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Daniel C. Levi '99-'00, of Deerfield, III., the son of a rabbi, insists he is still Jewish, saying he first learned about Buddhism through books. Separating Buddhist practice from the spiritual experience of being Buddhist, Levi says meditation can be a good "psychological tool" for dealing with the stresses of daily life...
Levi says that for some years he believed "the real pulp" of Buddhist religious in America were the more Western versions "with their new take on religion." The thought of traditional meditation did not occur to him until he took a class on Buddhism...
...Ross H. Fleischman '00, of Eugene, Ore., a Crimson editor, becoming a Zen Buddhist was one way to reconcile having the assurance of an established religion without having to rely on his Unitarian upbringing...
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...
...like the spirit and the aura of the [Buddhist] community...I sense in them a serenity which I admire," she says...