Yes, you read that right — Lakers star Ron Artest wants to change his name to “Metta World Peace.” That’s Metta, as in that word you may have learned about through Buddhism, translated variably as “lovingkindness,” “lovingfriendliness,” or “goodwill,” and World Peace as in, well, world peace. The Associated Press reports that Artest has had his lawyer file to have the change made, for unnamed personal reasons. (Surely the influence of meditation enthusiast and former coach Phil “The Zen Master” Jackson is a factor?) We hope Artest will make those reasons more public soon. Here’s more on the story. And by the way, according to gossip site TMZ, it’ll be “Peace” that appears on the back of Artest’s jersey.