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Thefacebook is also allowing Cuomo to explore interests beyond junks in da proverbial trunks. He’s a member of Dharma, the Hindu student group, and the Harvard Borat Alliance, which Gadfly believes is quite simply the coolest group ever. For a dorky guy with glasses, this Cuomo dude is certainly gaining some primo street cred. Respek...
...such example. Drawn to Buddhism by a Zen text, her parents were Zen Buddhist until she was four, when a Tibetan lama visited Rochester, N.Y. “They were so moved,” Howard says, that they became Tibetan Buddhist and helped set up the local dharma center, which they now run. Howard laughs as she recounts the long hours she spent at the dharma center as a child, saying “[my sister and I were] frustrated with what it was doing to the family...I got really tired [of it].” But childhood...
...Cambridge Zen Center’s weekly Dharma Talk, a meditation novice was readily made to feel at home. A group of 30 participated in a brief meditation and listened to an instructor tell stories and discourse on Zen and life in general. Afterwards people posed questions about issues like death, depression, choices and relationships. The topics were heavy, but provided meaty food for thought...
...CIMC is a spacious, mainly non-residential center, and includes a library with an extensive collection of books and videos about various types of Buddhism. It offers a wide variety of classes on meditation ($140) and one-day workshops ($60), as well as daily meditation and Wednesday evening dharma talks...
Sacred Site (rumtek.org) In a Stupa: Wandering dumbly around a temple with no understanding of what you're looking at is incredibly boring. A quick visit to the official website of the Rumtek Dharma Chakra Centre, one of Sikkim's main religious destinations, will let you expound sagaciously about the turquoise and coral of the main stupa and explain the meaning of the butter-and-rice sculptures to your stupa-fied travel companions. A schedule of special ceremonies, such as the Mahakala mask dances and Tibetan New Year celebrations, will enable you to sound even more erudite...