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Tuesday September 22, 2009
Buddhism:
Followers of an internationally known Buddhist monk say tensions are rising at a monastery in Vietnam’s Central Highlands after local officials accused them of trying to “sabotage” Vietnam’s communist government.
An angry crowd gathered outside the Bat Nha monastery on Monday and local police conducted late-night searches of the rooms, said Brother Phap Tu, speaking by telephone Tuesday from the compound in Lam Dong province.
AP says the monks and nuns there are followers of Thich Nhat Hanh, an exiled Vietnam-born monk who has sold more than 1 million English-books in the West and is now based at the Plum Village monastery in southern France.
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Friday September 11, 2009
Buddhism:
THIMPHU, Bhutan (Reuters) – Bhutan has warned its citizens over cutting down thousands of young trees every year to make prayer flags, a threat to the tiny kingdom’s lush scenery and the government’s duty to bring “Gross National Happiness“.
Himalayan Buddhists put up prayer flags for good luck or to help the dead find the right path to their next life. The more flag poles put up for the departed the better, and Buddhist monks say fresh poles must be used each time.
See: Hi-resolution Smithsonian picture of prayer flags in Bhutan
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Monday September 7, 2009
Buddhism:
Several dozen Buddhists hope to find enlightenment in the silence, a gift they plan to share when they emerge from their long seclusion.
They know that outsiders might dismiss them as eccentrics on a strange utopian trip, but their resumes suggest otherwise. Among them are an airline pilot, a dermatologist, a retired biochemist and a former television editor. » Full Story
Thursday May 7, 2009
Buddhism:
In the tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, high in the Himalayan mountains, under a new Constitution adopted last year, government programs — from agriculture to transportation to foreign trade — must be judged not by the economic benefits they may offer but by the happiness they produce. Now, the Bhutanese are refining the country’s guiding philosophy into what they see as a new political science, and it has ripened into government policy just when the world may need it
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Monday May 4, 2009
Buddhism:
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Friday March 6, 2009
Buddhism • Religious Merchandising:
About 200 Buddhist students held a peaceful protest rally outside an outlet of the international franchise Buddha Bar in the Indonesian capital on Thursday, accusing it of defaming their religion.Avoiding alcohol and other intoxicants is the fifth of the “Five Precepts” that form the basic moral code of Buddhism.
Meanwhile the secretary-general of the Indonesian Pandita Sabha Buddha Dharma Foundation, said sealing off the bar was not the Buddhist way of seeking a solution. “Our way is never to force anything. A dialogue is needed,” he said.
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Monday July 14, 2008
Buddhism:
When it comes to funerals the Japanese have traditionally been inflexibly Buddhist – so much so that Buddhism in Japan is often called “funeral Buddhism,” a reference to the religion’s former near-monopoly on the elaborate, and lucrative, ceremonies surrounding deaths and memorial services.
But that expression also describes a religion that, by appearing to cater more to the needs of the dead than to those of the living, is losing its standing in Japanese society.
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Friday March 21, 2008
Buddhism:
On four different occasions from December 2005 to May 2006, the old priest performed indecent acts on the woman, using the excuse of her needing to undergo purification to rid her body of eczema that was plaguing it and feeling her up.
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Tuesday February 5, 2008
Buddhism:
Tales of corruption, looting and religious rivalry are swirling around the spot where Buddha is said to have gained enlightenment in eastern India some 2,500 years ago, sullying one of Buddhism’s holiest sites.
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Friday February 1, 2008
Buddhism:
A 17-year-old boy picked by China as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhism’s second-highest figure, pledged his support for the Communist Party in a rare public appearance, state media said.
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Saturday December 15, 2007
Buddhism:
“We wanted to show the young people that Buddhism is cool, and temples are not a place just for funerals,” said Koji Matsubara, a chief monk at Tsukiji.
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Tuesday November 20, 2007
Buddhism:
The Dalai Lama says he may appoint a successor or rely on an election before his death in a break with tradition, a Japanese newspaper reported Tuesday, following recent orders that China must approve Tibet’s spiritual leaders.
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Wednesday October 10, 2007
Buddhism:
China, in its latest tirade against Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, on Tuesday accused the exiled Nobel peace prize laureate of supporting “evil cults” like Falun Gong and Japan’s Aum Shinrikyo.
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Monday October 1, 2007
Buddhism:
Burma’s major religion is Buddhism and thousands of pagodas dotted around the country are a major tourist attraction. It’s the involvement of the country’s revered Buddhist monks that gave added weight to the demonstrations.
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Buddhism:
The two-week confrontation between Burma’s monks and military is no ordinary uprising, but a deeper struggle between spiritual and worldly forces in a country torn between the two polar opposites.
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Buddhism:
Experts say the number of Americans who actually identify themselves as Buddhists — as opposed to just sympathizing with them — continues to steadily grow.
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Friday September 28, 2007
Buddhism:
President George W. Bush next month will attend a ceremony to award the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama, an event likely to annoy China which views Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader as a separatist.
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Wednesday September 26, 2007
Buddhism:
The passive, otherworldly image of Buddhism can be misleading. In Burma, where two-thirds of the country is Buddhist, the religion has an overwhelming influence on day-to-day life and plays a continuing political role that makes the current protest marches by tens of thousands of monks through the streets of Yangon especially significant.
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Tuesday September 4, 2007
Buddhism:
A Chinese order claiming Beijing must approve all of Tibet’s spiritual leaders is an attempt to further repress and undermine the religious culture of the Himalayan region, the Tibetan government-in-exile said Sunday.
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Wednesday August 29, 2007
Buddhism:
As of September 1, China is tightening control over Tibetan Buddhism with a new law requiring government permission for the reincarnation of lamas.
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Tuesday August 14, 2007
Buddhism:
Ancient ritual met with modern consequence Monday, as state environmental authorities said they were searching for a religious group that released hundreds of live reptiles into the Passaic River on Sunday as part of a Buddhist rite.
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Tuesday July 31, 2007
Buddhism • Hinduism:
In Nepal she has been worshipped as a living deity since the age of two. But when 10-year-old Sajani took a recent trip to the US, Nepali religious officials threatened to strip her of her exalted status. How would she be greeted back in Kathmandu? And is life for a goddess as divine as it sounds?
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Sunday July 22, 2007
Buddhism • Offbeat News:
A Buddhist businessman who wants to call his Chinese restaurant Fat Buddha has angered council chiefs – who claim the name will upset Buddhists.
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Tuesday July 17, 2007
Buddhism • Christianity:
Cambodia has banned Christian groups from door-to-door proselytizing and is seeking to limit other religious activities by non-Buddhist organizations, which it says disrupt society.
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Thursday July 5, 2007
Buddhism:
Four South Korean Buddhist monks have been arrested for their part in an income tax scam involving the sale of fake donation receipts, a report said.
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