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Celebrity Buddhist
the Late Bruce Lee
Once 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 ex-
citement in the United States.
He was born on November 27, 1940 in San Fran-
cisco, 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 Mar-
tial Arts. But that lead to more street fights. His fa-
ther, 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 philoso-
phy, and started to teach martial arts to non-
Chinese 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 non-
white 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 eve-
rywhere. 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 Holly-
wood.
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
Lý Ti¬u Long
mt thi vang bóng
Lý Tiu Long là mt trong nhng Pht t ni
danh nht trong thi đại ca chúng ta. Ông đã mt
mình phát động rm r phong trào võ thut Holly-
wood vào thp niên 60, sau đó lan tràn khp nước
M. Ông sinh ngày 27/11/1940 ti San Francisco.
Cha m ông là kch sĩ thường đi lưu din khp nước
M trong nhng khu ph China Town. Ông theo hc
trường trung hc La Salle College Hương Cng /
Hng Kông thi niên thiếu.
Trong thi gian đó,
ông có ln b bn
côn đồ hành hung,
nên ông quyết
định đi hc võ
thut. Nhưng, li
càng có nhiu v
đấm đá ngoài
ph, thế nên b
ông gi ông v li
M quc để hc
đại hc.
Ông theo hc môn
triết Đại hc Se-
attle, và bt đầu
dy võ thut bán
thi cho thanh
niên M. Ông sáng
chế môn võ Qu
đấm Thôi Sơn
trong thi gian ông làm Võ sư. Tuy nhiên, ông có ít
may mn trong giai đon đầu, dù đã ký hp đóng
vai ph trong mt chương trình ti vi. K ngh phim
nh M lúc by gi đang trên đà k th người da
màu d di... Các màn trình din không được ăn
khách nhưng dân Á Châu li thích thú. Ông quay li
ngh dy võ thut cho thanh niên tây phương, trong
đó có Chuck Norris và Steve McQueen. Nhân đó,
ông b trí li nhng nhp điu võ thut cho phù hp
vi tài nhy đầm ca ông.
Trong mt chuyến v thăm Hương Cng
(Hng Kông) vi gia đình, ông rt đỗi ngc nhiên vì
đi đâu cũng được quá nhiu người ái m. Hãng
Golden Harvest ký vi ông hp đồng làm ba phim:
Đường Sơn Đại Huynh, Qu Đấm Thn Tc và Gc
R Trung Hoa. Đây là chuyn hi hu, làm chn
động Á châu. Trong khi đóng phim th tư là phim
Gin Mt T Thn, ông được mi v Hollywood để
đóng phim Huyn Thoi Rng. Ông lp tc nm ly
cơ hi bng vàng, b d công vic Hongkong để
bay v M ngay lp tc.
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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 Bud-
dhism. 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.
Đóng phim Huyn Thoi Rng Hollywood
tht vt v. Người ta đồn là ông b ni thương–
nhưng điu đáng chú ý là đây là ln đầu tiên mt
hãng phim Hollywood mi mt người da màu đóng
vai chánh.
Đóng phim Huyn Thoi Rng va xong, ông lp
tc bay qua Hongkong để tiếp tc làm phim Gin
Mt T Thn.
Tuy nhiên , phim này s không bao gi kết thúc.
Ông b bt tnh trong nhà mt n tài t Hongkong,
Đinh Phi (Ting Pei) vào ngày 18/07/73. Ông
được ch đến bnh vin, nhưng quá tr.
Cui cùng, phim Huyn Thoi Rng được gii ưu
hng ti M quc, ông được ni tiếng như cn. Ông
tr thành mt huyn thoi đi vào lch s ca nhng
tài t go ci.
Beckoning
This morning’s 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 tree’s
new bud:
Flower leaf and pebble
all recite
the Sutra of the Lotus NH
Tieáng Goïi
Sáng hôm nay
t§i Çây
chén trà nóng
bãi cÕ xanh
b‡ng dÜng hiê
,
n bóng hình em ngày trܧc
bàn tay gió
dáng vÅy g†i
m¶t chÒi non xanh mܧt
nø hoa nào
håt sÕi nào
ng†n lá nào
cÛng thuy‰t Pháp Hoa Kinh .
