Word: buddhism
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...transformation began a few years ago when Elaine, his wife of 42 years, started becoming interested in Buddhism. Last year he had a two-hour meeting with the Dalai Lama, which she says profoundly changed his life. "Whenever Steve gets all uptight and starts to blow, I tease him and say that's not what the Dalai Lama would do, and it helps him greatly because he knows intellectually that he's on the right path," she says. "Guys who are entrepreneurial tend to give short shrift to the family. He's become a much better family...
...film, says Antell, means to “highlight some of the newer minority religions in the U.S.,” and therefore does not feature members of the Jewish or Christian faiths. Rather, the film explores the Eastern traditions of Hinduism, Islam, and Zen Buddhism, and the ways in which the three featured women use religious activism to help women grow as spiritual beings, family members and community members, noting that these roles should not be mutually exclusive...
...film, says Antell, means to “highlight some of the newer minority religions in the U.S.,” and therefore does not feature members of the Jewish or Christian faiths. Rather, the film explores the Eastern traditions of Hinduism, Islam, and Zen Buddhism, and the ways in which the three featured women use religious activism to help women grow as spiritual beings, family members and community members, noting that these roles should not be mutually exclusive...
...transformation began a few years ago when Elaine, his wife of 42 years, started getting into Buddhism. Last year he had a two-hour meeting with the Dalai Lama, which she says profoundly changed his life. "Whenever Steve gets all uptight and starts to blow, I tease him and say that's not what the Dalai Lama would do, and it helps him greatly because he knows intellectually that he's on the right path," she says. "Guys who are entrepreneurial tend to give short shrift to the family. He's become a much better family man as he gets...
...secular school, the contradictions continued. I eagerly took to heart an essay my eighth grade history teacher made us read that said “all religions are paths up the same mountain.” I pondered becoming a Jew-dhist when I learned the philosophy of Buddhism later in the year. But I grew uncomfortable when the same class spent just a bit too long discussing the story of “how the Jews killed Jesus.” Religious coexistence, I realized, was never that simple...