What do an 11th-century Tibetan saint and a member of one of the world's more popular hip-hop groups have in common?
An unruly and somewhat selfish youth curtailed by a spiritual transformation resulting in a life devoted to teaching compassion and nonviolence through music.
Milarepa (the former) is the name of the nonprofit organization established by Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch (the latter), which has been heightening young America's awareness of the severe human rights abuses resulting from China's annexation of Tibet. A generation often accused of being apathetic and arrogant in the same breath, has exercised their collective power enough for Bill Clinton to sit up and take notice.
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