Wildmind Buddhist Meditation » Top 10 celebrity Buddhists

I spent a fair bit of time yesterday and this morning working on an article at Wildmind on celebrity Buddhists. I thought it was going to be a lighthearted little piece, and in fact I did write it in a rather flippant style, but I was surprised by how moved I was at reading these celebrities’ stories.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy advocate and prisoner of conscience, made the list, as did Tina Turner (who gained the strength to leave her abusive marriage through meditation). And I was impressed by what people had to say about the number one celebrity Buddhist, although I’m not going to tell you who that was, so you’ll have to read the article.

The method I used was simple. Using Google I found anyone I could who was described as a celebrity Buddhist. I did background research to make sure that only self-described Buddhists stayed on the list. And I searched for the remaining names (in quotes) and noted how many results there were for each; the more results there were, the higher the name ranked.

I was surprised by the results. Some were people I didn’t know were Buddhists. Some people that were described as Buddhists on many websites actually aren’t. And I was also surprised at who was at the top of the list!

Go check it out, and please give it a Digg while you’re at it.

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