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		<title>Extinguished desire</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we find Buddha images just about everywhere in the West. Whether it’s the Grand Café at the corner, the shopping mall or in our neighbor’s home. The head with the curly hair from Thailand seems to be slightly more popular than the fat bellied grinning Chinese Buddha. In any case the Buddha is very popular. He represents wellness, that trend in our societies to combine spirituality with moderate consumerism, simplicity with a kind of selfish detachment. Great ‘spiritual leaders’ like Richard Gere and Steven Seagal teach us to enjoy everything Zen.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apologiachristi.com&amp;blog=6437779&amp;post=35&amp;subd=apologiachristi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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