As a newly ordained Buddhist monk at Plum Village monastery in France, Gary Stuard, along with some other monastics, attended a Good Friday service at an Orthodox Church in 1994 in search of finding a Western way to explain Buddhist practice. Stuard, who had left the Christian religion more than a decade before, realized that his faith had never left him... (0) comments
At 14, he decided to alter his life. Sun, sand and surf suddenly lost significance for this Hawaii native. He trimmed his Mohawk, dismantled his punk band, changed his religion and tattooed the Sanskrit chant of Hare Krishna, a Hindu deity, on his hand. Troy Granger, who is now Nityananda Chandra Das, is living a spiritual life... (1) comment