Buddhism

Tennessee Buddhists and Muslims Unite with Christian Groups to Fight State Lottery

June 1, 2002

Source: The Houston Chronicle

On June 1, 2002 The Houston Chronicle reported Muslims and Buddhists are joining Southern Baptists and other Christians in a campaign to persuade Tennessee voters to reject a state lottery... 'There's probably not any other issue, except maybe Sept. 11, that would pull all these groups together,' said the Rev. Skip Armistead, a United Methodist pastor in Madison and a chairman of the Gambling Free Tennessee Alliance... The anti-lottery forces are led by the Southern Baptists and United Methodists, representing some 4,300...

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Houston Buddhist Temple Celebrates Vesak

May 25, 2002

Source: The Houston Chronicle

On May 25, 2002 The Houston Chronicle reported on the Buddhist holiday of Vesak at a Vietnamese Buddhits Temple, in Houston, TX where "hundreds of men, women and children wait at Jade Buddha Temple for the few sacred moments that they will pour water onto a small statue of Buddha... Bathing the Buddha is a popular observance of Vesak, the birthday of Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the Buddha, or Enlightened One... The ritual is a birthday tribute to the founder of the worldwide religion that has more than 350 million...

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Celebrate Diversity Walk to Celebrate America

May 18, 2002

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

On May 18, 2002, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on the Pittsburgh, PA area's "second Celebrating Diversity Walk... Last year, some 400 people of all types from all over the region participated in the event, which promotes understanding and harmony between people of all races, religions, and national origins... This year's theme is, 'When you walk to celebrate diversity, you walk to celebrate America.'" Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, and Buddhist religious leaders will speak at the event which is organized...

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Students Explore Religious Diversity of Kansas

May 18, 2002

Source: The Lawrence Journal-World

http://www.ljworld.com/section/satliving/story/93247

On May 18, 2002, The Lawrence Journal-World featured the article "World of Faith" on Baker University's World Religions Course taught by professor George Wiley. Wiley is a Pluralism Project affiliate in northeast Kansas. "The students, who broke down into groups of three or four, scoured the region looking for communities of faith other than Christianity” such as Hindu...

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Vipassana Meditation Helps Prisoners, Businesspeople, Others

May 11, 2002

Source: The Boston Globe

On May 11, 2002, The Boston Globe featured an article on Eastover, a Berkshires, MA resort that attracts business leaders "from Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, Citigroup" and other companies, as well as other leading professionals to learn "an ancient form of meditation developed in India called Vipassana. It's not something you get at business school...For 10 days, meditators take a vow of silence.. They dine on a strictly vegetarian menu... They sit for hours, observing their own breathing and bodily sensations... 'It's the...

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Central Ohio Organization Offers a Model of Interfaith Relations

May 10, 2002

Source: The Columbus Dispatch

On May 10, 2002, The Columbus Dispatch reported "Group Unites Eight Faiths for Mutual Enlightenment." It reported on the efforts of the Interfaith Association of Central Ohio: "Members of the 17-year-old association think that the community's religious tolerance, though a good start, isn't enough. 'We need to move beyond that to understanding and respect,' said Tarunjit Butalia, a spokesman for the association and representative of the Sikh community." The article noted that "The association also benefits from having been...

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Seismic Troubles at Taoist Temple in San Francisco

May 8, 2002

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/05/08/MN31391.DTL

On May 8, 2002, The San Francisco Chronicle featured the story "Taoist women look for miracle; Seismic problems put their S.F. temple in trouble." The article reported "A group of elderly Chinese women, bent with age and toil, are trying to save their Taoist temple, built with hard work and belief in the gods....

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New Opportunity for Immigrant Communities to Build Civic Leaders and Connections

April 22, 2002

Source: Mercury News

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/3114529.htm

On April 22, 2002, the Mercury News reported that "in an unprecedented partnership, Santa Clara County [CA] and San Jose City College are teaching immigrants how to maneuver through the political system and build strong community networks... In doing so, the county hopes to groom a new generation of...

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Tibetan Buddhist Teacher Leads Interfaith Discussion on Peace in Cleveland

April 20, 2002

Source: The Plain Dealer

On April 20, 2002, The Plain Dealer featured an article on Khenpo Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche, "a renowned scholar and a senior Tibetan Buddhist monk... [from] the Namdroling Monastery in southern India." Gyatso was in Cleveland, OH for a week of teaching sponsored by the Palyul Changchub Dargyeling Ohio, a center for Tibetan Buddhist studies in Chagrin Falls, of which he is the spiritual director. "About 35 local clergy joined... [Gyatso] Wednesday for a vegetarian kosher lunch at Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church. Afterward...

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Asheville Vipassana Group

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

Phone: 828-255-7635
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After nine years of regular meditation practice, the Asheville Vipassana Group has fallen on hard times. The group once boasted perhaps a dozen members, but recent relocations by core participants has reduced the number of people affiliated with the group to about six, of which only two or three are able to attend any given meeting. However, for the time being they are...
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Fo Guan Shan Affiliated Temples

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 1 June 2004.

Phone: 913-642-3068

Heart-Shrine Relic Tour, 2003

An exciting event for Fo Guan Shan Affiliated Temples was the arrival of the Heart-Shrine Relic Tour in the spring of 2003, a first for Fo Guan Shan. This shrine contains relics of the Buddha and has ben displayed at Buddhist temples around the world. The relics are the sacred remains of masters who have attained extraordinary spiritual realizations during...
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Fo Guan Shan Affiliated

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 27 October 2015.

Phone: 602-350-9634

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