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I’d Like to Thank Shakyamuni Buddha…
Well, I'll be. It seems there's a thing Brother Tom Armstrong cooked up called the Blogisattva Awards. It's a site dedicated, as they say, to "...honoring excellence in English-language Buddhist blogging." Despite that, they've seen fit to nominate li'l ol' DODR in a number of categories, including ...>
Sri Lanka : Consensus among Sinhalese essential for a solution … - Tamil Brisbane
Sri Lanka : Consensus among Sinhalese essential for a solution ...Tamil Brisbane, Australia - 1 hour agoIn regard to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, Sinhala politicians, community leaders, businessmen, NGOs, as well as Buddhist monks, need to arrive at a ...IA opens another front to dest ...>
DHAMMA ONLINE - Bangkok Post
DHAMMA ONLINEBangkok Post, Thailand - 1 hour agoAccording to Buddhist scriptures, nine months after Siddharttha Gautama attained enlightenment, on the full-moon day of the third lunar month, ... ...>
Last night on television: Imagine… (BBC1) - Hotel Babylon (BBC1) - Telegraph.co.uk
Last night on television: Imagine... (BBC1) - Hotel Babylon (BBC1)Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoYentob couldn’t make his snide quips to such formidable interviewees as Freudian psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. ...Imagine: The Secret of Lif ...>
Birla Foundation awards announced - Hindustan Times
Birla Foundation awards announcedHindustan Times, India - 26 minutes agoTripathi has devoted his entire life to study rare and unknown facets of Buddhist literature. He was the dean at Sampoornand University for three decades. ...Selected for Birla Foundation awards Hinduall 2 news article ...>
In pictures: Monks of Luang Prabang - BBC News
BBC NewsIn pictures: Monks of Luang PrabangBBC News, UK - 49 minutes agoLaos' top heritage centre, the city is known for its historic architecture, beautiful setting and as a living museum of Buddhist monastic life. ...>
Tenure!
Well it is finally here! I received official notification over the weekend of the University granting me tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. Woohoo! After the process, portfolio, reviews, and knowing that other folks did not make it (the letters went out a while ago for folks that for whate ...>
Demographic Winter Hokum
A recently released documentary called Demographic Winter: The Decline of the Human Family purportedly sounds the alarm that if nothing is done to reverse declining fertility rates our planetary society will reap enormously bad consequences. That characterization, of course, is too broad and too fr ...>
Nobel laureates urge arms embargo on Myanmar - Forbes
BBC NewsNobel laureates urge arms embargo on MyanmarForbes, NY - 1 hour agoMyanmar has been under concerted international pressure over its crackdown on peaceful demonstrations led by Buddhist monks in September, when the UN says ...Myanmar bars Suu Kyi from elections under new charter AFP ...>
The Burmese junta and the world's conscience - International Herald Tribune
Voice of AmericaThe Burmese junta and the world's conscienceInternational Herald Tribune, France - 2 hours agoAfter the ruling military junta shot and beat saffron-robed Buddhist monks and other citizens who were peacefully demonstrating for democracy last fall, ...Burma's Charade ...>
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