Buddhism

Laotian Community Celebrates New Year

April 7, 2007

Author: ALICIA DUPLESSIS

Source: The Daily Iberian

http://www.iberianet.com/articles/2007/04/07/news/news/news12.txt

If the Lao belief that the purity of water brings good luck is true, then the Laotian community in Broussard will reap a prosperous year.

Pouring rain and chilly temperatures Saturday did not stop the annual Laotian New Year celebration at the Wat Thammarattanaram Buddhist Temple, where hundreds of community...

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Japanese Buddhists to Mark Founder’s Birthday Tomorrow

April 7, 2007

Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin

http://starbulletin.com/2007/04/07/features/story03.html

Some island Buddhists will celebrate the birth of the religion's founder tomorrow in a Buddha Day celebration at Kapiolani Park.

After a 9 a.m. service at the Kapiolani Bandstand, the Hanamatsuri festival will continue with a bon dance, a puppet show of the birth of Buddha by Pacific Buddhist Academy students and bouncing castles for children. Snacks will be sold at food...

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Tularosa Home to New Buddhist Center

April 6, 2007

Author: S. Derrickson Moore

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Alamogordo Daily News

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=64,3928,0,0,1,0

TULAROSA, New Mexico (USA) -- It's the kind of rustic, hand-lettered sign you often see in the rural West, giving notice of a cattle crossing or the name of an isolated ranch. This sign offers directions "To the Buddhafield of Infinite Appearance."

It's just one indication of a growing presence of...

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San Jose Marine Gets Discharge for Being Conscientious Objector

April 2, 2007

Source: The Buddhist Channel/L.A. Times

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,3910,0,0,1,0

SAN JOSE, Calif. (USA) -- A federal judge in San Jose has taken the unusual step of ordering the Marine Corps to grant a reservist's request for a discharge as a conscientious objector.

Lance Cpl. Robert Zabala, 23, said he joined the Marines as part of a family tradition of military service. But he said he was shocked during boot camp here to find such a strong...

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1,000 Buddhists Rally in Thailand Against Muslim Insurgents

March 31, 2007

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: AP

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/214/story_21483_1.html

Saba Yoi, Thailand - Hundreds of Buddhists rallied in Thailand's restive south Monday in anger over a bloody Islamic insurgency amid fears it could erupt into a sectarian battle between religious communities, officials said.

Protesters demanded that civilians be allowed to carry guns to protect themselves, and urged authorities to resist...

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Malaysians Celebrate Newly Appointed Chief Monk for Jurisdiction

March 27, 2007

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=56,3884,0,0,1,0

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- The Malaysian Buddhist fraternity was in full force at the felicitation ceremony of Ven B Sri Saranankara Nayaka Maha Thero held at the Buddhist Maha Vihara temple in Sentul last Saturday.

Also present at the ceremony were Deputy Home Affairs Minister Datuk Tan Chai Ho, Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Ng Lip Yong who is also Batu...

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Lao Tradition in Anchorage

March 25, 2007

Author: JULIA O'MALLEY

Source: Anchorage Daily News

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/8738796p-8640476c.html

One afternoon in February, Andrew Sekasin, 11, kicked through the snow in a parking lot outside the Lao Buddhist temple in Mountain View.

A "novice" in religious training with monks, Andrew wore marigold robes, an adult-sized orange parka and a pair of large white tennis shoes. A boy his age breezed by him on a BMX.
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Utah State First to Offer a Religious Studies Program

March 25, 2007

Author: ELAINE JARVIK

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Daily Herald

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,3872,0,0,1,0

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (USA) -- He was a chemistry major, headed for a career in dentistry, when he took a seat that fall day in a class on "Buddha and Buddhism." From that very first day, says Charles Prebish, "I knew I was home."

Because his mother was still hoping he'd be a dentist, Prebish went on to dental...

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Sri Lanka Says Monk Can't Pack Heat

March 23, 2007

Source: Reuters

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/4003014a4560.html

COLOMBO: A Buddhist monk who applied to join Sri Lanka's police force and carry a gun has been turned down – because he wouldn't give up his saffron robes.

The monk applied for a job as assistant superintendent of police, a rank to which sidearms are issued. It was not immediately clear why the monk wanted the policing job in the first place, but many monks take on jobs as...

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