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Meditation for murderers: Buddhism without parole, in Alabama's darkest prison. Plus: Hot housewife seeks Asian stud, physics geek goes nutzoid and more.; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 11, 2008
Tibetan Orientalism: Chinese pop star Sa Dingding has big plans for taking her blend of Tibetan Buddhism and world music international. Is now the right time?; Andrew Leonard Apr 2, 2008
Seduced by the Dalai Lama: He may be a global icon of goodness, as Pico Iyer's biography reminds us. But is the Dalai Lama the political leader Tibet needs?; By Louis Bayard Mar 25, 2008
Dive-bar dharma: To attract a new generation of Buddhists, two teachers are replacing the old hippie trappings with a tattooed aesthetic and references to Jay-Z.; By Whitney Joiner Feb 20, 2008
Fragments of the Tocharian: How did Buddha get from India to China? And what does a 97-year-old translator in Beijing have to do with it?; Andrew Leonard Jan 29, 2008
The barefoot art of war: Thousands of Buddhist monks have hit the streets in Myanmar, deploying some shrewd political jujitsu against the corrupt, iron-fisted junta.; By Jürgen Kremb Sep 26, 2007
If you meet the Buddha in Salon: The author and Buddhist responds to readers who called him anti-science and challenged his belief in reincarnation.; By B. Alan Wallace Dec 9, 2006
Buddha on the brain: Ex-monk B. Alan Wallace explains what Buddhism can teach Western scientists, why reincarnation should be taken seriously and what it's like to study meditation with the Dalai Lama.; By Steve Paulson Nov 27, 2006
I'm a Buddhist in Big Pharma -- is that cool?: How can I reconcile my beliefs with the necessities of research?; By Cary Tennis Aug 14, 2006
The disbeliever: Sam Harris, author of "The End of Faith," on why religious moderates are worse than fundamentalists, 9/11 led us into a deranged holy war, and believers should be treated like alien-abduction kooks.; By Steve Paulson Jul 7, 2006
Breaths, not bombs: Can a Zen Buddhist sage teach us something about the art of counterterrorism?; By Matt Steinglass Nov 15, 2005
A full moon over Sri Lanka: Inside Buddhist and Muslim temples, I discover how Sri Lankans are coping spiritually with the disaster. Nothing has been more moving during my entire trip.; By Jeff Greenwald Jan 28, 2005
From street thug to dharma punk: Noah Levine rejected the spiritual path of his father, Stephen, and then, many tattoos later, joined him.; By Sean Elder Nov 19, 2002
My past life as a dog: For 12 years, Buddhist nun Tenzin Palmo meditated alone in a tiny cave in Tibet. Now she wants to elevate the status of other Buddhist women, believed to be reincarnated as females as punishment for past mistakes.; By Janelle Brown Sep 30, 2002
"Zig Zag Zen," by Allan Hunt Badiner, ed.: A book about Buddhism and psychedelics asks whether it's best, when seeking higher consciousness, to take the stairs or the elevator.; By Douglas Cruickshank Jul 11, 2002
"Buddha" by Karen Armstrong: A former Catholic nun's short biography of the Buddha explains the elusive Eastern sage in terms that even drama-hungry Westerners can understand.; By Laura Miller Apr 18, 2001
Save the children, or the Buddhas get it: Afghanistan's roving ambassador tells a Southern California student association why he was ready to "blow a statue" himself.; By Carina Chocano Mar 22, 2001
Boomer Buddhism: American converts are taking a 2,500-year-old faith and making it over in their own image -- self-absorbed.; By Stephen Prothero Feb 26, 2001
Who's afraid of Falun Gong?: Journalist Danny Schechter says the peculiar spiritual movement isn't a cult, but explains why China is cracking down on it so forcefully.; By Daryl Lindsey Feb 2, 2001
The Dalai Lama: China hates him, the West wants to hug him. The spiritual leader of Tibet isn't just the bodhisattva of compassion -- he's one heck of a marketer.; By Chris Colin Nov 28, 2000
Faith in America: What does religion mean now? Is it a mystical experience, a collection of social protocols or just common sense?; By Amy Standen Nov 20, 2000
Egomania!: Lucianne Goldberg's is monumental; Judge Jerry's is bigger than Judge Judy's; Rick Rockwell's is black-and-blue; but Muhammad Ali's is definitely the greatest of all time.; By Amy Reiter Mar 10, 2000
The Elián González of the Himalayas: The 14-year-old Karmapa faces Chinese vengeance, accusations of espionage and the political intrigues of Tibetan Buddhism.; By Carole Zimmer Feb 28, 2000
Letters to the editor: For richer and richer: There's no holiness in this matrimony Plus: Not all religions are sexually repressive; Asian eyelids are beautiful without surgery; Letters to the editor Feb 18, 2000
Beyond facts: Can one teach spirituality in college?; By David Alford Nov 5, 1999

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