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Yesterday | Salem-News.com

Misguided Buddhist Zealots

Keeramalai, a few kilometres to Dambakola Patuna, Kanagarayan kulam Buddhist stupa, Buddhist Statue built on a site, supposedly, visited by the Buddha, Buddha Statue IN Killinochchi and Buddhist Temple in Kanakarayan Kulam area on the site of a destroyed Hindu temple.

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Related Topix: Papua New Guinea, World News, Sri Lanka, Asia

Yesterday | Xinhuanet

Chinese Premier Wen meets Panchen Lama

Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday had a meeting with the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, at the Zhongnanhai compound in central Beijing, which is the office complex for both the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, World News, Wen Jiabao, Religion

Yesterday | Daily Camera

Longmont Buddhist Temple dedicates Japanese scrolls honoring early founders

Two hand-painted scrolls, which hang on either side of the shrine, depict two early founders of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, a non-monastic, household form of Japanese Buddhism the Longmont temple follows.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

The Telegraph

Monks chant green mantra

Gaya, Feb. 9: At least 800 Buddhist scholars and students from across the Karma Kagyu monasteries and nunneries across the Himalayas today gathered at Tergar monastery in Bodhgaya to take part in a conference as part of the three-day 15th annual Kagyu Winter Debate.

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The Guardian

Can a religion survive being stripped of its superstitions? | Julian Baggini

Some of Tibet's most eminent high lamas on a visit to the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist Monastery in Scotland.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

The Daily Eudemon

From the Eastern Notebooks

The Daily Eudemon "The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life." Samuel Johnson, The Idler , 4/5/1760 In the seventh century, Hung Jen, the fifth patriarch of Chinese Zen Buddhism, neared death.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

Gulf Times

Minister unveils India-Lanka partnership show

India-Sri Lanka development partnership has come alive through a photographic exhibition titled India through Sri Lankan Eyes that opened in Colombo on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Sri Lanka, World News, Asia, India, Religion

Sierra Sun

Meditation: It's not what you think

Dharma punk Noah Levine will present in Truckee, teaching attendees to break free from addictive thought patterns, quiet the mind and find your true heart.

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Related Topix: Truckee, CA, Religion, Fitness, Yoga

ArtsCriticATL.com

Review: Artists find many ways to spin the circle in "Contemporary...

Carl Jung introduced the mandala to mass culture almost singlehandedly more than three-quarters of a century ago through his analytical psychology, but it is only in the past fifty years that Americans' embrace of Asian religions and of New Age beliefs have given rise to the idea that anything circular and/or internally symmetrical might be a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Psychology, Science, Gallery, New-Age, Emory University, Religion

Mon Feb 06, 2012

InsideToronto.com

Modern Buddhism lecture slated for U of T Scarborough

Dr. Ian Harris, a professor from the University of Cumbria in England will bring his perspectives on Buddhist thought and culture to residents at the University of Toronto Scarborough on Wednesday, Feb.

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Related Topix: Religion, Southeast Asia, Cambodia

Sun Feb 05, 2012

People's Daily Online

Protection of the right to freedom of religious belief in Tibet

Tibet is one of China's ethnic autonomous regions, and the Tibetans mostly believe in Tibetan Buddhism.

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Examiner.com

Yen Tu Buddhist spring festival being celebrated in Vietnam

The earliest established religions in Vietnam according to Wikipedia are Mahayana Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Vietnam, Religion

WNYMedia.net

A Very BIG Buddha

Buddha is big in China and in Hong Kong that's literally true. On Lantau Island sits the world's largest outdoor seated Buddha statue.

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Sat Feb 04, 2012

People's Daily Online

'Sunning of the Buddha' at China monastery

XIAHE, Gansu - A huge Thangka bearing the image of the Buddha was unrolled to kick off an important Tibetan Buddhist gathering Saturday at Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

BellaOnline

Movies with Buddhist Themes

Many wonderful Buddhist movies have been made in recent years, both feature films and documentaries, and I listed some of them in a prior article, Buddhist Movies .

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Related Topix: Religion, Celebrities, Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, Yoga, Fitness, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Dead Again, Drama Movies

Core77 design blog

A Case of Bad Karma on Kickstarter

The idea behind a Zen garden is that combing all of that sand into intricate patterns improves the practitioner's concentration.

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All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Close to Home, a Cosmic Setting for Her Songs

IN the Himalayan art and artifacts that are the heart of the Rubin Museum of Art in Chelsea, some traditions go back thousands of years.

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Tricycle

New issueSpring 2012 TricycleNow online, and heading to newsstands soon

Why do we hold on to things we don't need? A guide to clearing clutter and forming new habits Founded in 1921 by D. T. Suzuki and others for the purpose of relaying the true spirit of Buddhism to the modern world.

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Art Knowledge News

The Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture to Show Buddhist Deities

Hanford, California.- The Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture is pleased to present "Wrathful Deities and Compassionate Bodhisattvas: Aides of the Buddhist Faith" on view at the center from February 4th through April 28th.

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Related Topix: Hanford, CA, Religion, Arts, Painting

Thu Feb 02, 2012

EDGE

Buddha: Triumph & Tragedy In The Life Of The Great Sage

Historically speaking, we know very little for certain about the life of Siddhartha Gautama, the man who came to be known as "the Buddha ." Although no one today seriously questions his actual existence in ancient India, debates still rage over the dates of his life, with the year of his death now being set anywhere between 486 and 360 B.C. To be ... (more)

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