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...Yankee Stadium is a cathedral of baseball, then Shea is an austere Buddhist shrine, lacking in ornamentation or opulence but rich in meaning. This makes its unfriendly confines well-suited to the Mets fan, who, like a Buddhist, accepts the inevitability of suffering as something doctrinal. Unlike Yankees fans, spoiled off the fat of 26 world championships, supporters of the Mets know that neither life nor stadiums are always pretty...
...said Matthew P. Cavedon ’11, Interfaith Council dialogue chair. “It was really exciting to hear everyone’s personal journeys as Mormons, Muslims, Jews, and Christians,” said Mihiri U. Tillakaratne ’09, who is Buddhist and was a member of the undergraduate panel with Meacham and Quinn. “The panel was valuable,” Birdsall said. “It was enlightening to listen to the panelists share their spiritual backgrounds with each other.” During the key-note address, Quinn described...
...said the move was intended to relieve international pressure - and more importantly domestic discontent - over the junta's handling of the cyclone relief effort in which outside assistance was at first refused, and then restricted. This week will also mark the first anniversary of protests led by Buddhist monks that were violently suppressed by the military...
...language of her own invention - the latter being a terrible affectation or a delight, depending on your point of view. Sa's look will engender the same kind of polarized response. She frequently poses like the Buddha in promotional photos, even though she is not actually a Buddhist. "Buddhism is a big part of Chinese culture," she says by way of explanation. "I'm interested in learning about...
...hoping. But it is of course too early to tell whether or not Sa will break out of her rarified niche and garner mainstream appeal. She appears to approach the subject philosophically. "I don't mind people misunderstanding my music," she says. "Others really understand it." All that Buddhist chanting must be teaching her a thing or two about detachment...