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Fairview Township Temple Serves a Growing Hindu Community

November 14, 2010

Author: Melissa Nann Burke

Source: The York Daily Record/York Sunday News

http://www.ydr.com/living/ci_16605630

Devotee after devotee padded barefoot up the stairs and across the temple hall.

Most carried foil-covered platters or Tupperware, which they peeled apart to add an offering to the hill of sweets, fruits and other dishes at the foot of the altar.

'Samsara' Installation Reflects the Imperfection and Impermanence of Life

November 12, 2010

Author: Mary Thomas

Source: The Pittsburgh Post Gazette

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11012/1117205-437.stm

Fumino Hora's exhibition at the Pittsburgh Glass Center is exotic yet accessible, spare yet brimming with objects, inspired by imperfection but perfect.

"The Way of Samsara" is an installation but comprises individual artworks that arise from aspects of Buddhism and from Ms. Hora's life experiences. As such it blends...

Mesa Buddhist Center to Hold Ceremony Rarely Done In West

November 12, 2010

Author: Srianthi Perera

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Arizona Republic

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=64,9672,0,0,1,0

A Buddhist ceremony rarely performed in the Western world is scheduled to take place in Mesa on Saturday.

The Arizona International Buddhist Meditation Center will hold the Atavisi Buddha Puja, a devotional ceremony to pay homage to the 28 Buddhas in this eon. An eon in Buddhism is a...

12,000 American Muslims to Make Pilgrimage to Mecca

November 10, 2010

Author: Omar Sacirbey

Source: The Huffington Post

Wire Service: RNS

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/09/12000-american-muslims-to_n_781230.html

Some 12,000 American Muslims are expected to join an estimated 2.5 million pilgrims in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca for the hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage that this year runs between Nov. 14 and 18.

The number of pilgrims...

U.S., European Buddhist Nuns Ordained In Taiwan

November 7, 2010

Author: Hermia Lin

Source: The Buddhist Channel/CNA

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=48,9660,0,0,1,0

Six Tibetan Buddhist nuns from Europe and the United States were ordained in a solemn ceremony held in Taipei on Sunday and they said they will try their best to make Buddhism take root in the West.

With the help of Venerable Heng-ching, the Committee of Western Bhikshunis, and Sakyadhita International, the six Buddhist...

Rain Doesn't Dampen Sikh Spirit

November 7, 2010

Author: Howard Yune

Source: The Appeal-Democrat

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/sikh-100930-dampen-unexpected.html

Among the many visitors to the Yuba City Nagar Kirtan and Sikh Parade on Sunday was an unexpected gate-crasher — steady rain.

But Sikhs converged on the Mid-Valley from across town and abroad, braving the soaking conditions to cap a weekend of celebration and charity by marching in the 31st annual...

Tibetan Buddhist Monks Create Artistic Symbol Of Enlightenment - Here Today, Gone On Sunday

November 4, 2010

Author: Janette Williams

Source: The Pasadena Star-News

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_16526391#ixzz14Qq67vDa

For five days, five Tibetan Buddhist monks will hunch over a table, holding their breath as they place grains of brilliantly dyed river sand to create a sacred mandala.

At 1 p.m. Sunday at the Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., they will put the last hand-ground grain in the mandala's...

Friends Honor Wiccan With Halloween Burial

November 1, 2010

Author: Samara Kalk Derby

Source: The Wisconsin State Journal

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_249d7369-dacc-5451-9e60-8c2c4b7d4a2b.html

On a warm, sunny Halloween day, a group of 20 people drove up a rural road at Circle Sanctuary, a nature-based pagan church and ecological preserve here, to spread and inter the ashes of one of their own.

Bruce Parsons, of Milwaukee, who...

American Muslims Mix Modern, Traditional Routes to Marriage

October 31, 2010

Author: Stephen Magagnini

Source: The Sacramento Bee

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/31/3141339/american-muslims-mix-modern-traditional.html

A mosque in northeast Sacramento recently hosted an evening of speed-dating for 48 singles looking for love American Muslim style.

Every four minutes, the men played musical chairs, moving one seat to their left to chat up the next woman across the table....

Israeli Jews At Odds With Liberal Brethren In US

October 31, 2010

Author: Aron Heller

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/31/AR2010103101249.html

When Hillary Rubin immigrated from the U.S. to Israel, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and descendant of a famed Zionist visionary felt that she had finally arrived in her true home.

But now that religious...

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Experience/Lifecycle Events/Expressions

Fairview Township Temple Serves a Growing Hindu Community

'Samsara' Installation Reflects the Imperfection and Impermanence of Life

Mesa Buddhist Center to Hold Ceremony Rarely Done In West

12,000 American Muslims to Make Pilgrimage to Mecca

U.S., European Buddhist Nuns Ordained In Taiwan

Rain Doesn't Dampen Sikh Spirit

Tibetan Buddhist Monks Create Artistic Symbol Of Enlightenment - Here Today, Gone On Sunday

Friends Honor Wiccan With Halloween Burial

American Muslims Mix Modern, Traditional Routes to Marriage

Israeli Jews At Odds With Liberal Brethren In US

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