Word: batchelor
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There are dozens of other innovations and debates, some small and some quite radical. A civil but ferociously felt argument has raged for the past few months around a book called Buddhism Without Beliefs, in which Stephen Batchelor, a former monk in both Zen and Tibetan traditions, suggests that Buddhism jettison reincarnation and karma, thereby making possible what he calls an "existential, therapeutic and liberating agnosticism." In fact, many American practitioners have already Batchelorized themselves by default. A good example is Ann Buck, 67, a retired businesswoman and teacher of Theravadan meditation. Although she does not reject karma, it plays...
...would do Jeremiah proud, is Robert Thurman: father of the actress Uma, adviser on both upcoming films, the Dalai Lama's longtime friend, co-founder with Gere of Tibet House and Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University. Thurman states baldly that those like Batchelor who prefer their Buddhism karma free "are non-Buddhists...they want to live as American humanists and call it Buddhism, [but] it's not really solid." He is only slightly less disdainful of Vipassana seminars that de-emphasize the supernatural side of the faith for the mechanics of meditation...
...While it may not be doing much for Cousin Joe's gubernatorial aspirations, there is no doubt that John Junior's attack has boosted sales of the magazine, which hit newsstands today. And considering the nude portrait of America's most eligible former batchelor printed alongside, it seems the proudest boast in the Kennedy clan today is "ich bin ein beefcake...
...visit, Judge Ito continued to call to check on her condition, and after her death on Sept. 8, he phoned me to offer his condolences. Lynne was not a celebrity. Judge Ito's care and compassion touched her and lifted her spirits in ways words cannot express. KENNETH W. BATCHELOR, Burbank, California...