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The 91,000 registered voters include Buddhist monks in the high Himalayas, political exiles in South Asia's megacities and refugees in Australia, Europe and North America.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Social media posts suggest she had been, at least up until last year, an active member of a Zen Buddhist centre in New York.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
It is unusual to see Buddhist monks - much less such a high-ranking figure - arrested in Sri Lanka, where they are both politically powerful and venerated by society.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
I go to my special room with a Buddhist shrine where I meditate for an hour or two.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
He accelerated with the gentle serenity of the Buddhist Zen master who knows nothing really needs to be done quickly, and his brakes whined like metal machine music, and I loved him.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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