Buddhism+in+Liverpool

//This is part of the Hangover city, Liverpool, uk setting//

=The Buddhists=

Buddhism is a complicated religion, with many different flavours as the basic premises have been adapted to cultures all over the world. But the fundamental principle is a cycle of lives in which the actions of ones life result in good or bad ‘seeds’ which will grow to fruition in the future - which may be in your current life or the next. The ‘aim of the game’ is to achieve enlightenment and escape the wheel of death and rebirth. You achieve this by becoming more conscious of the way you live and your actions, and thus gaining better control over them and thereby choosing better paths of behaviour which reduce both your suffering and the suffering of those around you. There are a number of Buddhist communities, both in China town, and out amongst the Westerns; China town as a small temple staffed by ’Tibetan flavour’ buddhists and their ex-Gurkha caretaker-cum-bodyguard, Havildar Thapa; There is a Buddhist meditation centre in one of the old houses over looking Sefton park, which offer weekend retreats and classes in yoga; and a groups claiming to be Buddhist, who are based in a farm out towards southport and are skirting dangerously close to being a cult. Ream is keeping an eye on the last lot, but so far they have not done anything ‘supernatural’ in their visits to the universities to recruit new members. As such his hands are tied and he is waiting for the mortal authorities to act.

Buddhism in Dresden-Verse.
As this is a religion the True Faith powers are the most applicable with Templates like True Believer and Emissary of Power being the most likely. Additionally the yogic self control may justify inhuman recovery, speed, strength or toughness powers and could be used as an excuse for wizards constitution. The temple may have items of power to assist the faith full, like payer wheels that effectively create a threshold to keep the undead out of the range of their sound. Buddhists Masters may well have access to The Sight and Soul Gaze as a way of judging where a person lies on the ‘good action’ vs ‘bad action’ scale.