the website aljazerra.com.

within buddhism, think about how you have in that character, the brown character the intersection of animal and human. so we have the disrespect of animals yet again, of that which is deemed not human. it's so deep. i'm not trying -- we talked earlier, the students and i, how we can hold enjoyment of harry potter at the same time to have critical awareness. i throw that out as a text. don't you find it interesting. think about a harry potter book and think if a white man had written them. how critical people would have been. but somehow because they can be thrown out, that this woman has written them, people have not been as critical of the enormous violence in the film. i think it's one thing to read a book where people are being hit and it's another thing to visually see that. i wanted to go back to the whole question that the fact that we're bombarded every day. hahn teaches us in buddhist practice that we have to be vigilant about what types of images we take into our imagination and people who are watching television all day in this nation are taking in the images of imperialist

white elephants are considered incredibly auspicious in buddhism because the buddha's mother dreamt ofphants the night before he was born, ironically nations have gone to war over white elephants and here they have been reduce today curiosities. the elephants face a turning point, they have survived wars and dictatorships, now they must survive democracy and a free market. al jazerra. >> there are around 5,000 elephants living in captivity in myanmar. sing james taylor took to the field last night at fenway park dirk game two of the world series between the red sox and cardinals. ♪ oh, beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain >> flanked by survivors of the boston marathon bombings taylor sang america the beautiful during the seventh inning stretch. he had a bit of a flub earlier in the night as he was about to perform the national anthem, he started america the beautiful, realized his mistake and made a seamless transition in to the star spangled banner that will do it for this edition of al jazerra news, i am stef seu sy, thanks so much for watching. >> hi, i'm lisa f

had come too long for the machine to fail this is a moral choice that neither my childhood nor my buddhism had prepared me. i shook when i imagine watching someone disable the pacemaker and ship more what i imagined trying to explain it to him. at the same time i figured if i did nothing his doctors would continue to prolong what was left of his life and tell my mother went down with him. i've loved my father even as he was miserable and damaged in the years the incommunicado. of loved my mother and appointed her to have a chance of a happy widowhood i felt like my father's executioner and i had no choice. i mitt her eyes and said yes. so that is what i will read or that is what i have read. i you very interested in a conversation about questions about the book or a dilemma that you face or have faced. i don't think these are easy questions different people will draw a line in a different place so i don't want anything that i have said or read to give you the sense this was easy these are probably the hardest moral choices but what is the loving thing to do? not what will make me feel comf

they're considered awe suspicious in buddhism because buddha's mother dreamt of a born.o like here in myanmar they've been reduced to curiosities. myanmar's elephants face a turning point. they have survived wars and dictatorships. now they must survive democracy and a free market. >>> ahead on "america tonight," the fiery layers of indian dance. their moves take decades to master, and we'll meet a revered >> every morning from 6 to 10am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. find out what happened and what to expect. >> start every morning, every day, 6am to 10 eastern with al jazeera america. (vo) friday night ... >> does the nsa collect any type >>> it is one of the oldest dance forms in the world with some of the oldest performers involved as well. the fall festival of indian arts brought classical dance from the temples of india to the shakespeare theater in washington, d.c. sheila macvicar sat down with two performers where love and dance are truly intertwined. >> reporter: from the lines of a movie and the stunn

because we heard the muslim men against buddhism. >> in one village police stood by while the groups moved through. >> the police are just merely shooting in the air. and not doing enough to stop the violence. >> reporter: 200 people have been killed and thousand versus fled their homes but not all buddhist agree with the gangs. >> we are all natives of this region. if this violence pressure assists all the businesses in the community here will be affected. >> reporter: the president is in state for the first time since the conflict broke out. he has been criticized for not bridging the sectarian divide but he said no amount of police or military can completely stop the violence. it has to come from the people. >>> right groups accuse myanmar security forces for being complicit in the violent something that the government denies. >> it was very clearly stated by the president, so we will take necessary measures to stop the gang of violence. >> reporter: thousands have already fled the country. the latest attacks have pushed yet more men, women and children into hiding afraid for thei

. >>> it is a giant billboard that is difficult to miss, don't disrespect buddhism. knowing buddha, an organization that campaigns against the exploitation of buddha, knowingly or unknowingly causes offense to millions of buddhists worldwide. >> people are aware into this campaign, we believe that we can make the world listen to us. it is time to speak out. >> and if the offenders don't listen to petitions, their products are boycotted. with 95% of thailand's population being buddhist, it presents campaigners with more than enough cases of apparent miss use. for devout beautyists, misuse are highly offensive, even more so when that image is tattooed on the human body. the rush of travelers seeking to etch their bodies and the face of buddha is becoming increasi increasingly more popular. hindu gods as well as buddhist scriptures adorn his body, he says it's his own form of worship. >> it has to be placed in the appropriate location. if the tattoo is below the waistline no matter what the religion we will refuse to do it. >> but acher ravidi, using body to having sex

don't disrespect buddhism. paid for by knowing buddha, a group that campaigns against offensive use of buddha's image. it says from the top of french toilet seats to advertisements and exploitation knowingly or unknowingly causes offense to millions of buddhist worldwide. >> we want to address the issue and bring people aware to this campaign. we believe we can make the world listen to us. it is time to speak out. >> reporter: and if the offenders don't listen to petitions their products are boycotted. with 95% of thailand's population being buddhist, images of the buddha were synonymous with thai culture often finding its way into tourist trinkets. for devout buddhist misuse of the buddha image is highly offensive, no more so when that image is tattooed on the human body. with the approach of peak holiday season the tattoo parlors are gearing up for travelers seeking to etch their bodies. and the face of buddha is becoming increasingly popular. tattoo polar owner said there is nothing wrong with that. >> i thi

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. >> we're doing all of this to protect our religion because we heard a muslim man abused buddhism. >> in one village they say the police stood by while the mobs moved through. >> the police are merely shooting in the air and not doing enough to prevent the violence. more than 200 people have been killed, and thousands have fled their homes but not all buddhist agree with the gangs. >> we're all natives of this region. if this violence persists all the business and community here will be affected. >> reporter: their president is in state for the first time since the conflict broke out. he is criticized for not bridging the sectarian divide but he said no police or military can end the violence. it has to come from the people. human rights groups have accused the police force to be complicit in the violence. the government denies. >>> the latest attacks have pushed more men, women and children into hiding afraid for their lives in forests and remote villages of myanmar. al jazeera. >> a books could become an endangered species soon, not because people are reading but because of what th