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Kentucky Trappists receive Buddhist Monks

The famous Abbey of Gethsemani near Bardstown, Kentucky, had some special guests the other day.

The Trappist Novus Ordo monks were visited not only by “Buddhist friends and guests”, as they write on their official web site, but very specifically by “His Eminence” Kundeling Tatsak Rinpoche. In case the name doesn’t sound familiar, the Trappists inform us that he is “not merely a teacher, but an emanation of Manjushri, the Wisdom Buddha, the current incarnation of a long and renowned lineage.” Can’t beat that!

Mr. Kundeling is a 40-year-old Tibetan who lives in India.… READ MORE