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Also called the ‘Death Zone,’ Rainbow Valley is an area underneath Everest’s northern ridge dotted with dead bodies. Unfortunately, people die on Mount Everest every year, and Rainbow Valley has become a graveyard to over 200 bodies today. It gets its name from the brightly colored jackets of the frozen bodies.
 

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Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that established the principle of judicial review, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States.
Decided in 1803, Marbury is regarded as the single most important decision in American constitutional law.
 
Luckytrim said:
Also called the ‘Death Zone,’ Rainbow Valley is an area underneath Everest’s northern ridge dotted with dead bodies. Unfortunately, people die on Mount Everest every year, and Rainbow Valley has become a graveyard to over 200 bodies today. It gets its name from the brightly colored jackets of the frozen bodies.
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This made me read about it, and came across Francys Arsentiev and Sergei Arsentiev. What a man Sergei Arsentiev had been! He deserves the highest honour in the world for his love and courage.
 
“A witches crook - is a slight to moderate bend, or lean, in a chimney. About a century or so ago, when masons built chimneys, they would sometimes put a bend in the chimney. Usually it would be between where the chimney enters and exits the attic. Folklore says that this was done because witches could only fly down a straight chimney and the bend would prevent them from coming into your home.”

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Sass Muffin said:
The Buddha commonly depicted in statues and pictures is a different person entirely. The real Buddha was actually incredibly skinny because of self-deprivation.
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The layman Siddhartha was a prince who had all luxuries. before he went away looking for the truth. On his journey he followed two schools. Firstly, self indulgence. Then self mortification. During the self mortification stage he became so thin, he looked like just a skeleton and skin.
Then he realized that none of the extremes would provide the answer, and started taking the Middle Way, or the Middle Path.
So the looks can depend on which stage he is depicted in. But as the Buddha he wasn't actually skinny, rather he was of normal build.
The very skinny look (it's in many works of art) is when the artist depicts the journey to become enlightened. The prince-like rich look is when the artist wants to depict his majestic qualities.
But again, the Buddha walked miles and miles preaching, so he couldn't have been a princely looking person like he used to be. He should have been on the thin side, yes.
Anyway, here's another interesting fact: Buddha statues didn't appear until the 2nd century AD. Until then the Buddha was represented by other symbols only. Therefore it's the imagination of the artist, based on the commonly accepted legends about him. For example, the ears are long, down to the shoulders. That's the artist's understanding of the word "lambha karna" or long/straight eared which was the layman Siddhartha's clan. Although it didn't have anything to do with the appearance of the people of the clan, the artist took it literally.
Lastly, most of those works of art stand against the very truth the Buddha said about himself: that he was just another human.
 
LastManStanding said:
The layman Siddhartha was a prince who had all luxuries. before he went away looking for the truth. On his journey he followed two schools. Firstly, self indulgence. Then self mortification. During the self mortification stage he became so thin, he looked like just a skeleton and skin.
Then he realized that none of the extremes would provide the answer, and started taking the Middle Way, or the Middle Path.
So the looks can depend on which stage he is depicted in. But as the Buddha he wasn't actually skinny, rather he was of normal build.
The very skinny look (it's in many works of art) is when the artist depicts the journey to become enlightened. The prince-like rich look is when the artist wants to depict his majestic qualities.
But again, the Buddha walked miles and miles preaching, so he couldn't have been a princely looking person like he used to be. He should have been on the thin side, yes.
Anyway, here's another interesting fact: Buddha statues didn't appear until the 2nd century AD. Until then the Buddha was represented by other symbols only. Therefore it's the imagination of the artist, based on the commonly accepted legends about him. For example, the ears are long, down to the shoulders. That's the artist's understanding of the word "lambha karna" or long/straight eared which was the layman Siddhartha's clan. Although it didn't have anything to do with the appearance of the people of the clan, the artist took it literally.
Lastly, most of those works of art stand against the very truth the Buddha said about himself: that he was just another human.
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I’ve not read Siddhartha since 1967 and remember very little - maybe it’s time to read it again. We have a Buddha statue in our back yard and place it facing North. We recently discovered someone moved it to facing East.
 
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Johnny West said:
I’ve not read Siddhartha since 1967 and remember very little - maybe it’s time to read it again. We have a Buddha statue in our back yard and place it facing North. We recently discovered someone moved it to facing East.
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There are really interesting parts to read about the Buddha, especially his core philosophy. But writers tend to add their own interpretations which lead to debates etc. Also most of the ordinary life as a prince, and his journey in search of the truth, have also been wrapped in myth and legend, out of piety. For example, writers say that the new born prince Siddhartha walked immediately after birth, and 7 lotus flowers sprang under his feet at the first 7 steps. And that he spoke the words "I'll be the greatest..." something.
Luckytrim said:
East is the correct direction, although I'm not sure Buddha "knew" this ...
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I've never heard of a direction, but maybe the Japanese "Mahayana" version has it. But yes, surely the Buddha has a lot to learn about his own philosophy if he were to come back. lol.
 
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