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...High Lama's attempts to unify the Tibetan diaspora by reducing differences among its four main Buddhist schools. The Dalai Lama told TIME that he was worried about people's seeking "external help" from a protector spirit while neglecting Buddha's teaching of compassion and wisdom: "Some people worship toward [Shugden] almost equal with the Buddha. That's a disgrace...
...leaves its makeshift chapel--room 133 of Patrick Henry High School. Yes, a public high school. If you are between ages 25 and 45, your school days were not like this. In 1963 the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling banning compulsory prayer in public schools. After that, any worship on school premises, let alone a prayer club, was widely understood as forbidden. But for the past few years, thanks to a subsequent court case, such groups not only have been legal but have become legion...
...members of prayer clubs like the one at Patrick Henry High aren't waiting for the conclusion of such epic struggles. They have already brought worship back to public school campuses, although with some state-imposed limitations. Available statistics are approximate, but they suggest that there are clubs in as many as 1 out of every 4 public schools in the country. In some areas the tally is much higher: evangelicals in Minneapolis-St. Paul claim that the vast majority of high schools in the Twin Cities region have a Christian group. Says Benny Proffitt, a Southern Baptist youth-club...
...celebrity worship and a competitive job market, you would think that a job that offered power, influence, name recognition, a salary of $136,700 a year and free mail would be a golden opportunity. But working in the most important legislative body in the world just doesn't have the appeal it once...
Anyway, the Christmas and Easter crowd turned the ringers off their cell phones and sat through the 90 minute ordeal. Don't worry, the cuff-linked Ivy crowd didn't throw all their $50 into the collection plate. They had plenty dough left over for a little post-worship shoppin' courtesy of Newbury Street...