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Police nab fake nun who carries condoms in her bag - Monsters and Critics.com


Police nab fake nun who carries condoms in her bagMonsters and Critics.com, UK - 39 minutes agoTaipei - Taiwan police have arrested a fake Buddhist nun who has been stealing money from temples and carries condoms in her bag, a newspaper said Saturday. ... ...>

Police nab fake nun who carries condoms in her bag - Monsters and Critics.com


Police nab fake nun who carries condoms in her bagMonsters and Critics.com, UK - 2 hours agoTaipei - Taiwan police have arrested a fake Buddhist nun who has been stealing money from temples and carries condoms in her bag, a newspaper said Saturday. ... ...>

Ahhh, the Melting Pot


You learn something new every day.  It seems that there were five tribes of American Indians who owned black slaves back in the day, including the Cherokee.  A vote is being held (today, I think) to determine if the "freedmen" descended from those slaves currently included as me ...>

Holy text to be presented - Bangkok Post


Holy text to be presentedBangkok Post, Thailand - 2 hours agoThailand will present the international edition of the Pali Tripitaka in Roman script to Buddhist and education organisations in India, Japan, and Sweden, ...Gifts of Tipitaka to strengthen ties Nation Multimediaall 3 news articl ...>

Extremists kill two in drive-bys - Bangkok Post


PRESS TVExtremists kill two in drive-bysBangkok Post, Thailand - 4 hours agoIn neighbouring Pattani province, a 70-year-old Buddhist rubber tapper was also gunned down in a drive-by attack, police said. ...Soldiers kill 5 suspected insurgents in Thailand's restive south North County Ti ...>

Monks protest over mistreatment of ethnic Cambodians - Radio Australia


Monks protest over mistreatment of ethnic CambodiansRadio Australia, Australia - 44 minutes agoHundreds of mostly Buddhist monks have staged a noisy protest over what they say is the mistreatment of ethnic Cambodians living in Vietnam. ...Cambodian police break up monks' protest Radio ...>

From punk to Piaf - The Standard


The StandardFrom punk to PiafThe Standard, Hong Kong - 1 hour agoHell-raiser, pop diva, Buddhist, Miss August - it seems the only thing Belinda Carlisle hasn't tried is singing in French - until now. ... ...>

Origins of a festival - Shanghai Daily


Shanghai DailyOrigins of a festivalShanghai Daily, China - 1 hour agoAt that time, as Indian Buddhist missionaries made their way into China, people believed they saw deities whirling about in a dance under the moonlight ... ...>

Agnostic Buddhism retreat begins next week - Tallahassee.com


Agnostic Buddhism retreat begins next weekTallahassee.com, FL - 1 hour agoThe couple will be in Tallahassee from Wednesday through March 11 for a public lecture followed by a four-day retreat at the Tallahassee Buddhist Community ... ...>

A different kind of doubt


The Buddha summons us to a different kind of doubt, “like analyzing gold, scorching, cutting and rubbing it to test its purity.” For this form of doubt really exposes us to the truth if we follow it to the end,... ...>