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Va. Buddhist Monks to Relocate, Educate

August 2, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: United Press International

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/08/02/Va-Buddhist-monks-to-relocate-educate/UPI-66561249264943/

A group of Buddhist monks whose home and temple will be auctioned wa[n]t to relocate to a land parcel in Virginia Beach, Va., a spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman, Samantha Niezgoda, said the monks -- having foreclosed on the home they also used as...

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Buddhist Organization Renovating Former Methodist Church In Newton's Upper Falls

July 28, 2009

Author: Christine Laubenstein

Source: Wicked Local Newton

http://www.wickedlocal.com/newton/news/x695081602/Buddhist-organization-renovating-former-Methodist-church-in-Newtons-Upper-Falls

An international Buddhist organization that provides disaster relief, medical care and education across the world is renovating the former Methodist church in Upper Falls.

Taiwan-...

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Russia: Medvedev Announces Programs Of Religious Education In Schools

July 21, 2009

Author: Clifford J. Levy

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/world/europe/22briefs-Russia.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, said Tuesday that the federal government would begin a national program to teach religious education in the schools. Parents would be able to choose studies in four federally recognized religions — Russian...

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Buddhist Festival Celebrates Lineage

July 20, 2009

Author: Libor Jany

Source: San Jose Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_12873931?nclick_check=1

The Obon Festival at the Watsonville Buddhist Temple is an annual celebration of spiritual ancestry and heritage.

Festivalgoers spent the day honoring the memory of their descendents on Sunday.

"Obon is to extend our appreciation to our ancestors," said the Rev. Shousei Hanayama, the resident minister...

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Obon Festival Continues Tradition In Visalia

July 17, 2009

Author: Brett Wilkison

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Visalia Times Delta

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,8370,0,0,1,0

More than 2,000 years ago, in what is now India, the Buddha gathered his followers and told them to celebrate their ancestors. According to Buddhist lore, the monks kept to their solemn rituals, while the civilians danced.

Now, two millenniums later on a different continent, the Obon festival, or "...

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Tacoma Buddhist Church Event Honors Ancestors

July 12, 2009

Author: Joseph Turner

Source: The News Tribune

http://www.thenewstribune.com/southsound/story/808204.html

Once a week for the past seven months, a dozen members of the Tacoma Fuji Taiko group met in the basement of their Buddhist temple to practice with their bachi sticks and taiko drums so they could perform three songs to honor their ancestors.

They did so on Saturday.

“We just formed in January and we wanted to...

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Utah Buddhists Observe Festival for Deceased

July 11, 2009

Author: Pamela Manson

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,8352,0,0,1,0

Named plaques of the members of the Buddhist temple who died since the last Obon are displayed in a place of reverence near the "Onaijin" inside the Buddhist Temple.

For almost 100 years, Buddhism has been a part of Utah life. And on Saturday, the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple commemorated followers who have...

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Wat Buddhapanya

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Phone: 909-629-1771
Email: buddhapanya@iirt.net
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Tibetan Monks, Maidu Native Americans Celebrate Similar Cultural Experiences

July 8, 2009

Author: Don Baumgart

Source: Indian Country Today

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/49709412.html

For the second year, visiting Tibetan monks and members of the Tsi-Akim Maidu Tribe shared an evening of culture.

The monks are members of the Gaden Shartse Monastery, currently exiled to India to escape Chinese government repression in their homeland.

Six monks in red and saffron robes were joined on stage by Maidu...

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Buddhism Thrives As China Relaxes Religious Policy

July 7, 2009

Author: Robert J. Saiget

Source: The Buddhist Channel

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=46,8342,0,0,1,0

Temples thrive, monks travel far and wide in search of enlightenment, the faithful fill the halls of worship -- after decades of atheist policies, Buddhism is making a huge comeback in China.

Nowhere is this revival more apparent than at Wutaishan, the most important of...

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City Of Ten Thousand Buddhas Celebrate[s] 30 Years

July 6, 2009

Author: Monica Krauth

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Daily Ukiah Journal

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,8336,0,0,1,0

The memory of Buddhist "venerable master," Hsuan Hua, was celebrated last weekend at The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, as part of the 30th anniversary of the monastery.

Hua, known for the founding of many western Buddhist institutions during his time in the United States, was one of the first known Ch'...

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Unique Buddhist Temple In Ontario Faces Uncertain Future

July 5, 2009

Author: Richard Cockle

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Oregonian

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,8339,0,0,1,0

A unique Buddhist temple with roots in a dark chapter of World War II faces an uncertain future, along with this Snake River town's once-thriving Japanese American community.

On some Sundays, only about 60 people attend services at the Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple. Most are in their 70s and 80s, and a half-...

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