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Kagyu Monlam
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:30:00 -0700
The annual Kagyu Monlam Chenmo is underway in Bodhgaya, India, where the Buddha attained enlightenment. The Monlam Chenmo is an annual eight-day prayer festival of the Kagyu school of Tibetan...
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Will There Be Peace in Sri Lanka?
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:31:00 -0700
Civil war has waged in Sri Lanka, on and off, since 1983, with Sri Lankan Buddhist monks often on the side of Sinhalese nationalism. Recently the Sri Lankan military has...
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God, No God, and Buddhism
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:28:00 -0700
Ed Halliwell has a must-read essay at The Guardian on God and Buddhism. As he says, in the current debates between theists and atheists, we Buddhists find ourselves in an...
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A Chinese Wheel of Life
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:09:00 -0700
This sculpture at the Dazu Stone Carvings in Chongqing, China, is unmistakably a Wheel of Life. However, what I can make out of the details differs from the way the...
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Advice to Americans
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:00:00 -0700
Khentrul Rinpoche, the abbot of a monastery in eastern Tibet, is touring the United States and offering advice to Americans about weathering the financial crisis.
According to Paul Beebe of...
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Let's Talk About Religion
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:20:00 -0700
I stumbled on this essay by a gentleman who wants to challenge religion. He is, apparently, frustrated that people keep their religious beliefs to themselves and won't drag them out...
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That's Entertainment
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:09:00 -0700
Cambodia's first rock opera has been forced off the air by the monastic establishment. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports, "Cambodian monks have persuaded authorities to ban the country's first rock opera,...
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New Year's Eve, Tokyo
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:15:00 -0700
In a purification ritual, a boy wafts smoke from an incense burner over himself at the Sensoji Temple, Tokyo, on December 31, 2008. Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar over a...
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Buddhist Year in Review
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:16:00 -0700
The Buddhist Year in Review, as reported here on the Buddhism Blog (dates given are blog post dates) --
January 2. Imprisoned Burmese monk U Gambira becomes Burma Digest's Person of...
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Love May Keep Them Together, But Without Feathers
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:03:00 -0700
Red and Jack are problematic parrots living at Garuda Aviary, a project of the Kunzang Palyul Chöling Temple in Poolesville, Maryland. David A. Fahrenthold writes about them in the Washington...
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