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Pakistani art makes US debut amid political challenges - Reuters India


The Express TribunePakistani art makes US debut amid political challengesReuters IndiaAn exhibit of rare Buddhist sculptures, architectural reliefs and works of gold and bronze is opening at the Asia Society Museum on Tuesday after a long and tumultuous journey from Pakistan. The works, many of whic ...>

Buddhist Geeks and the virtual path to enlightenment - The Guardian


The GuardianBuddhist Geeks and the virtual path to enlightenmentThe GuardianFirst glances might suggest that new technology and Buddhism make for uncomfortable bedfellows. A 2500-year-old tradition aimed at ending unhealthy attachment seems at odds with gadgetry so addictive that a quarter of smartp ...>

Released lobsters retaken, group says - Boston Globe


Released lobsters retaken, group saysBoston GlobeCiaramitaro did not know how the crew ascertained the location of the Buddhist drop zone, but he admitted that the whole episode may have been a joke designed to break up the long days and hard work of fishing the Atlantic. “The job is so tough, ... ...>

Queens housekeeper says Buddhist monk enslaved her - Boston Globe


Daily MailQueens housekeeper says Buddhist monk enslaved herBoston GlobeAP / August 9, 2011 NEW YORK - A Korean immigrant housekeeper accuses her former employers - a Korean Buddhist monk and his family - of keeping her as a prisoner in their homes in Queens for 12 years and forcing her to work as t ...>

Buddhist monk accused of keeping slave in New York - Sydney Morning Herald


Daily MailBuddhist monk accused of keeping slave in New YorkSydney Morning HeraldA housekeeper is accusing a Korean Buddhist monk and his family of forcing her to work as a "slave" in their US home. The New York Times reports that the lawsuit alleges the family kept the woman prisoner in t ...>

Skywatching Events for August 2011 - Space.com


Space.comSkywatching Events for August 2011Space.comIts Sinhala (Buddhist) name is Nikini Poya. The Full Moon rises around sunset and sets around sunrise, the only night in the month when the Moon is in the sky all night long. The rest of the month, the Moon spends at least some time in the daytime ...>

Art Transcends Politics for Asia Society’s New Pakistani Exhibit - DNAinfo


DAWN.comArt Transcends Politics for Asia Society's New Pakistani ExhibitDNAinfoWhen Asia Society's new exhibit "The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Art of Gandhara" opens on Tuesday, museum-goers will have a chance to see Buddhist sculptures, architecture and other art works made fr ...>

Treading on a Buddhist-Hindu Axis - Lankaweb


Treading on a Buddhist-Hindu AxisLankawebBy Gomin Dayasri Buddhism and Hinduism live in harmony beside each other in most shrines in Sri Lanka: devotees of both religions worship in tandem at the same site. The cultural bondage arising from the Hindu-Buddhist traditions ingrained in our ...and more& ...>

Where even Buddhist nun isn’t spared - Republica


Where even Buddhist nun isn't sparedRepublicaBut what happened in eastern Nepal in the last week of June was very uncommon, very rare and very shocking: A Buddhist nun who was returning home on a public bus was forced to spend the night inside it. There, she was assaulted and gang-raped. ... ...>

BC-US–Housekeeper-Lawsuit, 1st Ld-Writethru,133 - WGME


BC-US--Housekeeper-Lawsuit, 1st Ld-Writethru,133WGMENYC housekeeper accuses employer of enslaving her Eds: Corrects that suit was filed in Brooklyn, not Manhattan. Queens home for 12 years under threat of death. court. It names as defendants Soo Bok Choi, a Buddhist monk; two of of the estate of his ...>

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