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Myanmar says 14 killed in protests: UN investigator - AFP


Aljazeera.netMyanmar says 14 killed in protests: UN investigatorAFP - 14 hours agoThe Myanmar government claimed that no Buddhist monks were among the dead, he added. Protests that began in August in anger at an overnight hike in fuel ...UN Envoy To Wind Up Human Rights Probe In Myanmar AHNMyan ...>

Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple gives to 5000 needy students - New Straits Times


Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple gives to 5000 needy studentsNew Straits Times, Malaysia - 5 minutes agoBy : Choong En Han Some 5000 needy students of all races and religions across the country will receive school necessities from the Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple ... ...>

Centre a first for Buddhists - Sussex Bay and Basin Times


Centre a first for BuddhistsSussex Bay and Basin Times, Australia - 3 hours agoBuddhists in the Milton-Ulladulla region are describing the opening as the next growth phase in Buddhism locally and say the Manjushri Centre will help them ... ...>

Prominent Myanmar Activists Arrested - Guardian Unlimited


Prominent Myanmar Activists ArrestedGuardian Unlimited, UK - 2 hours agoFrom AP YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar security forces have arrested two prominent anti-government activists - a Buddhist monk and a labor rights advocate, ... ...>

Buddhist buffet - Columbia Daily Tribune


Columbia Daily TribuneBuddhist buffetColumbia Daily Tribune, MO - 41 minutes agoTibetan Monk Champa Lhunpo, a member of the Dalai Lama’s monastery, talks to students in George Frissell’s Classical Ideas and World Religions class today ... ...>

We need to see our guest workers as human beings - Bangkok Post


We need to see our guest workers as human beingsBangkok Post, Thailand - 3 hours agoDuring the raid, the police found two Buddhist monks from Burma who said they were visiting relatives here and giving sermons and otherwise ministering to ... ...>

Sri Lanka: Tissamaharamaya - the modernised - monument of Magama - Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka (press release)


Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka (press release)Sri Lanka: Tissamaharamaya - the modernised - monument of MagamaPermanent Mission of Sri Lanka (press release), Switzerland - 46 minutes agoWhen the Thuparama and other Buddhist monasteries had been built in the Rajarata, many a similar viharar ...>

Myanmar authorities arrest 2 prominent activists, including … - International Herald Tribune


Philadelphia InquirerMyanmar authorities arrest 2 prominent activists, including ...International Herald Tribune, France - 2 hours agoU Gambira, a Buddhist monk who helped spearhead the pro-democracy demonstrations in Yangon was arrested several days ago, they said. ...Prominent Myanmar A ...>

* Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony held at Indiana Buddhist temple - Colombo Page


Colombo Page* Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony held at Indiana Buddhist templeColombo Page, Sri Lanka - 1 hour agoTwenty three venerable monks from Sri Lankan Buddhist temples in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Detroit and Burmese and Laos temples graced the occasion ... ...>

Rice to the Occasion


I've got tons of cool MBRP stuff to write about, but Brother Konchog's been a wee bit under the weather. Well on the mend, don't fret (Ma), but without the sustained energy for the grueling work that is the crafting of language (don't laugh, I use four fingers to type -- that's twice as many calori ...>