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.

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Buddhist Personality : Goldie Hawn

Name : Goldie Hawn
Nationality : USA
Date Of Birth : 21st November 1945
Profession : Actress

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Buddhist Personality : Maya Soetoro Ng & Konrad Ng

Name : Maya Soetoro Ng
Nationality : USA
Date Of Birth : 15th August 1970
Profession : High School Teacher
Trivia : Half sister of Barack Obama. Obama's mother married her father, an Indonesian man

Name : Konrad Ng
Nationality : Canadian
Profession : Law Professor
Trivia : Husband of Maya Soetoro Ng

Maya was a Hindu but converted to Buddhism after her arrival in America.

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Buddhist Personality : Belinda Carlisle

Name : Belinda Carlisle
Nationality : USA
Date Of Birth : 16th August 1958
Profession : Singer

Belinda was a member of an all-girl group called The Go Go's but turned solo in 1985. In the 80s, she was well known not only for her songs but also her wild party girl image. Infact she even posed nude for Playgirl magazine in 1986. As she approached 40, she started to lead a more meaningful and healthier life by turning to Buddhism. She has stopped drinking and taking drugs. According to Belinda, she was born into a strict Christian family and was forced to go to the church every Sunday when she was growing up but she could not connect to Christianity in the way she with Buddhism. Today she is into daily buddhist chanting to find inner peace in her life.

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Buddhist Personality : Patrick Duffy

Name : Patrick Duffy
Nationality : USA
Date Of Birth : 17th March 1949
Profession : Actor

A practising Buddhist for more than 3 decades, he is affiliated to Nichiren Buddhism, a Japanese Buddhist sect. He was introduced to the religion by a woman named Carlyn in 1972 and two years later they got married in a buddhist temple. In1986, Patrick was widely criticized for his lack of sadness and grief over the murder of both his parents but he countered that Buddhits believe everything is impermanent and that his parents had moved on to a better place.

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Buddhist Personality : Coco Lee

Name : Coco Lee
Country : USA / Taiwan
Profession : Singer
Date Of Birth :17th January 1976
Height : 162cm

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