Buddhism News

They are four, small Japanese words: Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. But Angelica Puga believes that chanting the Mystic Law of Buddhism -- at least twice a day for the past 1 1/2 years -- has changed her outlook on life.

Dancers draped in silk moved to the beat of drums, evil spirits were warded off and over 60,000 plastic water bottles were collected as the annual three-day Hemis festival began.

Posted by Rachel Hiles in : India , News , Science , Tibetan Buddhism , trackback An article appearing in yesterday's New York Times highlights an emerging month-long math and science program designed for Tibetan nuns and monks living in Dharamsala, India.

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I recommend reading this; it's a self-explanatory tutorial of the "structure" of Mahayana Buddhism , as opposed to the list of precepts, which then is followed by an introduction to the Lankavatara sutra itself.

BEIJING: The officially atheist government of China has given itself a new cause, which is to promote the countrya s image as an important centre of Buddhism.

Writing for the Kansas City Star , Vern Barnet has a noteworthy perspective on the Heart Sutra .

Two relics said to be from body of Sakyamuni, founder of Buddhism, were returned Tuesday to the Beijing Yunju Temple, where they were first found, a temple official said.

The President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, speaking at the International Buddhist Centre in Colombo on June 16, after unveiling the replica of the statue of the Buddha at Sarnath which he presented to the centre, said that mankind with all its achievements in the world of science and technology was in sore need of that spiritual element in its mental and ...

If you listen closely, you can hear the spinning of the dharma in the multiplexes.

Posted by James Shaheen in : Meditation , Retreats , Tibetan Buddhism , trackback "The greatest gift you can give someone," says B. Alan Wallace, "is your attention." I've just given him nearly 15 minutes of mine and it was worth it, and I'll listen to more tomorrow .

Tibetan Buddhism identifies six 'bardos', or states of consciousness, associated with the phases of life and death.

One of the accusations of a critic of Buddhism discussed in the previous post -- right before "its primitive cosmology of universe-toting turtles," which still make me giggle -- is "women cannot become Buddhas and must be reborn as men to attain Nirvana." I'd like to address that briefly.

Yogi Acharya Lama Gursam will be visiting Brattleboro from Thursday, June 18, through Sunday, June 21.

KOLKATA: Lord Buddha may have been born in Nepal and attained Nirvana in India, but it is China which has the largest number of World Heritage Sites of Buddhism, says Mao Siwei, Consul-General of China in Kolkata.

Many people have trouble living up to their parents' expectations. Maybe your folks want you to get better exam results or a higher-paying job.

I read a book that says Jesus studied Buddhism in the East. It all started when He ran away from home when He was 13 years old because He was pressured to get married by the society, as it was common in that era.

Cause of the incident On June 7, a report titled "Shi Yongxin ordered a custom-made brocade robe; the gold thread used alone standing at 50,000 yuan" was "a great hit" on various major web portals.

Will the lavish scale of her 'beautification' projects result in a Mayawati school of architecture? Kishore Singh checks out the chief minister's authoritarian obsession for monument-building in the face of scathing opposition.

A book on Nepalese Buddhist Master Buddhabhadra was released on Saturday amid a program to mark the 1,600 anniversary of Buddhist Mission to China.