[Buddha-l] The upaya express

[Dan Lusthaus]

This is currently making the Buddhist rounds on the net, because some PR is 
being sought (current cycle started in Dec of last year, but wasn't picked 
up by the major news outlets until mid January.

But this has been going on for awhile:

This has been going on for awhile.
BBC report from 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7148053.stm

and here are reports from 2008.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fg20080222nc.html
Read the blurb on VOWZ.

http://www.krayo.com/buddhist-monks-hit-the-bars/

Hey, everyone can test out the various search engines to see if we can find 
additional and earlier online mentions.

The monk quoted is right about one thing. Buddhism in Japan is in crisis --  
but these attempts, which have been going on for a few years now, aren't 
helping.

Dan

----- Original Message ----- 

> How to attract people to Buddhism. Give them booze and sing to them.
>
> http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/21/japan.hip.monks.buddhism/
>
> Can releasing toxins into the subway system be far behind?