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Volunteer profile - Sacramento Bee


Sacramento BeeVolunteer profileSacramento Bee, CA - 27 minutes ago"I've been involved with soccer and basketball with the Sacramento Buddhist Church and with the Sacramento Barons and Greenhaven Soccer Club," said Fukui, ... ...>

Sometimes the grass just isn't greener - Moneyweb


Sometimes the grass just isn't greenerMoneyweb, South Africa - 28 minutes agoThe one was the secretary of the Nan Hua Buddhist Temple http://www.nanhua.co.za in Bronkhorstspruit. The temple would do well to have as a media ... ...>

Escalating “Securing” the Peace

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 11, 2007

The funniest name yet for Mr. Bush: The Escalator. Rings too true. He has already given up on the "terminator" (and we have one in California anyway) when he said last year that he conflict with Iraq would become the burden of whomever came next. He was the "initiator," and the "pacifier" certainly ...>

Apple iPhone Revisited

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 11, 2007

The excitement over the iPhone keeps growing. Various financial analysts have reported quite positively on the product, with one of those, UBS Investment Research, getting right to what the iPhone truly represents for Apple, a "convergence platform." That is exactly what the iPhone represents. It ...>

Buddhist organization raided over forced membership allegations - Mainichi Daily News


Mainichi Daily NewsBuddhist organization raided over forced membership allegationsMainichi Daily News, Japan - 52 minutes agoYOKOHAMA -- Police raided the headquarters of a Buddhist religious corporation and seven related facilities on Thursday, and arrested three members accused ... ...>

China bans Tibetans from marking festival - Sun2Surf


China bans Tibetans from marking festivalSun2Surf, Malaysia - 1 hour agoBEIJING (Jan 11, 2007): China banned government workers, Communist Party members and students in Tibet from marking a recent Buddhist festival, ...China bans Tibetans from marking festival Mail & Guardian Onlineall 6 ...>

Showing up a latter-day 'deity' - Bangkok Post


Showing up a latter-day 'deity'Bangkok Post, Thailand - 1 hour agoHowever, for Thais in general and especially those acquainted with Buddhist art, it is not difficult to interpret these stat-uettes as figurative imitations ... ...>

Textual Healing


There’ll be a Floki update at the end of this post, with surprises, but believe it or not I am here in Mongolia for reasons other than managing a menagerie, and I have big news that I’ve been sitting on for a while. In the promotional material for our Mongolian Buddhism Revival Project (MBRP) ...>

Buddhist Congresswoman Rep. Hirono

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 10, 2007

The Buddhist Channel has a short article on Rep. Mazie Hirono, a Democrat from Hawaii, who also happens to be Buddhist. While much attention was devoted to Rep. Keith Ellison (Democrat, Minnesota) for his decision to be sworn in with a Quran instead of a Bible, Rep. Hirono needed no holy book - say ...>

Kalama Sutta To the Kalamas


(Photo source: flick.com)Kalama SuttaTo the KalamasTranslated from the Pali byThanissaro BhikkhuTranslator's note: Although this discourse is often cited as the Buddha's carte blanche for following one's own sense of right and wrong, it actually says something much more rigorous than that. Traditio ...>

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