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...When I was young, I was a devout atheist. I'd never been interested in Christianity because of [the conception of God]...Buddhism was a religion that didn't require that jump," Fleischman says...
Felicity Aulino '00, of Richmond, Va., whose extended family is Catholic, says she too was drawn to the flexibility of Buddhist belief. Aulino discovered Buddhism when she took a year off before college, visiting "spiritual" Savannah, Ga. with a friend to "find something...
Duncan Williams, a half-Japanese, ordained Buddhist monk who is co-editing "American Buddhists" with Queen, says Asian circumspection about Buddhism stems in part from the religion's traditional roots. He says some see it as an impediment to assimilating into "mainstream, Christian, American culture...
...Being a Buddhist in America is like being a hyphenated America...The question is, how does one be a Buddhist and a regular American?" Williams says. "Buddhism is a minority religion...
Andrew G. Chung '98, a Chinese-American, sums the situation up for many ethnic Buddhists when he talks about the role Buddhism plays in his life...