Celebrity Buddhist

the Late Bruce Lee O

nce of the most influential Buddhists in modern times is the late Bruce Lee, who introduced martial arts (or Kung Fu) to Hollywood in the 60's and single handedly started the whole Kung Fu excitement in the United States. He was born on November 27, 1940 in San Francisco, of a Chinese actor and actress parents who were travelling in the USA performing Cantonese Opera in China Town. He spent his childhood back in Hong Kong where he went to La Salle College for his high school education. At one time during his childhood, after he was beaten up by a street gang, he began to learn Martial Arts. But that lead to more street fights. His father, worried about his safety, sent him back to his place of birth, USA, for his College education. He went to the University of Seattle to study philosophy, and started to teach martial arts to nonChinese Americans on a part time basis. He even invented Jeet Kune Do, or the Art of Intercepting Fist over the years as a teaching Master. However, he had little luck during his early acting career. Although he signed on as a supporting role in the TV series the Green Hornet, the American entertainment industry was not very friendly to nonwhite actors and actress those days. Although the show was popular among Asians, main stream America was cold to him. The show lasted only one session, and in 1967, after the last episode of the Green Hornet was made, he returned to teaching Kung Fu to Westerners, his students included Chuck Norris and Steve McQueen. It was during this time that he re-designed many of his martial arts movements to suit the camera, taking advantage of his dancing ability. On a return trip back to Hong Kong with his family, he was surprised that he was mobbed by fans everywhere. Golden Harvest Co. signed him on to make three films that had shakened Asia by storm: - The Big Boss (or Elder Brother from China), Fist of Fury and The Chinese Connection. While he was making the fourth one, the Game of Death, he was invited back to the States by Hollywood to make Enter the Dragon. Immediately, he gripped the chance, put down his work in Hongkong, and flew back to Hollywood. Making of Enter the Dragon at Hollywood was very very hard work indeed. Rumour was that he suffered internal injuries because of the action - but it was the first ever Hollywood movie that used a non-white

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danh nht trong thi i ca chng ta. ng mt mnh pht ng rm r phong tro v thut Hollywood vo thp nin 60, sau lan trn khp nc M. ng sinh ngy 27/11/1940 ti San Francisco. Cha m ng l kch s thng i lu din khp nc M trong nhng khu ph China Town. ng theo hc trng trung hc La Salle College Hng Cng / Hng Kng thi nin thiu. Trong thi gian , ng c ln b bn cn hnh hung, nn ng quyt nh i hc v thut. Nhng, li cng c nhiu v m ngoi ph, th nn b ng gi ng v li M quc hc i hc. ng theo hc mn trit i hc Seattle, v bt u dy v thut bn thi cho thanh nin M. ng sng ch mn v Qu m Thi Sn trong thi gian ng lm V s. Tuy nhin, ng c t may mn trong giai on u, d k hp ng vai ph trong mt chng trnh ti vi. K ngh phim nh M lc by gi ang trn k th ngi da mu d di... Cc mn trnh din khng c n khch nhng dn Chu li thch th. ng quay li ngh dy v thut cho thanh nin ty phng, trong c Chuck Norris v Steve McQueen. Nhn , ng b tr li nhng nhp iu v thut cho ph hp vi ti nhy m ca ng. Trong mt chuyn v thm Hng Cng (Hng Kng) vi gia nh, ng rt i ngc nhin v i u cng c qu nhiu ngi i m. Hng Golden Harvest k vi ng hp ng lm ba phim: ng Sn i Huynh, Qu m Thn Tc v Gc R Trung Hoa. y l chuyn hi hu, lm chn ng chu. Trong khi ng phim th t l phim Gin Mt T Thn, ng c mi v Hollywood ng phim Huyn Thoi Rng. ng lp tc nm ly c hi bng vng, b d cng vic Hongkong bay v M ngay lp tc.

actor in a leading role. When filming was completed, he immediately returned to Hong Kong to continue with the Game of Death. That movie, however, was never completed - he was found unconscious in the home of a local Hong Kong Actress Miss Ting Pei on July 18, 1973. He was taken to the hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. Finally, he was famous internationally after the film Enter the Dragon held its premiere in the United States. He became a legend. NOTE: Martial arts is generally attributed to the Indian
Monk Bodhidharma who came to China to start Zen Buddhism. It is said that he had meditated for seven years in the Shaolin Buddhist Temple, which is considered to be the birth place of Kung Fu.

