c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. At first, the tongue-contorting Sanskrit chant seemed worlds away from the Roman Catholic prayers that had glided with ease from Michele Chargoais' lips ...
c. 1999 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ Jean-Francois Revel and Matthieu Ricard are father and son, and they look it. Both have round, full faces and bald pates; both ...
c. 1997 Religion News Service BOSTON _ For the last 20 years, Catherine Barley has been seriously engaged in what she calls a"mish-mash"of meditative practices gleaned from a variety of ...
c. 1997 Religion News Service (UNDATED) _ With the opening in theaters nationwide of"Seven Years in Tibet,"Buddhism has become big business at the box office. Millions of moviegoers have taken ...
c. 1997 Religion News Service (UNDATED) _ If"Seven Years in Tibet"whets your appetite for films about Tibetan Buddhism, check out the following movies available on video: _"The Razor's Edge."Like"Seven Years,"an ...
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-When Seattle photographer Phil Borges focused his camera's eye on the people of Tibet, he perceived many things. Suffering. A deep stillness. A capacity for ...
c. 1996 Religion News Service DHARAMSALA, India (RNS)-When the Dalai Lama seeks insights into the future, he consults his oracle, a medium who wears an elaborate costume and headpiece that ...
c. 1996 Religion News Service SAN FRANCISCO (RNS)-Since it was established here 97 years ago, the Buddhist Churches of America has provided cultural shelter, and a religious center, to four ...
