Richard Gere: Life, Happiness and What I've Learned

The Longtime Buddhist Reflects

- GILLIAN TELLING

In his late 20s, Richard Gere began studying Zen Buddhism: “There was just an ongoing questioning of ‘What is this? Why am I here?’” he says of diving into the religion. After meeting the 14th Dalai Lama in his 30s, he became a devotee of Tibetan Buddhism and a friend of “his holiness.” Now he’s produced Wisdom of Happiness (in theaters Oct. 17), a film based