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Phnom Penh, a city of scars and smiles - Jakarta Post


Phnom Penh, a city of scars and smilesJakarta Post, Indonesia - 1 hour agoVisitors here could be forgiven for mistaking the National Museum for a shrine or Buddhist monastery. Its central courtyard is an sanctuary of calm with ... ...>

Railway linking Tibet with rest of China brings flocks of tourists … - North County Times


Railway linking Tibet with rest of China brings flocks of tourists ...North County Times, CA - 8 minutes agoTibet's Buddhist culture, often besieged in the past half-century of Chinese rule by religious restrictions and communist political movements, ... ...>

Thai police find 22 bodies of Burmese migrants in sea - The Age


Thai police find 22 bodies of Burmese migrants in seaThe Age, Australia - 4 hours agoThe 22 bodies, including those of eight women, 10 men and four children were being kept at a Buddhist temple in Ranong for autopsies, he said. ...Thai police retrieve 22 dead Myanmar migrants from the Anda ...>

Silent Night: A Buddhist retreat in West Virginia - Kansas City Star


Silent Night: A Buddhist retreat in West VirginiaKansas City Star, MO - 16 minutes agoBy ANDREA SACHS It was a late afternoon meditation at the Bhavana Society, a Buddhist retreat tucked away in the whispering woods near High View, W.Va., ... ...>

Silent Night: A Buddhist retreat in West Virginia - Kansas City Star


Silent Night: A Buddhist retreat in West VirginiaKansas City Star, MO - 4 hours agoBy ANDREA SACHS It was a late afternoon meditation at the Bhavana Society, a Buddhist retreat tucked away in the whispering woods near High View, W.Va., ... ...>

Simplicity: "We Have Met the Enemy…" - WorldChanging


Simplicity: "We Have Met the Enemy..."WorldChanging - 1 hour agoMy sense at the time was that simple living was best addressed in Buddhist thinking I'd studied. I felt that I was drawn to Buddhism for its simplicity, ... ...>

A schism in the order of - Sunday Times.lk


Sunday Times.lkA schism in the order ofSunday Times.lk, Sri Lanka - 1 hour agoEven the Buddhist priests were divided. There was no unity among them. They altered the 'Vinaya' rules to their benefit. During this time, some donned the ... ...>

Statuesque witness to self-destruction - The Statesman


Statuesque witness to self-destructionThe Statesman, India - 1 hour agoWith Bamiyan in Afghanistan lost forever, many such Buddhist statues and monumental heritage similar to Bamiyan lying on the same famous Silk Route in ... ...>

What the Buddha did NOT teach


Extracted from Dharma e-News Issue 13 (January 2008 – to April 2008) by Christopher TitmussThe Pali Discourses (Suttas) are the original body of texts of the words of the Buddha.The purpose of this article is to point out some aspects of what the Buddha did not teach.The Pali suttas show that the ...>

Christmas tree says: Life not all glitter, lights - Chicago Tribune


Christmas tree says: Life not all glitter, lightsChicago Tribune, United States - 56 minutes agoI don't say any of this from the perspective of a vegan or a Buddhist or someone who has never squashed a bug. I don't qualify as spiritually elevated on ...Vandals ransack church displa ...>