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Raised a devout Roman Catholic in Quang Ngai, Vietnam, she left home at 22 to study in England, eventually becoming an interpreter for the Red Cross. At 30, she met and married a German doctor but left him, amicably she says, to become a Buddhist nun and pursue enlightenment in India. Her recognition as a spiritual leader came rather suddenly in 1982 when she tried to buy a copy of the Hindu sacred work the Bhagavad-Gita that she says she saw in a shop along the Ganges. The shopkeepers said there were none in stock; she insisted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BUDDHIST MARTHA | 1/20/1997 | See Source »

Once again America is applauding Japan for its supposedly sincere apology to its former enemies and the Asian nations it once occupied. What good is an apology after 50 years? RANDY WANG NGAI KWONG, age 15 Gresham, Oregon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 18, 1995 | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

Chen enlisted the help of Leverett House residents Frederick H. Yau '97, who is a Crimson editor, and Joseph L. Ngai '97, and the three submitted a bid for control of the Grille...

Author: By Evan Osnos, | Title: Quincy House Grille Re-Opens Last Night | 3/20/1995 | See Source »

According to Ngai, Hong Kong Week was created to bring the realities facing Hong Kong closer to the Boston community...

Author: By Godffrey S. Williams, | Title: Boston Mayor Will Kick Off Hong Kong Week | 2/25/1995 | See Source »

According to Ngai, Patten has proposed an expansion of Hong Kong's electorate in order to strengthen democracy in the colony before Communist rule...

Author: By Godffrey S. Williams, | Title: Boston Mayor Will Kick Off Hong Kong Week | 2/25/1995 | See Source »

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