In the aftermath of yesterday's mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, the
Washington Post explores the question of whether shooter Aaron Alexis' interest in Buddhism can help in understanding Alexis' mental state:
Buddhism can seem particularly appealing to "mentally unbalanced people seeking to right the ship of their lives, to self-medicate, to curb their impulses, or to give them a firmer grip on reality," Clark Strand, a contributing editor to the Buddhist publication Tricycle magazine and a former Zen monk, said in an interview....
[Buddhist blogger Justin] Whitaker posed this: Are there particular issues for people who delve deeply into meditation, but disconnected from Buddhism’s history and theology?
