Jezebel: Buddhism

Joy Follows

Jessica Coen — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:15:00 EDT

[Magelang, Indonesia, May 28. Image via Getty.]

Soul Asylum

Anna Holmes — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:10:00 EST

[Paris, December 18. Image via Getty]

That's The Spirit

Anna Holmes — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:10:00 EST

[Tawang, India; November 11. Image via Getty]

Sight + Sound

Anna Holmes — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:10:00 EST

[Tawang, India; November 9. Image via Getty]

Someone To Watch Over Me

Anna Holmes — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:10:00 EDT

[Mandalay, September 28. Image via Getty]

Balancing Act

Anna Holmes — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:10:00 EDT

[Yangon, September 27. Image via Getty]

Slate Power Couple Attempts To Stay Within 15 Feet Of Each Other For 24 Hours

Jessica G. — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EDT

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Remember yurt-dwellers Michael Roach and Christie McNally, the controversial Buddhists who remain within 15 feet of each other at all times? Well, Slate deputy editor David Plotz and his wife, Atlantic contributing editor Hanna Rosin tried to embrace the Roach-McNally lifestyle, but instead of living in a remote one-room dwelling, Plotz and Rosin attempted to stay within 15 feet of each other while going about their quotidian urban lives. And guess what? Hilarity ensued, but not without a dash of legitimate relationship reflection. First, the hilarity: Rosin discovered that her husband is the "office kitchen diva" who freaks out because his precious Fresca is not in the fridge; Plotz got irritated by his pregnant wife's constant peeing, while he waited, "red-faced, outside the ladies' room, trying not to look like a perv." More »

Sexless Monk Marriage Appears To Verge On Giving World The Next "Virgin Birth"

Moe — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Michael Roach and Christie McNally have sort of the opposite of an "open marriage": Never separated by more than fifteen feet...they do not fuck. They breathe in unison, thanks to all the yoga — "We are always inhaling at the same moment and we are always exhaling at the same moment," she says — but have apparently never tried to apply this skill to the simultaneous orgasm-thing the Cosmos are always talking about. They fell in love during a three-year silent meditation...but falling in love wasn't allowed, because they are Buddhist monks. So they plumbed the depths of their souls for a way to reconcile monastic emptiness and austerity with romance and...came up with an ingenious partnership whereby they do everything completely together, including reading books (one waits till the other is finished to flip the page!) and determining their "look" of the moment. ("He let his hair grow long like hers and became taut and lean in a way he was not before.") The story sort of leaves you wondering how he managed to Zen-ify his $100 million jewelry fortune, as do lines like this: More »