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Home Healing Spirituality By Carolyn Gregoire, The Huffington Post, April 8, 2015 San Francisco, CA (USA) — Buddhists are known for promoting a philosophy of nonviolence, compassion and interconnection...
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Home The Americas US Southwest by Johanna Willett, Arizona Daily Star, April 8, 2015 Tucson, AZ (USA) — Dharma teacher Frank Jude Boccio, a born and bred New Yorker, didn’t expect to like Tucson. The...
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Home Asia Pacific North Asia China by Reinhard Krause, REUTERS, Apr. 3, 2015 Tibetan monks shield their eyes from the sun as they watch others dancing at the Kirti Monastery near the town of Langmusi,...
View ArticleSenior Buddhist monk of Joney, Tibet released on bail, may face trial
Home Asia Pacific North Asia China by Yeshe Choesang, Tibet Post International, 13 April 2015 Dharamshala, India — Sources coming out of Tibet say a senior Tibetan Buddhist monk and intellectual monk...
View ArticleA Compassionate Constitution for Sri Lanka based on Dasa Rajadhamma
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Home Asia Pacific North Asia China By Becky Pemberton, The Daily Mail, 19 April 2015 Inside the village where 40,000 monks and nuns are segregated and televisions are banned… but iPhones are allowed...
View ArticleBuddhist Monk Spends Life Saving Rare Bamboo Species
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View ArticleHong Kong opens £193m luxury Buddhist monastery to public
Home Asia Pacific North Asia China by Caroline Davies, The Standard, 16 April 2015 Brainchild of Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest person, Tsz Shan complex features several grand halls, gardens and 250ft...
View ArticleConstitutional Reforms and the Protection of Buddhism in Sri Lanka
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Home Archaeology by S.Murali, the Hindu, April 20, 2015 Andhra Pradesh, India — The magnificent Buddhist stupa in this sleepy village, has been given a facelift by the State Government to woo national...
View ArticleAustralia’s second-largest religion is being ‘ignored’
Home Asia Pacific Oceania Australia by Jackson Stiles, The News Daily, Jul 6, 2015 This faith is larger than Islam, Judaism and Hinduism, yet receives far less attention from governments and the media....
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Home Asia Pacific South East Asia Thailand by Patinya Srisupamas, The Nation, August 3, 2015 Chiang Mai, Thailand — The event is being held at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University in the northern...
View ArticleMystery over the decomposed Buddhist monk body in Vietnam
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View ArticleMonks promote Buddhist cultural exchange in Thailand
Home Asia Pacific South East Asia Thailand IANS, August 3, 2015 Bangkok, Thailand — Monks from China’s Shaolin temple gave a performance of Kung Fu as part of their six-day visit to promote Buddhist...
View ArticleBuddhist chaplain helps deliver six Parapan Am medals
Home The Americas Canada by Pamela Kiss, Centennial College for Postmedia News, August 20, 2ዏ TORONTO, Canada — The Buddhist chaplain who helped guide athletes to six medals at the Pan Am Games helped...
View ArticleAdopting A Buddhist Ritual To Mourn Miscarriage, Abortion
Home Dharma Dew by Deena Prichep , NPR, August 15, 2015 Clatskanie, Ore (USA) — When parents lose a child, there are rituals to mark their grief - holding funerals, sitting shiva, bringing casseroles....
View ArticleFormer Buddhist monk creates home for 85 abandoned children
Home Bodhi Wood By Kimberly Winston, Charlotte Observer, Aug 20, 2015 Boston, MA (USA) — Imagine the Dalai Lama hand-picking you to teach Buddhism in Boston. The HBO documentary “Tashi and the Monk”...
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Home Asia Pacific North Asia Japan by John Newman, Rapid Ready Tech, August 19, 2015 Wakayama, Japan — One of the major tenets of Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths, is that desire causes suffering....
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Home Asia Pacific Oceania Australia By Emma Simkin, ABC, Aug 20, 2015 Warnervale, Australia — A $100, 000 model of the Buddhist temple planned for the Central Coast goes on public display. “It’s been...
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Home The Americas US South By Tricia Caspers-Ross, Auburn Journal, Aug 14 2015 Auburn, Alabama (USA) — Ten Buddhist monks from the Nechung Monastery in Dharamsala, India, will lead a healing ritual...
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