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Obon Festival drums up a good time for attendees - Bridgeton News


Obon Festival drums up a good time for attendeesBridgeton News,  United States - 3 hours agoNaoki Kono of the Seabrook Buddhist Temple. "People traditionally hang paper lanterns, light small bon fires and dance dances of joy. ... ...>

SOCIAL IN BRIEF 23/7 - VietNamNet Bridge


SOCIAL IN BRIEF 23/7VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - 1 hour agoThe Buddhist Sangha of central Thua Thien-Hue Province convened its 5th congress on July 21-22 to review operations of the 4th term and put forth directions ... ...>

Interview with Mechai Viravaidya on Talk Asia - CNN


Interview with Mechai Viravaidya on Talk AsiaCNN - 32 minutes agoWe got Buddhist monks to be involved. We did a study into Buddhist scriptures and a quotation from Buddhist scriptures said birth caused suffering. ... ...>

Interview with Mechai Viravaidya on Talk Asia - CNN


Interview with Mechai Viravaidya on Talk AsiaCNN - 16 hours agoWe got Buddhist monks to be involved. We did a study into Buddhist scriptures and a quotation from Buddhist scriptures said birth caused suffering. ... ...>

Interview with Mechai Viravaidya on Talk Asia - CNN


Interview with Mechai Viravaidya on Talk AsiaCNN - Jul 22, 2007We got Buddhist monks to be involved. We did a study into Buddhist scriptures and a quotation from Buddhist scriptures said birth caused suffering. ... ...>

Bhikku’s driving licence issue set for argument - Ceylon Daily News


Bhikku’s driving licence issue set for argumentCeylon Daily News, Sri Lanka - 2 hours agoConsequent to the reply dated July 13, 2004 sent to the respondent by the Commissioner of Buddhist Affairs that the All Island Shashanarakshaka Mandalaya ... ...>

Getting lost in the Nationalistic Buddhist-Panacea - Asian Tribune


Getting lost in the Nationalistic Buddhist-PanaceaAsian Tribune, Thailand - 1 hour agoIn Sri Lanka the military has the blessings and the unreserved support of the Buddhist clergy to enforce a military solution to the ongoing ethnic war. ..."The myth of 'Lion ancestry' & a ...>

Getting lost in the Nationalistic Buddhist-Panacea - Asian Tribune


Getting lost in the Nationalistic Buddhist-PanaceaAsian Tribune, Thailand - Jul 22, 2007In Sri Lanka the military has the blessings and the unreserved support of the Buddhist clergy to enforce a military solution to the ongoing ethnic war. ... ...>

New Zealand’s Buddha Boom


Auckland, New Zealand -- Thousands of New Zealanders from all walks of life have one thing in common: they are followers of Buddhism. Twenty-four years ago, Charlotte Wrightson used to thrash around angrily in an Auckland punk band called The... ...>

We cannot hope to die peacefully if our lives have been full of violence…


We cannot hope to die peacefully if our lives have been full of violence, or if our minds have mostly been agitated by emotions like anger, attachment, or fear. So if we wish to die well, we must learn how... ...>