December 16 - PATTANI, Dec 16 (Bernama) -- The Thai Buddhist People's Network has expressed support for the peace process in Southern Thailand and called for violence in the area to stop. 

Dec 15 - Kathmandu: The foremost leader of a Buddhist sect says the Bodh Gaya bombing in India is a kind of warning and Buddhists around the world will have to be careful.

In 1995, a respected philanthropist inaugurated a Buddhist temple in Vancouver to share its spiritual service with the local community. But soon after the establishment of Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Society, its founder decided that only so many devotees could benefit from the location and space of a physical temple. For Buddhist philosophy to be understood by as many as possible, Mr. Robert Hung Ngai Ho knew that Buddhists needed to get online for a worldwide platform. Thus Buddhistdoor.com was born, which its first editor, Alan Kwan, and his team would bring to life as one of the first and largest Buddhist websites in the world. 

Practitioners have been attesting to it for years, and now medical science is waking up to the idea that meditation really does have health benefits. A new study, published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, has discovered specific molecular changes in the body after a period of mindful meditation.

December 08 - A 1,400-year-old Buddhist temple, built during the Northern Qi Dynasty, has been discovered in north China's Shanxi Province, which arcahelogists say may help shed light on the early Buddha carvings.

New Delhi, India, 6 December 2013 - After a tortuous drive through the Delhi traffic this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Vasant Valley School in the south of the city. It is a school that makes a priority of academic achievement within a community of well-rounded individuals. His Holiness was met on arrival by the Director Arun Kapur and Mrs Rekha Purie, who escorted him to the stage of an amphitheatre within the grounds, where expectant students and staff awaited them. Following Mr Kapur’s brief introduction, His Holiness spoke.

New Delhi, India, 11 December 2013 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama is currently staying at the TCV Student Hostel complex in Delhi and had this morning agreed to pose for group photographs with the resident students. He also took the opportunity to speak to them about the value of education.

New Delhi, India, 4 December 2013 - The day was just breaking as His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at the Kempinski Hotel this morning to perform the various preparatory rites for the Vajrabhairava empowerment. When he began the hall was quiet and virtually empty, but towards the end of his rituals, two Mongolian musicians began to play poignant lilting melodies on their bowed, stringed instruments.

December 03-- GEORGE TOWN: PU Xian Temple on Jalan Bukit Dumbar was a hive of activities recently. Organised by the Pu Xian Buddhist Association, the kathina ceremony of offering robes to the monks was the highlight of the day's programme which began after sunrise at the temple.

New Delhi, India, 1 December 2013 - The Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) invited His Holiness the Dalai Lama to address a select gathering of corporate leaders, civil servants, academicians, professionals, and diplomats today as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. The event took place at the Jaypee Integrated Sports Complex, Greater Noida. His Holiness’s relations with the Birla family go back to the early days of his life in India. It was in their house in Mussoorie that he spent his first year in exile before moving to Dharamsala. In a brief meeting before his talk, he was presented with a framed photograph of himself with Mr & Mrs BK Birla on the veranda of Birla House in 1959 or 1960.