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...many Westerners, the most familiar figure in contemporary Buddhism is the Dalai Lama, the point man for Tibet's aspirations to escape Chinese control. But among American Buddhists, his Gelugpa teachings are equaled in popularity by those of the related Kagyu Karma, or Black Hat, sect. Hence the consternation -- "a lot of confusion and pain," says Terry Sullivan, spokeswoman for Karma Triyana Dharma Chakra Monastery in Woodstock, New York -- that is spreading in American Buddhist circles over an ugly and odd battle for the Black Hat leadership...
...talented woman's inner journey to find her strength of character. The screenplay which is based upon the autobiography I, Tina, traces Turner's rise to stardom through the partnership with her husband, Ike. The book explains how she survived Ike's abusive behavior using her belief in Buddhist spirituality, and recounts the circumstances that taught her to stand on her own both mentally and professionally...
...fairly racist basis of immigration until 1965," said Eck, referring to the quota on immigrants from Asia lifted by the Kennedy administration. In researching her project on America's newest religious communities, Eck plans to visit Buddhist groups in Los Angeles and the annual Durga Puja festival in New Jersey, which honors a Hindu god- dess...
...feel-copping clerics, politicians, pillars of rectitude, forced-entry brutes, girlymen, stockbrokers, philosophers, sales reps, homeless ruins, ex-wife- drained alimoners, gangsta rappers, J. Crew preppies and gunrack bubbas, family-values Bobs and Herbs, whirlpooling cretins, introverts, Fundamentalists, jocks, spazzes, fatboys and hunks and delicate blossoms, biologists, astronauts, alkies, Buddhist meditators, joggers, homeboys, bankers, skinheads, you few loathsome Lecters and Dahmerites, you libertarians, deer hunters, anchormen, bureaucrats, convicts, bleeding hearts, bikers, femsymps and harassers, Rotarians and punks. Welcome, overmortgaged yuppie. Welcome, beery lout in the gimme hat (MY BEST FRIEND RAN OFF WITH MY WIFE -- AND I MISS HIM). Welcome...
Sackler Museum. Through Jan. 23. "Buddhist Art: The Later Tradition." A survey of Buddhist art from the 8th through the 18th centuries, emphasizing works from China, Korea and Japan but also including ones from Nepal and Tibet...