ng phim Huyn Thoi Rng Hollywood tht vt v. Ngi ta n l ng b ni thng nhng iu ng ch l y l ln u tin mt hng phim Hollywood mi mt ngi da mu ng vai chnh. ng phim Huyn Thoi Rng va xong, ng lp tc bay qua Hongkong tip tc lm phim Gin Mt T Thn. Tuy nhin , phim ny s khng bao gi kt thc. ng b bt tnh trong nh mt n ti t Hongkong, c inh Phi (Ting Pei) vo ngy 18/07/73. ng c ch n bnh vin, nhng qu tr. Cui cng, phim Huyn Thoi Rng c gii u hng ti M quc, ng c ni ting nh cn. ng tr thnh mt huyn thoi i vo lch s ca nhng ti t go ci.

Beckoning
This mornings dawn and I am here a cup of steaming tea a green lawn your sudden image from long ago Your hands or the wind beckoning The shining of the trees new bud: Flower leaf and pebble all recite the Sutra of the Lotus

Th L Tha Nghip

C Phong
Xun thu khoc o mu lam my ngn Ting chung hay ting sui trn vang t nhng o trng xa xa Tm truyn tm php Pht tha Xe tru mt c, ngi a ngi v.

Ln i dng mt tho am

NH

Sng hm nay ti y chn tr nng bi c xanh bng dng hi,n bng hnh em ngy trc bn tay gi dng vy gi mt chi non xanh mt n hoa no ht si no ngn l no cng thuyt Php Hoa Kinh .

Tieng Goi

Ln i mi th V my xanh vi t b c cy Bi v t quanh y Cn nghe ngn hc vng bay lng tri Ai khai ha, ai t bi So ai nh nhc trn i c phong.

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Celebrity Buddhists

William Ford,Jr.
Chairman, Ford Motor Company, Grandson of Henry Ford Motorists frequently joke that word Ford stands for Fix Or Repair Daily, Found On the Road Dead, or Fast Only Rolling Downhill. But the world's second largest car maker is headed by a Buddhist, Mr. William Clay Ford, Jr., who is the great grandson of the famous American automobile industrialist Henry Ford, the inventor of assembly line manufacturing technique. (Remember his father, Henry Ford II, fired Lee Iacocca, who later defected to Chrysler and saved the ritual Company from bankruptcy?) William Clay Ford Jr., brings Buddhist philosophies, environmental concerns and grand aspirations to his lofty position at the helm of an American automobile Empire, Ford Motor Company. He had been a vegetarian for 10 years and embraced martial arts, acupuncture, yoga, as well as Zen, Tibetan and Vipassana Buddhism. In his office, there is his photograph getting his black belt in tae kwon do, putting one bare hand through a stack of six cement patio brick. The young Chairman of the second largest automobile manufacturer in the world (he was born on May 3, 1957) has a very great passion for the environment. "Nature," he says, "is where my heart is." His vision of a green Ford Motor Company, he says, will become the site of an industrial revolution, like what his grandfather, Henry Ford, had done. At the Rouge manufacturing plant, cars will be made differently. There is talk of making totally recyclable cars, made of parts being upgradable or reusable. Cars will be easily assembled, disassembled, and assembled again, like rebirth of sentient beings in Buddhism... Many critics charged that auto manufacturers, including Ford Motor Company, are making huge profits from larger and larger gas guzzlers, especially SUV's. Ford admitted that the popular sport-utility trucks contributed to green house-gas levels and global climate changes and were a safety concern for motorists of smaller cars. Ford pledge to create SUV's that were cleaner and safe - less of a menace to smaller vehicles on the road.

However, in the wake of the Firestone tire recall, Ford also finds himself caught up in its biggest public relations crisis since the rear-exploding Pinto debacle of the 1970's. When asked where he is steering the Company that bear his own name, he replies, "I don't known if a company can have a soul, but I like to think it can. And if it can, then I'd like our soul to be an old soul - and everything that implies. I like to talk about things like values and soul. These things aren't transient. These are things you build forever." .. Meanwhile, as he is having a long soul-searching talk with environmental activists about the end of the internal combustion engine, he is pushing for electric car (the THINK will be available in 2003 in USA). For a biography of William Ford, Jr., visit Ford Motors Company's official website,
http://www.media.ford.com

Reference: Business Section, the Ottawa Citizen, December 30, 2000.

