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Shinichi Hisimatsu, visiting lecturer on Zen Buddhism and a practicing Zen master will deliver a public lecture on "Philosophical and Religious Aspects of Zen Buddhism" tonight at 8 p.m. in the Andover Chapel of the Divinity School...
Hisimatsu is one of the world's leading exponents of Zen, the branch of Buddhism which rejects any logical system of theology and aims at producing knowledge of the universe by direct revelation...
...also giving a series of seminars in Zen Buddhism for faculty members and students of the Divinity School and will lecture at the Andover-Newton Theological School October...
...Thailand's Dr. Prasop Ratanakorn reported a high percentage of schizophrenia: 72% of all mental illness. Reason for the high incidence, he said, lies in the country's culture, which creates an introvert type of personality. The Thai religion (Buddhism) forbids aggressiveness, teaches contentment and moderation "to an immoderate degree," thus encouraging lack of initiative and a turning away from reality. This also helps explain why nearly all Thai schizophrenics are quiet and "biddable...
...other generations of Protestants the idea might have smacked of popery or unhealthy mysticism. The withdrawal of small groups for meditation, prayer and spiritual study used to be a distinctive practice of other religions, notably Roman Catholicism and Buddhism. Today, Protestant retreat houses are multiplying. Retreats range from one-day spiritual refreshers to week-long programs modeled on a monastic rule...