Re: leonard cohen

[Martin Grossman <tgg...>]

BTW, Leonard left Mt. Baldy (the Buddhist monastery) some months ago and spent
some time in India. While there he met with a Hind guru (whose name I can't
recall this early in the morning) to discuss various spiritual matters and was
photographed (in tallis) at a Bombay synagogue. He says in usual sly, humorous
way that he left Mt. Baldy because he "met  this woman." Leonard's spiritual
quest takes him down many roads but his commitment to Judaism remains constant.

Marty Grossman

"S. Austen & B. Woods" wrote:

> An interesting addition to the Leonard Cohen thread. In a recent back issue
> of Utne Reader a few months ago, I read with much interest the
> story/interview with Leonard Cohen detailing his current life and
> involvement with a Buddhist monastery in California (I'm not sure which
> one, I read this in the library). He seemed pretty disgusted with the music
> buis, and modern American cultural/spiritual life in general, and seemed
> happy studying with his spiritual master, living as a monk, etc...He said
> he wasn't writing much, although he still occasionally tours, but as to be
> expected, many things he said in the course of the interview were pure
> poetry.
>
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