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Pete Sampras played a U.S. Open tennis match while vomiting. Willis Reed limped to an NBA championship on a withered ankle. By comparison, TIGER WOODS, whose sport requires leisurely walking and the occasional poke at an inanimate ball, just had a little knee ouchy. But with a horde of cameras...
If Splendid weren't doing it, other German companies probably would be. In the past year, German movie-production companies and film funds have acted as moneymen for a virtual Who's Who of Hollywood that includes John Travolta, Bruce Willis and Tom Cruise. Nearly 20% of the $15 billion...
In 1981, during a visit to a temple of 1,000 Buddhas in Bangkok, Jan Willis lingered over a single, ungilded statue. Unlike its golden neighbors, the Buddha was black. In that moment, the assurances of her Buddhist teacher--"You're already a Buddha; you just have to manifest it...
Willis, 52, is an African-American professor of Buddhism at Wesleyan University. At her home in Middletown, Conn., she points to a snapshot of the 1981 encounter, noting that only after a decade of meditation was she able to examine her blackness. She adds, "I became able to deal with...
Willis hopes to popularize the personal. In the U.S., she contends, Buddhism remains a religion of white elites. The few practicing African Americans tend to belong to Soka Gakkai International, a school of the religion that emphasizes simple chanting, usually for prosperity. Willis prefers a more rigorous dharma and is...