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Giving Thanks


I had an interesting Thanksgiving holiday--I had three Thanksgiving dinners.  The first was at a Sri Lankan temple in La Puente, about 20 minutes from campus.  One of my professors, who is from Sri Lanka and lives in a house on the temple property although he is not a monk, invited my fri ...>

Buddhist Community Announcement (Singapore)


I'm actually new to Palelai Buddhist Temple and its Sangha. I was requested by a Dhamma friend to make this announcement. I personally find this a good opportunity to practise Dana, build karmic links with the many distinguished members of Sangha from various countries, and support the Triple Gems w ...>

Up, up advertising inventory


More than 20 of the world's top blog networks are using FeedBurner's advertising services in some shape, form or capacity. And, according to our recent inventory calculations, all of that blog content plus the addition of many individual contributors and some big commercial publishers has translated ...>

Survival Tactics by Thanissaro Bhikkhu


Thanissaro Bhikkhu will be conducting a meditation retreat from 2nd to 9th Dec 2006 at Palelai Buddhist Temple in Singapore. See the retreat program schedule here. A S$20 fees for the entire retreat is applicable. Interested friends can obtain the application forms from me. Biography Thanissaro ...>

A Monk’s Response to An Ex-Buddhist Testimony


(Picture source: www.flickr.com) Buddhist Venerable wrote about this in response to the following question. Link: http://www.bdms.org.sg/Questions.html Question : Dear Bhante, Recently a past president of the Buddhist society at one of the institutes of higher education converted to Christianit ...>

News Article - Buddha on the Brain


Article Source: salon.com.Ex-monk B. Alan Wallace explains what Buddhism can teach Western scientists, why reincarnation should be taken seriously and what it's like to study meditation with the Dalai Lama.By Steve PaulsonNov. 27, 2006 | The debate between science and religion typically gets stuck o ...>

Researchers: Meditation may increase alertness


Just here for cuteness sake, this pic has nothing to do with the subject. ^^ (Picture source: http://www.flickr.com/) Meditation may increase alertness (Article source: The Daily Targum Kevin Gengler/Contributing Writer 11/7/06 A study conducted by University of Kentucky researchers found that ...>

Interesting Old News - Phenomenon of reincarnation still mystifies modern scientists


(Photo source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattyu_/165379358/) Phenomenon of reincarnation still mystifies modern scientists22.03.2005Clinical death is one of the biggest mysteries that modern science still cannot solve Some people say they remember their previous lives and can describe what th ...>

Jesus Taught That All Non-christians Go to Hell?


(Picture source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/61191065@N00/235017132/) Outside View: Pat Robertson and the demonic powers (Text source: http://news.monstersandcritics.com/ ) NEW YORK, NY, United States (UPI) -- I am sure by now that several of my colleagues on this page have discussed Pat R ...>

Buddhism and Science - Ajahn Brahmavamso


(Picture source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/93996572@N00/63719196/)BUDDHISM AND SCIENCEYou may listen to the audio version of the talk (Or download it here). Written version is as follows.Based on a talk given by Ajahn Brahmavamso to lay people at the Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Nollamara, Wester ...>

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