Dalai Lama to Hollywood: \u201cmake a movie about Buddha.\u201d<\/a> \ud83d\ude42 I know what you\u2019re thinking.. \u201cthe Passion of Siddhartha\u201d <\/span>right? Maybe not. But a Hollywood feature about the Buddha (this time without Keanu Reeves<\/a>) could create great benefits in America and beyond. As more and more people learn about Buddhism it seems that the world could very well become a more peaceful place \u2013 or at least those who advocate violence would become ever more marginalized. So, yea Dalai Lama.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2006\/0914\/csmimg\/p15c.jpg\")
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And straying not far from the Dalai Lama is an article in the Christian Science Monitor<\/a> which leads, \u201cThe Dalai Lama\u2019s visit spotlights the fact that, with 1.5 million adherents, Buddhism is America\u2019s fourth-largest religion.\u201d <\/span>The article reminds me of a paper I wrote a few years back on American Buddhism \u2013 citing Lama Surya Das and the fact that Buddhism appears to have grown by 170% between 1990 and 2000 \u2013 a leap greater than any other religion (or non-) in America. Of course, the numbers are still low, between 1.5 and 3 million adherents, with about half-2\/3 composed of immigrants from traditionally Buddhist<\/a> nations. <\/p>\n
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