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A Foreign Take on a Korean Buddhist Custom - The Seoul Times


A Foreign Take on a Korean Buddhist CustomThe Seoul Times, South Korea - 16 minutes agoCommon sites are lotus lanterns, Buddhist bead making, and parades honoring the deity. Many foreigners come camera-ready to capture a glimpse of this ... ...>

Christopher Reynolds' Where Am I? - Los Angeles Times


Christopher Reynolds' Where Am I?Los Angeles Times, CA - 37 minutes agoKnown as the Shwedagon Pagoda, it's a key Buddhist site in a nation not known for its religiosity -- in a region recently beset by natural disaster. ... ...>

Vesak celebration atmosphere pervading every province - VietNamNet Bridge


Vesak celebration atmosphere pervading every provinceVietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - 1 hour agoNorthern Quang Ninh Province anticipate thousands of visitors to Yen Tu, the Buddhist centre of Vietnam during the Tran Dynasty, and Ha Long Bay, ...Fundraising hopes to bring smiles for 2000 childr ...>

Deputy PM inspects preparations for Vesak - VietNamNet Bridge


Deputy PM inspects preparations for VesakVietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - 22 hours agoDeputy PM Khiem also said the UN Day of Vesak, the most important Buddhist festival which will run in Hanoi from May 13-17, is an event of great ... ...>

Dalai Lama's Envoys To Talk With Chinese - Wall Street Journal


CitizenDalai Lama's Envoys To Talk With ChineseWall Street Journal - 3 hours ago"Now the time has come for the Chinese government to conduct a thorough, realistic review," the 72-year-old Buddhist leader said, a maroon shawl wrapped ...China`s claim over Tawang untenable: Arunacha ...>

Dalai Lama's Envoys To Talk With Chinese - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street JournalDalai Lama's Envoys To Talk With ChineseWall Street Journal - 15 hours ago"Now the time has come for the Chinese government to conduct a thorough, realistic review," the 72-year-old Buddhist leader said, a maroon shawl wrapped ... ...>

Myanmar junta creating another 'catastrophe' by stonewalling on … - San Francisco Chronicle


The Southern LedgerMyanmar junta creating another 'catastrophe' by stonewalling on ...San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 32 minutes agoThe United Nations warns of a "second catastrophe" unless a huge aid effort is begun immediately, and Buddhist monks and other Myanmar citiz ...>

Remnants of Possible Oldest Buddhist Tower Uncovered - 조선일보(영문판)


Remnants of Possible Oldest Buddhist Tower Uncovered조선일보(영문판), South Korea - 19 hours agoArchaeologists are now hoping to find evidence of a Buddhist temple as well as more hints of the possible tower to prove their theory. ... ...>

Myanmar Allows First US Aid Shipment Following Horrific Cyclone - NewsHour


Voice of AmericaMyanmar Allows First US Aid Shipment Following Horrific CycloneNewsHour - 8 hours agoSurvivors are packed into Buddhist temples and schools on the outskirts of the storm's path of destruction. But these makeshift gathering places lack ...Myanmar town struggles to feed cyclon ...>

Traveling through Myanmar - MSNBC


Canada.comTraveling through MyanmarMSNBC - 6 hours agoWhile most tourists cancelled their trips to this exotic Buddhist country in the months since the protests last fall, we decided to stick to our initial ...Myanmar Allows First US Aid Shipment Following Horrific Cyclone NewsHourMyanmar town ...>