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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: Buddhism
"Buddha" by Karen Armstrong
A former Catholic nun's short biography of the Buddha explains the elusive Eastern sage in terms that even drama-hungry Westerners can understand.
Save the children, or the Buddhas get it
Afghanistan's roving ambassador tells a Southern California student association why he was ready to "blow a statue" himself.
Boomer Buddhism
American converts are taking a 2,500-year-old faith and making it over in their own image -- self-absorbed.
Who's afraid of Falun Gong?
Journalist Danny Schechter says the peculiar spiritual movement isn't a cult, but explains why China is cracking down on it so forcefully.
The Dalai Lama
China hates him, the West wants to hug him. The spiritual leader of Tibet isn't just the bodhisattva of compassion -- he's one heck of a marketer.
Beyond facts
Can one teach spirituality in college?
Laughing with the Dalai Lama
From Lhasa to Dharamsala, a Westerner pieces together the poignant puzzle of Tibetan Buddhism and its exalted leader in exile.
The monk, the philosopher and the cynic
Jean-François Revel and his son, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, set out to have a spiritual dialogue -- but the cosmic harmony was shattered when Christopher Hitchens showed up.
What I learned from losing my mind
How a week at a yoga retreat saved me from the perfect parenting frenzy.
His material highness
Far from his holier-than-all image, the Dalai Lama supports such questionable causes as India's nuclear testing, sex with prostitutes and accepting donations from a Japanese terrorist cult. Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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