Steve Jobs will be buried in a Buddhist ceremony

Ex-Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday after a long illness at the age of 56 years, will be buried according to Buddhist tradition, said the publication ArtLyst.

According to their beliefs Jobs Buddhist. This faith he took in 1973 during his visit to India, for which he gave up teaching in a liberal arts college in the United States. Home founder of Apple went with the shaved head and traditional Indian garb.

As Jobs said then: "In Buddhism, there is such a thing - the mind begins. It's so cool - to have the mind begins. " This is such a mind that sees things as they really are. It is the mind, freed from prejudices and expectations, authoritative opinions and prejudices. Mind Beginner think so to look at things as a small child looks at a world full of curiosity, amazement and wonder.

According to the city of Sacramento, at the funeral, which are broadcast media, will be held on the weekend, there will be only the closest people. Relatives of the deceased has not yet been reported burial place of worship manager.

How will the funeral of Steve Jobs? It is possible that the ceremony will take place exactly according to prevalent in Japanese Zen Buddhism.

In the South, the birthplace of Buddhism, and Southeast Asian Buddhist funeral rites include a lush, which may last for several days. In the coffin is placed objects, which "help" the deceased - a lantern, so as not to lose the money to pay off the evil spirits, and so on. Days from the date of death until burial in Thai villages like holiday festivals - family feast. The more noise the better, because it is thought to deter evil spirits. In Japanese the same families for this purpose are hiring a professional priest, whose job is to strike a gong and chanting.  Such a ritual can be performed and the patient's bedside.

If a person's death disastrous for the whole of society then, according to the Buddhist view, it is necessary to conduct the ceremony, followed by the reading of sacred texts. So do the adherents of orthodox Buddhism - Theravada - on the island of Sri Lanka. Monks carrying out this ritual, sit in a row and read the sutras, passing from hand to hand ritual white cord. It lasts 24 hours and can be repeated several days in a row.

Announcement Pack Ice Cream Sandwich and 'Google Phone »Galaxy Nexus postponed until better times

In the field of mobile technology in the eve of the holiday trade was expected, three major events, one of which - the announcement of the next version of Apple iPhone 4S, has already taken place.

In addition, on October 11, Samsung and Google has scheduled an event dedicated, as expected, the announcement of the next version of Android, called Ice Cream Sandwich and the presentation of "Google Phone» Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Nexus Prime).

Also, all are eagerly awaiting the beginning of release of the first smart phone company Nokia, is running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.

Unfortunately, next week announce a new version of Android, "Google Phone» Nexus Prime will not. This was reported today the organizers of the event in a joint statement: «Samsung and Google decided to postpone the announcement of a new product, scheduled during the CTIA Fall. We have determined that a bad time to announce a new product. New dates and venue to be announced soon. "

Despite this news, yet I would like to talk about the new "Google Phone", especially because the network already got photos, video and performance of this device. According to the information resource GSMArena.com, insisting on its veracity, Nexus Prime is equipped with dual-core processor with 1.5 GHz. The source claims that the chipset is also a dual-GPU on the Imagination. Chances are that it is a PowerVR SGX543MP2, which is used in tablet iPad 2.

Also reported 4.65 "touchscreen Super AMOLED HD display with 1280 x 720 pixels, 8-megapixel camera that supports video resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, 1 GB of RAM and 32 GB of flash memory.

It is expected that in Nexus Prime is support for networks of LTE, and that is no less interesting opportunity to work in two modes - GSM / CDMA (like the Apple iPhone 4S).

Regarding the timing of the announcement of Ice Cream Sandwich, it's probably worth remembering the promise of Google chairman Eric Schmidt (Eric Schmidt) to introduce a new version of Android in October or November. So check how Google executives keep their word.