Buddhism

Church Gives Generously to a Centre for all Faiths

February 22, 2008

Author: Ruth Gledhill

Source: The Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3412722.ece

A diocese of the Church of England is giving an unprecedented £250,000 towards a multifaith building in which the largest amount of worship space will be reserved for Muslims.

The Guildford diocese is one of the wealthiest in the UK. The Bishop of Guildford, the Right Rev Christopher Hill, gave the £250,000 cheque...

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Fire Leaves Buddhist Temple Ruined

February 22, 2008

Author: JENNIFER O'BRIEN

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Sun Media

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,5947,0,0,1,0

A blaze that sent worshippers fleeing out the back door of a Northeast London Buddhist temple has left many elderly Cambodians with no place to gather. For seven years, the Khmer Buddhist Temple has served as a sort of community centre for many Cambodians who arrived in the 1980s but until 2001 would gather to worship in a...

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China Official Explains Religion Policy

February 20, 2008

Author: FOSTER KLUG

Source: AP

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIY_47Y6UfWb4U9DqcLsYDJzAfAwD8UUB5NG0

A senior Chinese official is trying to calm U.S. misgivings ahead of Beijing's coming Olympic Games about what the Bush administration sees as religious intolerance.

In Washington, the director of China's religious affairs bureau met with U.S. officials and spoke at Georgetown University.

Ye Xiaowen told...

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Nepal to Recognise Buddhist and Muslim Religious Schools

February 19, 2008

Author: Kalpit Parajuli

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Asia News

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=39,5924,0,0,1,0

Hundreds of Muslim and Buddhist schools want to join the public school system after the government signalled its intention of recognising religious schools, but has set some conditions to do so, namely that such schools also use non-religious textbooks recommended by the government’s Education Board rather than rely...

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World Religious Leaders Pray for Global Peace

February 17, 2008

Author: Kestur Vasuki

Source: Thaindian News

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/world-religious-leaders-pray-for-global-peace_10018352.html

Hundreds of religious leaders from across the globe have congregated at the Art of Living Centre here for a two day conference on Vedanta and Buddhism at the outskirts of Bangalore.

The religious leaders from India, Taiwan, China,...

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Silicon Valley Tibetan Buddhists Find a New Home

February 17, 2008

Author: Jessie Mangaliman

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Mercury News

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,5914,0,0,1,0

For 10 years, followers of Gyalwa Gyatso Buddhist Center did not have a home, shuttling from living room to living room, libraries and community centers.

And like many Silicon Valley companies, it existed virtually - a dot-org known mostly to West Valley residents who practice Buddhism in the tradition of the...

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Dear Kev, Good Onya - Dalai Lama

February 15, 2008

Author: Mark Schliebs

Source: The Australian

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23219933-12377,00.html

KEVIN Rudd didn't only win over Australians with his apology to Aboriginal people: he earned the praise of one of the world's most respected spiritual leaders - the Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama was so tickled-pink with the new prime minister’s commitment to reconciliation, Mr Rudd’s office...

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One Student's Path to Enlightenment

February 14, 2008

Author: Cristina Rojas

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Daily Free Press

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=60,5892,0,0,1,0

Brian Hanrahan leaves the hustle and bustle of Boston University each week and retreats to the Won Buddhism of Boston temple in Somerville, where the resonating sound of a gong indicates the start of meditation services.

Though he was born and raised Catholic, Hanrahan, a College of Arts and Sciences...

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Beijing’s Hand-Picked Panchen Lama to Enter Politics

February 14, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AsiaNews

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=11523&size=A

Sources in China’s Communist Party said that the Communist-picked Panchen Lama is likely to become a member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress as early as next month, a rank equivalent to that of cabinet minister. Unrecognised by the mainstream Tibetan Buddhism he is slated to become the youngest Chinese leader ever...

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At Buddhist Temple, Cleansing Rituals to Ring in the New Year

February 7, 2008

Author: ANN FARMER

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/nyregion/07nuns.html?_r=1&scp=29&sq=religion&st=nyt&oref=slogin

Ha Tran was applying the final swipes on Saturday to a 20-foot Buddhist statue inside a Chinatown temple. It took two days, but Mrs. Tran, a 62-year-old Vietnamese immigrant, lovingly washed every one of the deity’s thousand arms and did the same for its 10...

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Buddhist Immersion

February 3, 2008

Author: SHIRLEY WEST

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Observer

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,5862,0,0,1,0

Waking up in the peaceful stillness of the California wilderness, he remembers that it is his turn to cook breakfast. After a few inventive attempts at waking his roommate, they work together to cook pancakes for the rest of the volunteers.

After congregating around a huge stone fireplace to eat a breakfast of...

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A Chaitya to be Built in Birmingham Maha Vihara, UK

January 30, 2008

Author: Tissa Madawela

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Lanka Everything

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,5841,0,0,1,0

For the first time in the history of England a full scale Sri Lankan style Chaitya is to be built at the Birmingham Maha Vihara in the Midlands.

This was revealed to a visiting Rupavahini news crew who went to the Vihara to record a news item on the honorary facilitation of the OBE by Her Majesty the Queen...

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