Eastern Ideas (1)

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. I Chronicles 12:32 The chants rise and fall in pulsating rhythm. They seem to keep time with the multicolored halo spinning hypnotically behind Buddha's head. A drum thumps insistently, a bell resonates softly. And still the chant continues, like the unceasing murmur of a rushing river. Twenty...