Nh t ph xe hi Ford

Ong William Ford, Jr

Vit dch: Chn H in
ng William Clay Ford con, l chu c ca Henry Ford, mt ngi M ni ting v k ngh xe hi, tng l cha ca sng kin lm vic theo h thng sn xut dy chuyn. Lm ch mt hng ch to xe hi ln th nh th gii, ng William Ford mang nhng trit thuyt Pht gio, nhng quan tm v mi sinh v nhng k vng to tt ca ng vo thc dng trong t th ngi lnh o chp bu. . ng tng n chay lt trong mi nm tri, s trng v v thut, thch chm cu, thc hnh yoga v ngi thin theo truyn thng Pht gio Ty tng v Thin Minh St. Trong vn phng lm vic ca ng, ngi ta thy c tm nh ng eo huyn ai Thi cc o, m tay trn vo mt ng 6 cc gch xi mng. Sinh ngy 03/05/1957, l mt ch nhn tr tui ca mt hang ch to xe ng th nh th gii, ng li c th say m v mi sinh. ng ni: Thin nhin l ni tim ca ti tr ng. ng cho bit hng Ford ca ng ang hng v mt cuc cch mng Xanh nh ng c ni Henry Ford tng lm trc y. ang c nhng bn tho v sn xut xe hon ton theo kiu d tho ra, d rp vo v d dng li, ging nh quan im ti sinh ca mt sinh vt trong o Pht. William cho rng cc loi xe x dng gas, c bit l xe ti chuyn ch nh SUV ng gp phn ln vo vic gim thiu kh thi nh knh v kh hu thay i ton cu v l mt m bo an ton cho gii x dng cc loi xe nh trn ng l. Hng ng cng chun b sn xut xe xi in, v s hon tt vo nm 2003 ti Hoa K. ng mong mun hng xe ng cng c mt linh hn, v n s trng tn mi mi. Mun tm hiu v tiu s ca William Ford, Jr, xin xem trang mng Ford Motors Company http://www.media.ford.com

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Cross Word

Hints: Amitabha, Ananda, Arhat, Asura, Avici, Bodhi, Bodhisattva,Buddha, Buddhism, Brahma, Dharma, Heaven, Hinayana, King Suddhodana, Karma, Ksitigarbha, India, Mahayana, Lotus, Mara, Nanda, Nirvana, Pali, Paramita, Rahula,Tathagata,Yama, Yasodhara. CROSS: (Most of the words are based on Sanskrit or English) 1. A place where the gods are born into and live 2. One of the Title of the Buddha, meaning "one who has thus gone". 4. One who is free from rebirth, the highest stage attained by a Theravada Buddhist 5. The Buddha of Infinite Light who is the principal Buddha in Pure Land Buddhism 6. The Buddha's father 7. The Country in which Buddhism was originated 8. The Hell of no interval, OR the Hell of uninterrupted sufferings. The "worst" Hell in Buddhism. 10. The religion that is based on the teachings of the Buddha 12. The Buddha's Half Brother and one of the Buddha's disciples 13. The results of past actions, which accumulatively affect the outcome of events in the future. 14. The Lord of Death and the God in charge of Hell 15. The Buddha's son and later one the Buddha's disciples 16. The title given to "the Enlightened One" 19. The Buddha's cousin who recorded all of his sayings in Buddhist scriptures 22. The King of all Evils who tempted and attacked Buddha before his enlightenment

DOWN: 1. A branch of Buddhism meaning "small vehicle" 3. The Teaching of the Buddha, literally means "the law of Buddhism" 6. The Bodhisattva of Land who teaches the Dharma to hell beings 9. One of the Languages of the Buddhist canon Sutra (other than Sanskrit) 10. One who seeks enlightenment not only for himself but for all sentient beings. A future Buddha. 11. The flower on which Buddas (and Bodhisattvas) sit. The symbol of Buddhism. A subsidiary of IBM 16. The tree under which the Buddha sat to attain enlightenment 17. The highest and absolute state of spiritual bliss in Buddhism, meaning "extinction, away from cycle of rebirth" 18. A branch of Buddhism meaning "greater vehicle" 20. The Highest God in Indian religions, along with Vishnu and Siva. In Buddhism, he is the Lord of the Realm of Form 21. Buddhist term for "Arriving at the Other Shore", OR perfection. There are six ways to do so in Buddhism 23. The Buddha's wife who later became his disciple 24. Jealous or lower gods. One of the six categories of sentient beings one can be born into. Please see the solution on page 12

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