The Buddhist celeb-news keeps piling up, as evidenced by today’s Tale of Two Mels: First Mel: ex-Spice Girl Mel B., who is saying now that she used meditation to get over her dramatic relationship with Eddie Murphy. (Not sure what kind of meditation she’s been doing, though — though she does do a lot of yoga, and that may be from where her chosen style of sitting comes from.)
And the second Mel? Mel Gibson, who seems unlikely to gain ground with any Buddhists he’s lost due to his famous “Jews and Sugar Tits” rant, according to this story from the LA Gossip Examiner which paints a further picture of the star’s intolerance — not only of homosexuals, but of Buddhists:
“Apparently, [wife] Robin Moore was becoming very interested in Buddhism, even attending Buddhist temples. Mel Gibson, a staunch Catholic – but definitely not a model one – became very upset with his wife.”
Hey, Robin, if you’re reading this: more power to you.
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April 14th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Actually,she attends Kadampa Buddhist Classes in England.
There are other celebs around the globe whom also come to classes..
It’s not as common that people would associate a celebrity with my tradition,but it’s nice to know it’s reaching that world as well.
April 17th, 2009 at 11:18 am
I have to say, I disagree with one of your commenters on the soap post. This is one has the best title ever, IMHO. ^_^
May 18th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Hi Mr Gibson, Id like you to meet Mr Thomas Merton, Trappist monk who wrote multiple books on buddhism and the paralells…heck Catholicism almost seems to have a tradition now of folks that are Zen Buddhist and Catholic