Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=49,4335,0,0,1,0

The Dalai Lama has just completed a tour of Australia, boosting what is the country's fastest-growing religion. Australia has more Buddhists per capita than anywhere else in the Western world. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports on how this religion has moved beyond Asian immigrant communities and into the mainstream.

Tibetan...

Author: Chakmo Tso, translated by Karma Dorjee

Source: NewsReleaseWire.com

http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&ID=16907

WASHINGTON—The head of a large Buddhist monastery in Chinese-run Tibet has been forced to step down after he refused to sign documents condemning the Dalai Lama, the monk and a local official have told Radio Free Asia (RFA).

“I spoke out...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSBKK113980._CH_.2400

BANGKOK, June 19 (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim separatist rebels killed four people, including a district chief and an army colonel, in Thailand's rebellious Muslim south, police said on Tuesday.

One soldier was killed and two wounded late on Monday as they clashed with militants who set fire to a school in Pattani,...

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=62,4301,0,0,1,0

Fort Wayne, Indiana (USA) -- A Wesak Festival was held on May 19 at the Indiana Buddhist Temple in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.

Among the participants were members of both Buddhist and non-Buddhist communities - Sri Lankans, Americans, Vietnamese, Burmese, Indians, Indonesians, and neighbors of the Temple on Webster Street in Fort Wayne.

Author: Jeff Franks

Source: The Star

Wire Service: Reuters

Author: Reuters

Source: The New York Times

Wire Service: Reuters

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-korea-north-temple.html

KAESONG, North Korea (Reuters) - In a rare nod to religion, communist North Korea has welcomed 500 Buddhist monks and followers from the South to a temple dating from the 11th century when Kaesong was capital of a unified peninsula.

The visit...