And it inspired me to re-read the Buddha with an eye out for leadership wisdom.
The shrine, housing a hair from the Buddha's head, is one of Myanmar's holiest and some 2, 000 years old.
ECONOMIST: The hopes kindled by the saffron revolution have faded fast
You can even see the Buddha in the eyes of your torturer, as he is torturing you.
FORBES: Compassion and Resilience for a Troubled World: 9-11-11 A Personal Story
Oriental schools looked to the works of Confucius and the sayings of the Buddha for these virtues.
My great-grandfather made a rule that every child in the family must have a name of the Buddha.
FORBES: Sugata Mitra: An Interview with the 2013 TED Prize Winner
Demolishing giant sculptures of the Buddha is one thing, sabotaging royalties quite another.
Many priceless works of art, including the Buddha statues of Bamiyan, were destroyed while the Taleban were in power.
As for Lumbini, the Buddha scheme has been shot down, but attempts to revive it are already under way.
In Buddhism, we say that the Buddha is in every being, all the time, whether you know it or not.
FORBES: Compassion and Resilience for a Troubled World: 9-11-11 A Personal Story
His image appears on every single one of his album covers - except the UK release of The Buddha Of Suburbia.
But that destruction has largely been forgotten as tourists flock to the newly renovated pagoda complex, where elaborate halls and temples venerate the Buddha.
Every day lorries loading and unloading manoeuvre right at the Buddha's feet.
This also involves preservation of the remaining fragments of the Buddha sculpture and niches in danger of collapse following the destruction in 2001.
UNESCO: A new phase for the preservation of Afghan World Heritage
Similarly, the Buddha is always within you, and you can always find Him, you can always find your own compassion, whenever you choose to.
FORBES: Compassion and Resilience for a Troubled World: 9-11-11 A Personal Story
UNESCO, which is nearing the completion of an effort to preserve the Buddha niches in Bamiyan and wall paintings, does not favor rebuilding the figures.
CNN: Will one of two destroyed Buddha statues be reconstructed?
The Buddha observed two and a half thousand years ago that the only constant is change, and that is far more true than ever today.
Built in 2008 to showcase the Buddha's teaching, the pagoda is the world's largest unsupported dome structure, pieced together using an ancient technique of interlocking blocks.
In the monasteries and villages of the Ladakh region of India, Buddhist lamas (priests) chant sacred texts representing the spirit, philosophy and teachings of the Buddha.
Buddhists believe it is their duty to make pilgrimages to places of key events in the Buddha's life and Lumbini has already attracted large groups of devotees.
It sickens me to know that in a short time this site will be destroyed in the same violent and disrespectful way the Buddha of Bamyan was destroyed.
As he completes his sixth cycle of 12, nothing more stands between King Bhumibol Adulyadej, "Strength of the Land, Incomparable Power, " and the smile on the face of the Buddha.
Enshrined at the base of the pagoda tower, just as they were in stupas 2, 000 years ago, are pearlized remains of the Buddha -- their presence is thought to be conducive to meditation.
The school of Tibetan Buddhism he heads has just been celebrating its 900th anniversary in India at Bodh Gaya, site of the bodhi tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment.
Former director of the Proms concerts Nicholas Kenyon is knighted, while while playwright and author Hanif Kureishi - best known for his 1990 novel The Buddha of Suburbia - becomes a CBE.
Wisconsin plays a snoozy style of basketball but offers a smorgasbord of things to love, most of all curly-haired forward Mike Bruesewitz, who recently credited his success to no less than the Buddha.
It was here that two years ago archeologists announced the discovery of a large stone which Buddhists believe was placed by an ancient king as a monument to the birthplace of the Buddha.
Since stardom tends to be transient, the Buddha Bar may benefit in the end more from its location than its clientele (which now includes, for example, a fundamentally untrendy adviser to President Chirac).
Step in line with numerous pilgrims in Kandy's Unesco-rated Sacred City to visit the Dalada Maligawa, also known as the Temple of the Tooth and home to the country's most important Buddhist relic - allegedly a tooth of the Buddha.
应用推荐