Comments on: Happiness and Meditation http://kalyanamittasangha.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/happiness-and-meditation/ Peer-supported Dharma study and vipassana meditation practice Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:02:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mike4u http://kalyanamittasangha.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/happiness-and-meditation/#comment-121 mike4u Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:18:30 +0000 http://kalyanamittasangha.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-121 Tim and all, Just read online that Fiat has apologized to China for featuring Richard Gere in a Fiat TV ad. See it here: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/20/fiat-apologizes-to-china-for-richard-gere-commercial/?icid=100214839x1204504126x1200203375 The ad is IMHO clever and delightful: In 30 seconds, Gere somehow travels in his Fiat from Hollywood, where his handprints appear in the Chinese Theatre, to Tibet, where he sticks his hands in the snow alongside the hands of a Tibetan boy. The ad aired in Italy, but when news of the ad appeared in Chinese newspapers and got the Chinese government's dander up, Fiat initially defended the ad and Gere but later apologized. When you are the country with the largest consumer base in the world and you are the world's supplier of cheap goods and you are also a leading creditor to the world's "superpowers" to boot, you can get apologies like this fairly quickly. Tim and all,

Just read online that Fiat has apologized to China for featuring Richard Gere in a Fiat TV ad.

See it here:
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/20/fiat-apologizes-to-china-for-richard-gere-commercial/?icid=100214839×1204504126x1200203375

The ad is IMHO clever and delightful: In 30 seconds, Gere somehow travels in his Fiat from Hollywood, where his handprints appear in the Chinese Theatre, to Tibet, where he sticks his hands in the snow alongside the hands of a Tibetan boy.

The ad aired in Italy, but when news of the ad appeared in Chinese newspapers and got the Chinese government’s dander up, Fiat initially defended the ad and Gere but later apologized.

When you are the country with the largest consumer base in the world and you are the world’s supplier of cheap goods and you are also a leading creditor to the world’s “superpowers” to boot, you can get apologies like this fairly quickly.

]]> By: Tim Little http://kalyanamittasangha.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/happiness-and-meditation/#comment-119 Tim Little Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:45:50 +0000 http://kalyanamittasangha.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-119 Also, today's Planet News (Jackson Hole, WY) features a short interview with Ricard (via the Buddhist Channel): http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=9,6660,0,0,1,0 Also, today’s Planet News (Jackson Hole, WY) features a short interview with Ricard (via the Buddhist Channel):

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=9,6660,0,0,1,0

]]> By: Tim Little http://kalyanamittasangha.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/happiness-and-meditation/#comment-118 Tim Little Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:37:12 +0000 http://kalyanamittasangha.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-118 ... And just this morning I came across this wonderful conversation between Ricard and actor Richard Gere published in the November 2006 issue of Shambhala Sun: "A monk and a movie star: two very different lifestyles and so, you would think, two different paths to happiness. But actor Richard Gere and the French author and monastic Matthieu Ricard share a serious commitment to Buddhism, and they agree that real, lasting happiness is beyond conditions and circumstances. They held this lively, insightful conversation on the true nature of happiness at New York City’s 92nd Street Y." http://shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2994&Itemid=247 Definintely worth a read! … And just this morning I came across this wonderful conversation between Ricard and actor Richard Gere published in the November 2006 issue of Shambhala Sun:

“A monk and a movie star: two very different lifestyles and so, you would think, two different paths to happiness. But actor Richard Gere and the French author and monastic Matthieu Ricard share a serious commitment to Buddhism, and they agree that real, lasting happiness is beyond conditions and circumstances. They held this lively, insightful conversation on the true nature of happiness at New York City’s 92nd Street Y.”

http://shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2994&Itemid=247

Definintely worth a read!

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