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...Harvard, Nguyen’s weeks are filled with activities within the Vietnamese community. In addition to BRYE, she is involved with her Buddhist Temple Youth group, the Vietnamese Student Association, a Vietnamese literature reading club and the Intercollegiate Vietnamese Student Association that spans New England. “I think that if there were more time in the day, I would definitely like to get involved in other ethnic organizations and get to learn about other cultures. Because there are only 24 hours in the day, I feel like I should be doing what I could for Vietnamese children...
...Nguyen tutors both Mondays and Thursdays in Dorchester. On Friday nights she attends her reading club and goes to bed early to prepare for a 5-1/2 hour teaching session that starts at 8 a.m. Saturday mornings at the Vietnamese Language School. On Sundays, she goes to her Buddhist Temple Youth Group until 4 p.m., so “there’s not much time left for partying...
...assigned to capture and kill "Butcher" Li (Jiang Wen), a once-respected army officer accused of treason because he refused to kill women and children in a raid. Lai Xi and Li make an uneasy truce long enough to escort a general's daughter (Vicky Zhao Wei) and a Buddhist monk to safety. Can they escape the pursuit of evil Master An (Wang Xueqi), the preening aesthete and superslick fighter who stands in their path...
...best-selling collaboration with psychiatrist Howard Cutler, The Art of Happiness, the Tibetan holy man reveals that his most blissful moment didn't occur in a state of relaxation. It happened when he passed the final exams for his Geshe degree, akin to a Ph.D. in Buddhist philosophy. Practical achievement should be exhilarating, the Nobel laureate says, as long as work is a calling--whether that calling is to serve others, work in government or provide for a family by practicing corporate law. Buddhist wisdom and Western science intersect in other places: the Dalai Lama warns that to avoid jealousy...
...Holiness the Dalai Lama enlightened a packed Memorial Church crowd yesterday with jokes, childhood anecdotes, Buddhist lessons and an exhortation to develop moral character while at Harvard...