Feb 12 -- With anger and bitterness a common sight in these politically strained times, let’s pause and ask how we can still call ourselves Buddhists after allowing ourselves to sink this deep into the politics of hatred.

February 11 -- One of Canberra’s largest residents will be housed in a striking new hub that will cater for the territory’s growing Buddhist population.

Feb 10 -- A golden urn police maintain was the one stolen from Oudong mountain in December – sparking a furore and police investigation – was taken to the Royal Palace on Friday, police have said.

The Huong Pagoda Festival officially opened in Hanoi’s My Duc district on February 5 or the sixth day of the lunar New Year, with the attendance of about 50,000 pilgrims. 

Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Feb.6 (ANI): Buddhist monks in Bihar's Bodh Gaya District took part in a peace march recently to promote world peace.

Shillong, Meghalaya, India, 5 February 2014 - About 1000 Tibetans have settled in Shillong, among whom the first four families arrived in 1947. When His Holiness the Dalai Lama heard the Settlement Officer say this during an audience for Tibetans at the State Central Library in Shillong this morning, he wanted to know if there were any members of those families still here. Two hands went up. 

Shillong, Meghalaya, India, 3 February 2014 - Concluding his visit to Guwahati, this morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to the Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra, venue of the Festival of Tibet to give a White Tara Long-Life Empowerment. He spent some time performing the preparatory rituals while the 3000 strong audience gathered, many of them Buddhists from Guwahati and Mon-Tawang in nearby Arunachal Pradesh. He took the opportunity to encourage his listeners to be 21st century Buddhists, not to be satisfied with blind faith, but to find out what the Buddha is, what the historical Buddha taught and how it can be put into practice in their own lives. He also released a newly published book by Tsering Tendar entitled ‘From Mon-yul’, which describes the religious heritage and history of that part of Arunachal Pradesh.

Guwahati, Assam, India, 2 February 2014 - A bright, warm sun shone in a cloudless blue sky as His Holiness drove to Guwahati’s Nehru Stadium this morning. He had been invited to give the first LBS Founders’ Commemorative Lecture on a ‘Human Approach to Peace’. As he was escorted into the stadium he encountered on either side a crush of people eager not only to catch a glimpse of him, but wielding their mobile phones to capture a picture too. He sat with other dignitaries as a group of traditional musicians played and sang a ‘borgeet’, a traditional Assamese song dating back to the 15th century.

Jan 31 -- KENDRAPADA: The remains of a Buddha Vihar with four stupas, four stone images of Buddha and some stone slabs with inscriptions have been unearthed at Asiha hillock in Majhipada villagenear Udayagiri in Jajpur district.

Jan 30 -- VietNamNet Bridge: To pray for a good new year, you should go to the Ngoc Hoang temple on Mai Thi Luu Street, District 1. To enjoy a view and pray for peace, you should visit the Vinh Nghiem Pagoda.