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Prayers return to normal at riot-hit mosque in Lhasa - Xinhua


Prayers return to normal at riot-hit mosque in LhasaXinhua, China - 18 hours agoA group of officials from the China Buddhist Association Tibet Branch visited the prayers on Friday at the grand mosque. Zhikongqungcang Lobsangqiangba ... ...>

Political affiliations divide Bhutan before ballot - Times of India


Political affiliations divide Bhutan before ballotTimes of India, India - 1 hour agoThe isolated Buddhist kingdom has long stressed community bonding, but divisions ahead of the elections are creating serious problems, they say. ... ...>

Exquisite Bouquet


Here’s a measure of just how good I feel today: a third of the way through making the morning brew, my coffee maker heaved a steamy gasp, and perished. “Oh well,” I thought, “I’ll just put some extra milk in the strong stuff and make another cup later in my little camping plunger. Doot do ...>

Barack Obama in Salem, Oregon

  • Posted by Nacho
  • March 21, 2008

Today I had a chance to see Sen. Obama at a stop he made in Salem, OR. Part of a few stops in various towns, Sen. Obama delivered a fairly basic stump speech, followed by about twenty five minutes of questions and answers. Unlike the "town hall" meetings of Mr. Cheney and Mr. Bush during the last cy ...>

'I restore murals in Afghanistan' - Financial Times


'I restore murals in Afghanistan'Financial Times, UK - 1 hour agoBy Melanie Tringham The worst thing about my work restoring ancient Buddhist cave murals at Bamiyan in Afghanistan is the fear of setting off landmines laid ... ...>

Om Mani Padme Hum


I knew that giving the Olympic games to the PRC was a bad idea.  I was neither surprised by the demonstrations nor the military crackdown.  If the world doesn't respond, the Chinese government will simply use this as another excuse to further undermined freedom of religion, not to mention ...>

Religion meets reality in Tibet - Washington Times


Religion meets reality in TibetWashington Times, DC - 1 hour agoSome of the demonstrations against Chinese rule have been led by Buddhist monks, giving Chinese authorities a pretext to accuse the Dalai Lama, ... ...>

Dalai Lama arrives in Delhi for Buddhist discourses - Thaindian.com


Dalai Lama arrives in Delhi for Buddhist discoursesThaindian.com, Thailand - 41 minutes agoNew Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives in the capital late Friday evening for a nine-day discourse on Buddhist ... ...>

Voting on the king's orders - Economist


Boston GlobeVoting on the king's ordersEconomist, UK - 49 minutes agoPeasants and city-slickers alike turned a giant Buddhist prayer-wheel at the polling station's gate. “Democracy can be a good thing—we hope,” said one ...Video: Measuring Gross National Happiness in Bhutan w ...>

Holiness


Here's the last bit from an excellent interview in the latest Newsweek with His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Some images of the recent casualties have been graphic and disturbing. Have you seen them? What was your reaction? We heard you wept. Yes, I cried once. One advantage of belonging to the ...>