Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Buddhist Personality : Adam Yauch

Name : Adam Yauch
Nationality : USA
Date Of Birth : 8th May 1964
Profession : Singer

A member of the rap group Beastie Boys who was known as a sarcastic and egostic person. His conversion to Buddhism suprised many because of his Jewish family background as well as his personality. He is actively involved in Free Tibet movement. This group even recorded a Buddhist inspired track, "Boddhisattva Vow" and royalties earned from this song were used to fund the Tibetan movement. His wife Dechen Wangdu is from Tibet and they have a child.







1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Biggest smiles I've ever seen on the man!