reading notes:
1. where can we get these jams?
2. wait... drunk rapping is what buddhism was intended to be?
3. confirmed: christianity IS boring!
4. "mr. happiness" - are they also selling drugs?
5. "Buddhism 2010" - centuries of religious knowledge... this is the best name you come up with?
Japanese monks serve up alcohol and hip hop music to lure in followers
By Kyung Lah, CNN
January 21, 2010 9:48 a.m. EST
Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- The Buddhist religion has largely remained the same over the past few centuries, but a group of monks in Japan are spicing things up by turning to alcohol and rap music to lure in followers.
The monks are calling it Buddhism 2010.
Kansho Tagai, who is a Buddhist monk, believes it's time to change for the future and doesn't mind if it means dropping the chants and bringing on the rap music.
Tagai also prefers to go by his street name -- Mr. Happiness.
Many argue that the Buddhist mantra is hard to understand, but if it's interpreted in a modern way sung as a rap, then more young people might accept the Buddhist faith, according to Tagai.
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Another idea that monks hope will help get more young people involved is mixing faith with fun at something called the Monk Bar. This modern day bar serves up alcoholic drinks while teaching the Buddhist mantra, according to Zenshin Fujioka.
"This is closer to what Buddhism was intended to be," Zenshin said...
FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/21/japan.monks.rap.religion
"twilight beach" - bibari maeda and munetaka inoue and his sharp five
