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Virginia Beach says rural home is no place for Buddhist center - Daily Press


Virginia Beach says rural home is no place for Buddhist centerDaily Press, VA - 13 hours agoThe issue started last year when a master Buddhist monk moved into the four-bedroom, $950000 house. Two younger monks live with him and others pass through ... ...>

Wrappers’ Delight


“At the end of five hundred years My presence will be in the form of scriptures. Consider them as identical to me And show them due respect.” In The Words of My Perfect Teacher, Paltrul Rinpoche uses this quotation from Shakyamuni Buddha to illustrate the Buddhist practice of ‘taking refuge ...>

Thai temple makes lucky charms of infants' ashes - Reuters South Africa


BBC NewsThai temple makes lucky charms of infants' ashesReuters South Africa, South Africa - 1 hour agoBANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai Buddhist temple has been reprimanded by religious authorities for selling amulets containing the ashes of cremated infants to ...Thailand's frenzy for ...>

Back from the Dead


Actually, I've been quite busy in the land of the living lately.  A lot has been happening.  I took a week off from the bookstore the week before last, but ended up in a bunch of meetings with various UWest administrators about taking the Resident Housing Manager job.  Long story sho ...>

Fake credentials outed in land of over-achievers - Sydney Morning Herald


Fake credentials outed in land of over-achieversSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 39 minutes agoWell-known performers, media personalities, assorted scholars and even a revered Buddhist monk have been outed as resume inflaters. ...Korea Confronts Spate of Phony Résumés Washington Postal ...>

SHINTO & BUDDHISM Japan's Shinto-Buddhist religious medley - The Japan Times


The Japan TimesSHINTO & BUDDHISM Japan's Shinto-Buddhist religious medleyThe Japan Times, Japan - 1 hour agoBut many people have trouble making theological distinctions between the two or even telling a Buddhist temple from a Shinto shrine. ... ...>

Thailand's frenzy for amulets - BBC News


BBC NewsThailand's frenzy for amuletsBBC News, UK - 12 minutes agoOn Sunday mornings, crowds build around the main temple in Nakhon, Wat Mahathat, one of Thailand's most revered Buddhist temples. ... ...>

Buddha Statue Stolen for Scrap Metal - The Associated Press


PRESS TVBuddha Statue Stolen for Scrap MetalThe Associated Press - 4 hours ago... 7-foot statue of Buddha, covered in copper-laden bronze, was stolen from an outdoor temple shrine at the Thai Buddhist Center of Minnesota, police said. ...Buddha statue stolen for scrap metal PRESS TVBuddha stat ...>

International Buddhist centre for Yatinuwara - Ceylon Daily News


International Buddhist centre for YatinuwaraCeylon Daily News, Sri Lanka - 1 hour agoThe building constructed at the Vihara premises for an International Buddhist Centre to commemorate the Ven. Weliwita Saranankara Sangha Raja Thera who had ... ...>

Piyadasa Sirisena: Farsighted social and religious reformer - Ceylon Daily News


Ceylon Daily NewsPiyadasa Sirisena: Farsighted social and religious reformerCeylon Daily News, Sri Lanka - 1 hour agoOn the other hand there emerged a reawakening of nationalism in the Maritime Provinces and the beginnings of resistance which first featured the Buddhist ... ...>