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The Anti-Smuggling Bureau of the Beijing Customs has successfully recovered two valuable Buddhist statues from the Ming Dynasty that were illicitly taken out of the Chinese mainland, media learned from the Beijing customs on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka's Deputy High Commissioner, Dr. D. Venkateshwaran met the world renowned actor at the latter's residence in Chennai invited him to visit the island nation
>> yeah, i love ferocity and grace mixed with such extraordinary talent, a voice that was unlike any other with such passion in her voice but also a trailblazer in so many ways. the first woman -- first black artist ever to appear on the cover of "rolling stone." her life story is one of just relentless, positivism and relentless desire to just succeed on her own terms. >> she was very serious about her peace. she became a buddhist, i believe in the late '70s. she always'70s. she always talked about just how much buddhism brought her so much peace and kept her on track, even as things were going, you know, not so well for her. people think a lot of times that
for fans? >> well, it was a gutsy move for her. she had to convince ike to even do that cover. he didn't really want to incorporate rock and roll into the review. but she loves that cover. i'm sure that everybody was doing what we were both doing as we watched that piece, which was grinning from ear to ear. just electrifying no one tops that woman on stage. >> and i think about teina turnr being as a young woman watching her, feel like she always represented strength. but feel like you could also see that warmth. what was she like as a person, from what you could tell? >> i spent a fair amount of time with her over the years. we talked quite a bit about her buddhist faith. she kind of reiterated a chant i i had known about when hei was
that's the kind of performer that tina turner was, and i have to say that, it's also important for people to know this woman was a buddhist, and she credits buddhism for helping her come out of the turmoil that she experienced in the latter part of her marriage with ike turner, that she was almost defeated by that marriage, had it not been for her religion and her practice of buddhism, it is what strengthened her and go on and become and continue to be the kind of performer that she started out to excel, to go beyond that, and to reach the kind of heights that have all of us right now thinking about her, and just remembering what a wonderful outstanding and thoughtful performer she was, that she gave it all. >> yeah. >> when tina turner went on stage. she didn't leave anything left
to the imagination, i wonder could she have performed a little bit more. she gave it all out. >> buddhism, how that really helped her through. i'm sure the rev will applaud that, knowing how much religion was a tent pole in her life at that point. let me also comment, everybody, on really how shocked so many of us are. when you hear that she's gone. i mentioned in her latter part of her life, she was suffering from an undisclosed illness. she did so quietly, and didn't talk so much about it. hearing that she had passed today at the age of 83 at her home in switzerland came as a shock. not only a shock in the studio but to the white house. karine jean-pierre, the press secretary for president biden was asked about it. had not heard. let me read you a little bit about what peter alexander has submitted. tina turner was a music icon who had many stages and amazing moments in her career. i'm very sad to hear the news. i was a huge fan.
Shi Yomi district officials on Friday said that Beboo along with NCM member Rinchen Lhamo held a two-hour long meeting with representatives of the Buddhist Memba community in Mechuka on Thursday and visited the Neh Pema Shelpu Drupkhang, a cave revered by the local Buddhist Memba community. No r