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...Sean D. Sullivan, a Divinity School student studying Buddhism and a board member of the graduate student dominated Harvard Buddhist Community, describes the phenomenon of making personal choices about all Buddhist beliefs and doctrines as something many Americans do. “I think Americans selectively choose like that—I like this, oh not this, oh that makes sense,” Sullivan says as he pantomimes plucking ideas out of the air. Sullivan personally practices this process of selective screening. “Things like reincarnation and stuff like that, I don’t believe...
Many people circumvent the issue of belief by taking Buddhism out of that realm altogether. Sullivan, who was also attracted by the “mystic aspects” of Buddhism, says, “it’s probably taken [me] 13 years just to see that it’s a religion.” Counter-intuitive as that may sound, it is actually a pretty common sentiment among many who come to Buddhism in adulthood. The most popular way of expressing it is to say, as Henry W. Mak ’06 says...
HUPD Officer James P. Sullivan said he met Pierce in the late 60s when he patrolled Longwood, and went to eat lunch in the cafeteria at the Children’s Hospital where Pierce was working as a security guard...
...made regular visits,” said Sullivan, who joined HUPD in 1966. “He and I were very good friends. He’s a man of solid character, a man of principle. He’s got a lot of dignity about himself. And I feel the same way today, even though we buried...
When Pierce decided to apply for a job with HUPD, he asked Sullivan for a reference. Sullivan readily agreed...