A new religion mash-up in Los Angeles, USA
2nd May 2006
A Jewish/Buddhist remix has been spotted somewhere in the urban center of Los Angeles. “‘JuBus’ blend the communal rituals of Judaism with the quiet solitude of Buddhism. Most adherents are at peace with the paradox.”
“…A majority of JuBus, as they call themselves, are baby boomers who were raised in loosely religious families and began to feel unfulfilled in the tumultuous and experimental 1960s and ’70s. They joined the legions of other young men and women searching for spiritual nourishment, and ended up turning to Buddhism, a welcoming meditative practice devoid of the cultural stigmas contained in, say, Christianity or Islam….”
(via Huffington Post)
