美國樂隊Nirvana主音的遺孀女歌星Courtney Love 在昨天的訪提到開花。她說開花在唸佛經方面幫助她很多,並稱讚有勇氣公開佛教徒身份(在美國,宗教問題比較敏感,尤其是以基督教為主的地區)
Love credits actor Orlando Bloom of all people, for helping her stay on the straight and narrow by helping her keep up with the Buddhist practice of chanting.
"We do chant everyday," Love explained. "12-step demands that you have a spiritual practice that you do everyday.
"I love Orlando for this," Love continued. "He doesn't mind being outed [as a Buddhist]. I don't mind talking about it because it has changed my entire life, changed everything — restructured my body, restructured my physicality. Truly I can, not all the time, but I can take joy at really ****ty situations."