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...Rewata Dhamma, a Buddhist monk and native of Burma, emphasized the role his religion could play in enhancing human rights in his homeland...
...have to educate [those in power], make them understand," Dhamma concluded. "If they are called Buddhists, they should apply Buddhism,...[and] if we all practice Buddhism, there will be no more problems...
CHAPTER ONE. Raymond La Scola, 61, a well-to-do Malibu pediatrician and hypnotist, in 1976 buys the Los Angeles house of Buddhist Monk Ariya Dhamma Thera, 74, and his arthritic wife Georgia, 84. Thera, whose mother was Indian and father half-Scottish, was born Benjamin Martin Marshall in Bombay, but he changed his name when he became a member of a Buddhist sect. After moving to Los Angeles, he opened the American Institute of Buddhist Studies (he translates his new name as "teacher of the noble truth"). From lectures and private lessons, he amasses a small fortune...
...another servant of Empire: Britain's onetime Laborite Colonial Undersecretary, Lord Ogmore. And just to show who was who's beloved brother, the Burmese gave the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, Earl Mountbatten, last Viceroy of India, the highest title of all: Agga Maha Thiri Thu Dhamma, or Very High Big Honorable Follower of the Righteous Path...
Professor Lanman gave the second lecture in the course on Buddhism in the Fogg Art Museum last evening, taking as his subject, "The Dhamma or Buddhist Teaching...