He is into yoga and poetry and has studied Hindu teachings.
He rode (and crashed) motorcycles, played in a band inspired by Led Zeppelin and John Lennon, and studied the teachings of the Indian mystic Sai Baba, who exhorted his followers to "let love flow, so that it cleanses the world".
On his release from the federal reformatory, Friedland attended Reed College in Portland, Ore., where he wore flowing robes, studied the teachings of an Indian guru and became good friends with fellow student (and later Apple cofounder) Steve Jobs.
It drew a following of people who studied its teachings.
Thailand is often referred to as "The Land of Buddhism", the best country in the world for those looking to study the teachings of the Buddha, at least the Theravada branch of the teachings.
When in Texas, Johnson, who studies the teachings of the Nation of Islam, eats like many of the followers of Minister Louis Farrakhan.
Between 1967 and 1973 he steered the Who to greatness while spurning drugs and (most of the time) infidelity, and studying the teachings of the Indian mystic Meher Baba.
The yeshiva is dedicated to studying the teachings of two rabbis, Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook and his son, Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook, who are the spiritual fathers of the settlement movement.
On Monday nights, for example, Moshiach Oi! records songs or writes lyrics at Camp Shabbos; on Thursdays, they meet to study the teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, the eighteenth-century Hasidic sage, at an organic food café.
By 2010 they were studying the teachings of the US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was later killed a drone strike in Yemen, and reading the al-Qaeda online magazine Inspire.
Religions provide an institution where one can study ancient teachings and learn from individuals who have done in-depth study of the inner landscape, but religion is not an excuse to stop the process of looking inward for oneself.