Thơ
Lý Tha Nghip
C° Phong
Lên đồi dng mt tho am
Xuân thu khoác áo màu lam mây
ngàn
Tiếng chuông hay tiếng sui tràn
Đã vang t nhng đạo tràng xa
xưa
Tâm truyn tâm pháp Pht tha
Xe trâu mt c, người đưa người
v.
Lên đồi mài đá đề thơ
V mây xanh vi tư b c cây
Bi và đất đá quanh đây
Còn nghe ngàn hc vàng bay lưng
tri
Ai khai hóa, ai tô bi
Sáo ai nhã nhc trên đồi c phong.
PHT GIÁO DN THÂN ENGAGING BUDDHISM Issue 02/2007 Page 74
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 indus-
trialist Henry Ford, the in-
ventor 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 vege-
tarian for 10 years and embraced martial arts, acu-
puncture, yoga, as well as Zen, Tibetan and Vipas-
sana 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 automo-
bile manufacturer in the world (he was born on May
3, 1957) has a very great passion for the environ-
ment. "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 differ-
ently. There is talk of making totally recyclable cars,
made of parts being upgradable or reusable. Cars
will be easily assembled, disassembled, and assem-
bled again, like rebirth of sentient beings in
Buddhism……………………………………………...
Many critics charged that auto manufacturers, in-
cluding Ford Motor Company, are making huge prof-
its 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 pub-
lic relations crisis since the rear-exploding Pinto de-
bacle of the 1970's. When asked where he is steer-
ing the Company that bear his own name, he re-
plies, "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 elec-
tric car (the THINK will be available in 2003 in USA).
For a biography of William Ford, Jr., visit Ford Mo-
tors Company's official website,
http://www.media.ford.com
Reference: Business Section, the Ottawa Citizen, De-
cember 30, 2000.
Nhà t phú xe hơi Ford
OÂng William Ford, Jr
Vit dch: Chân H Đin
Ông William Clay Ford con, là cháu c ca Henry Ford,
mt người M ni tiếng v k ngh xe hơi, đã tng là cha
đẻ ca sáng kiến làm vic theo h thng sn xut dây
chuyn. Làm ch mt hãng chế to xe hơi ln th nhì thế
gii, ông William Ford đã mang nhng triết thuyết Pht
giáo, nhng quan tâm v môi sinh và nhng k vng to
tát ca ông vào thc dng trong tư thế người lãnh đạo
chóp bu.
. Ông đã tng ăn chay lt trong mười năm tri, s trường
v võ thut, thích châm cu, thc hành yoga và ngi
thin theo truyn thng Pht giáo Tây tng và Thin Minh
Sát. Trong văn phòng làm vic ca ông, người ta thy có
tm nh ông đeo huyn đai Thái cc đạo, đấm tay trn
vào mt đống 6 cc gch xi măng.
Sinh ngày 03/05/1957, là mt ch nhân tr tui ca mt
hang chế to xe đứng th nhì thế gii, ông li có thú say
mê v môi sinh. Ông nói: “Thiên nhiên là nơi tim ca tôi
trú ng”. Ông cho biết hãng Ford ca ông đang hướng v
mt cuc cách mng Xanh như ông c ni Henry Ford đã
tng làm trước đây. Đang có nhng bàn tho v sn xut
xe hoàn toàn theo kiu d tháo ra, d ráp vào và d dùng
li, ging như quan đim tái sinh ca mt sinh vt trong
đạo Pht.
William cho rng các loi xe x dng gas, đặc bit là xe
ti chuyên ch nh SUV đã đóng góp phn ln vào vic
gim thiu khí thi nhà kính và khí hu thay đổi toàn cu
và là mt đảm bo an toàn cho gii x dng các loi xe
nh trên đường l.
Hãng ông cũng chun b sn xut xe xài đin, và s hoàn
tt vào năm 2003 ti Hoa K. Ông mong mun hãng xe
ông cũng có mt linh hn, và nó s trường tn mãi mãi.
Mun tìm 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, Bodhi-
sattva,Buddha, Buddhism, Brahma, Dharma, Heaven, Hi-
nayana, King Suddhodana, Karma, Ksitigarbha, India, Maha-
yana, Lotus, Mara, Nanda, Nirvana, Pali, Paramita, Ra-
hula,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 suffer-
ings. 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 disci-
ples
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 vehi-
cle"
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 Bodhi-
sattvas) sit. The symbol of Buddhism. A sub-
sidiary 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 perfec-
tion. 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