Category Archives: Buddhism

LAT Reporter Named ‘Bengali’ Critical Of Buddhist Monk Critical Of Bengalis

Shashank Bengali writes for the Los Angeles Times: He’s been described as the “Buddhist Bin Laden,” but Ashin Wirathu thinks he has more in common with the world’s most famous fictional spy. “James Bond is a nationalist,” the cherub-faced monk … Continue reading

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Yisroel Pensack: Leonard Cohen Should Have Been In Shul For Rosh Hashanah

The next time you want to persuade your friends or your kids to go to shul on Rosh Hashanah, you can tell them what happened to singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen on Friday. According to a Reuters report in The New York … Continue reading

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Searching For The Big O

This sounds a lot like morning services at my yoga center: At 7 a.m. each day, as the rest of America is eating Cheerios or trying to face gridlock without hyperventilating, about a dozen women, naked from the waist down, … Continue reading

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