43 years after Richard Gere’s breakout performance in American ... Gere is a practicing Tibetan Buddhist, but he long ago studied Zen Buddhism under controversial Japanese teacher Kyozan Joshu ...
He has spent his life since then as a practicing Buddhist, which is why his prayer beads — or mala bracelet — can almost always be found on his wrist. Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Richard Gere Related: ...