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...book, A New Religious America. The interest in Buddhism in America is mostly fueled by interest in meditation, which many perceive as a trendy and reliable form of stress relief. The image of Buddhism in popular culture is also often linked to what converted-Buddhist Roxanna K. Myhrum ’05 calls the “whole Jack Kerouac form of Buddhism—tantric sex and driving around drinking.” Despite the much-bemoaned supposed lack of these two elements in undergraduate social life, that alone does not account for the many students and other Harvard...
...certainly not the historical case. Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies, says that traditionally, “meditation is usually done only by specialized people,” such as monks, nuns and yogis. These specialists typically spend much more time on meditation than most modern lay people. Myhrum recalls a funny conversation from her stay at a monastery in Taiwan, when a bemused nun asked her, “why do you all care so much about meditation...
Roxanna K. Myhrum ’05, a lifelong vegetarian who attended the event, said she came to see how Singer would answer philosophical questions in person. At the end of the discussion, Myhrum described Singer’s responses to student questions as “consistent and satisfying...
...reading Feb. 27 lasted about two and a half hours, including a ten minute intermission. At the end, the group spent about 15 minutes discussing their impressions. The discussion topics ranged from Brutus as a Machiavellian figure to Roxanna K. Myhrum ’05’s assertion that “Chaos just runs around a lot, and I like that...
...encourage such a change. “The preoccupation with wealth and the focus on rather dismal ‘realist’ theories in class has prompted me to seek out the ideals of acceptance and not-wanting and compassion in Buddhism,” says Roxanna K. Myhrum ’05, who made the decision to become a Buddhist shortly before coming to college...