21/02/2013 11:44 (GMT+7)
In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Reno Buddhist Center (RBC), largest Buddhist congregation in Northern Nevada, has honored Hindu statesman Rajan Zed. |
20/02/2013 19:06 (GMT+7)
Christian Thomas Kohl dissects key terms in the teachings of Nagarjuna and transposes these ideas with Quantum Physics. The following is a summary of his thesis on the subject. |
20/02/2013 11:06 (GMT+7)
Authorities have shut two temples on a sacred Buddhist mountain in northern China and arrested six people after fake monks reportedly deceived tourists into donating money, Chinese state media and an official said on Sunday. |
13/02/2013 18:36 (GMT+7)
Da Nang monk Thich Tu Nghiem has amassed a dazzling collection of over 200 Buddhist statues made from wood, silver, brass and even ox horn. Now he plans to hold an exhibition at his pagoda to pass on the treasures to future generations. |
13/02/2013 10:12 (GMT+7)
MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) – President Vladmir Putin wished a happy New Lunar Year to Russia’s Buddhists on Monday, as they marked their main religious festival, the Kremlin reported on its website. |
12/02/2013 11:29 (GMT+7)
Tokyo, Japan -- Put it down to good karma. More than 100 curious citizens applied over the Internet for the chance to feast on vegetarian fare at the table of Kakuho Aoe, chief monk of the Ryokusenji temple in Tokyo’s Asakusa district. |
11/02/2013 11:14 (GMT+7)
Chandigarh, Pakistan -- Buddhist sites left to ruin in Pakistan could get a fresh lease of life as a Haryana-based NGO -The Buddhist Forum (TBF) - ventures on an ambitious mission to save and highlight the lost glory of the age-old monuments. |
10/02/2013 13:28 (GMT+7)
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- With the rapid spread of Buddhism in the western United States, boosted by increased immigration from Asia, Americans should consider applying Buddhist principles to solve their everyday problems. Although Buddhism has two major sects - Theravada and Mahayana - both agree on the crux of Buddhist philosophy based on the Four Noble Truths (FNT), the Noble Eightfold Path (NEP), and the associated 12-factor formula of conditioned genesis (paticca samuppada). |
08/02/2013 17:25 (GMT+7)
Gangsu, China -- A block of stone inscription, believe to be a thousand years old, was discovered in a temple burial ground in Gangsu, China. |
07/02/2013 10:59 (GMT+7)
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea -- A centuries-old tradition of Buddhist cuisine, with strict bars on foods linked to lust or anger, is enjoying a revival in South Korea, one of Asia's most high-stress societies. |
05/02/2013 10:14 (GMT+7)
BANGKOK, Thailand -- If Thai Buddhism has been corrupted and lost its way, as critics are alleging, you would never know it by talking to Mod and her friends, whose devotion keeps them making merit and seeking solace at Wat Tha Mai, one of Bangkok’s scores of Buddhist temples, every weekend. |
29/01/2013 11:06 (GMT+7)
Shanxi, China -- Walking along spectacular Lifo Avenue, with its 26 marble ornamental pillars, I marvelled at the grand renovations undertaken at the Yungang Grottoes site. Compared with last time I visited nearly a decade ago, the zone has expanded to almost eight times the previous size, adding ancient-style pavilions and temples, a well-equipped exhibition hall and even a castle-style theater that stretches deep underground. |
29/01/2013 11:00 (GMT+7)
Jaipur, India -- One of the world's most respected spiritual leaders has asked that mercy be shown in the case of the men accused of last month's brutal gang rape and murder of a woman on a bus in New Delhi. |
27/01/2013 21:40 (GMT+7)
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, 24 January 2013 - The Jaipur Literature Festival that began in 2006 and has grown to be an event of world significance was host today to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The theme of this year’s Festival is ‘The Buddha in Literature’. |
27/01/2013 10:07 (GMT+7)
Mumbai, India, 23 January 2013 - Today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama fulfilled a long-standing invitation and visited St Xavier’s, the venerable Roman Catholic college in the heart of Mumbai. The principal, Fr Frazer Mascarenhas escorted him from his car into the main courtyard, which erupted in cheers as excited students, not only on the ground, but also at the windows and balconies of the upper floors, called out their warm welcome. |
25/01/2013 10:08 (GMT+7)
Mundgod, Karnataka, India: - The 26th Mind & Life conference successfully concluded on January 22, at the Drepung Monastery, known as the second Nalanda University of Tibet. Over 8000 people, the majority of them Tibetan monastics attended the 6-day event, which also attracted significant interest worldwide. The live webcast of the event on www.dalailama.com received 240,000 hits over the course of the event. |
24/01/2013 08:59 (GMT+7)
Mundgod, Karnataka, India: - The spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama arrived at Mundgod for Mind & Life meeting today, 21 January, his shoulders draped with a green shawl that he explained he had been given by people who had just met him seeking his support for the local polio vaccination campaign. His Holiness laughed to see that the day's first presenter, Sona Dimidjian, was wearing almost exactly the same colour. |
23/01/2013 16:50 (GMT+7)
Mundgod, Karnataka, India, 20 January 2013 –The spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness, the Dalai Lama keenly participated in all the sessions while several scientists and scholars made their presentations at the Drepung University in Mundgod, Karnataka State, South India. |
22/01/2013 13:34 (GMT+7)
It’s important to maintain secrecy in the Vajrayana. The Vajrayana is called ‘the secret mantra yana’ because it is intended to be practiced in secrecy. It is not secret because there is something to hide, but in order to protect the practitioner from the pitfalls and downfalls that ego can bring to the practice. |
21/01/2013 12:37 (GMT+7)
Mundgod, Karnataka, India: - Hundreds of Buddhism and Science scholars with presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet have have discussed "Quantum Physics" and "Neuroscience," during 2-3 day of the 26th Mind and Life meeting, which being held at the Drepung university, notably known as the second Nalanda University of Tibet. |
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