professor, using her own life as an illustration, is opening Tibetan Buddhism to a large audience of African Americans.

The prophet Joel certainly didn't have Tibetan Buddhism in mind when he addressed his Jewish audience in the 5th century B.C. But that's the beauty of the dreams and visions of religion: you never know who may have them next.

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