There are a steady stream of visits by Western medical students.

Such copies are now widespread and in use by Eastern monastics and Western students.

In 1969 they met the 16th Karmapa and became his closest Western students.

Western students always ask how to do it, he says, but seldom why.

It thus seeks to be a bridge for modern Western students seeking to understand and genuinely engage in Buddhist teachings.

Zen masters are expected to exercise power, then are routinely accused (by Western students) of abusing it.

They were among the first Western students of the 16th Karmapa.

For Western students, the course means an up-close-and-personal look at the bureaucracy and corruption that come with doing business in emerging markets.

In this capacity, he trained scores of Indian and Western students.

They were among the first Western students of the Karmapa and grew close to him.