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...tranquility of the Harvard Buddhist Community's Sunday evening meditation, however, belies the startling fact that, despite Buddhism's centuries-old tradition in Asia, there are no Asian-students in the room...
There are no Asian groups at the College specifically devoted to practicing Buddhism, either...
According to Professor Christopher S. Queen, dean of students for continuing education and co-editor of a scholarly work on American Buddhists, "Buddhism in America," to be published in October, this fact is not surprising. Queen says the ethnic demographic at Harvard reflects "the two Buddhisms" of America in general...
...Sometimes we speak of ethnic Buddhists [who are born into Buddhism and are predominantly Asian] and convert Buddhists [who are predominantly white]," Queen says. "The two groups don't interact...
Traditionally, making sand mandalas--representations in sand of the house of Buddha, whose dismantling symbolizes the impermanence of life--one of the higher practices of Buddhism, was a domain limited to monks...