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Along with questioning social and sexual taboos, feminism and acts of aggression, Ono also confronts her own issues with ego from a Buddhist perspective, just as Cage had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The BBC's Jake Kwon joined 12 singles on a weekend away at Donghwasa, a Buddhist temple in the south of the country.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The famous Buddhist Angulimala Sutta tells a story of a serial killer who is redeemed by the Buddha and becomes a righteous monk.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
Like the kaleidoscopic sand mandalas constructed so devotedly by Buddhist monks—and just as ceremoniously swept away—Burning Man has been about ritualized impermanence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Late that afternoon I arrived at Tengboche,* the largest, most important Buddhist monastery in the Khumbu.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Tibetan Buddhists believe he is the 14th reincarnation of a spiritual leader first born in 1391.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
The crackdown on Christians fits a broader pattern that in recent years has included the persecution of Tibetan Buddhists, Uyghur Muslims, and members of smaller groups such as Falun Gong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
The majority live in California, a primary entry point for Asian immigration to the United States, but barely 100,000 Buddhists are estimated to practice in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025
Historians agree these relics, intact until then, are the heritage of both the Buddha's Sakya clan descendants and Buddhists worldwide.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
The Asians are returning to being Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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