Source: Business Wire

Original Source: CBC News

https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=66,1832,0,0,1,0

On October 17, 2005 CBC News reported, "A Buddhist says the Income Tax Act is discriminatory because he can't deduct the cost of alternative medical treatments for his allergies and environmental sensitivities....

Source: The Age

On October 16, 2005 The Age reported, "[Caroline] Tully [a witch in Melbourne] is part of an Australian trend in which witches and charismatic Christians are leading religious growth. Many women are turning to witchcraft or paganism as a reaction to the patriarchal nature of traditional Christianity. Academic Dr Philip Hughes, of the Christian Research Association, told a Melbourne seminar on spirituality that 'nature' religions rose by 140 per cent between 1996 and 2001. Agnostics are on the rise, too. For many, the nature religions were...

Source: The Mariner

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On October 14, 2005 The Mariner reported, "[Glastonbury Abbey in Hingham, Massachusetts is hosting its] seventh annual series of 'Listening to Other Voices.' [This year, the themes is] 'Religion and the World We Live In.' The title was motivated by the abundance of news items that were defined or interpreted by a religious perspective. [These have included the] Tsunami... stem cell research... war... political...

Source: New Zealand Police

http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/2146.php

On October 11, 2005 the New Zealand Police press release reported, "The Police Religious Diversity Book will be launched in Christchurch on Wednesay 12 October 2005. 'A Practical Reference to Religious Diversity' covers seven major religious faiths including Maori spirituality, Buddhist Faith, Christian Faith, Hindu Faith, Islamic Faith, Jewish Faith, and the Sikh Faith. The book provides...

Source: The Patriot Ledger

http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2005/10/10/news/news03.txt

On October 10, 2005 The Patriot Ledger reported, "Just off busy Washington Street near Quincy Center, hundreds of Buddhists sought enlightenment this weekend.

Near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, the sweet smell of incense drifted from the Massachusetts Budhi Siksa Society’s Thousand Buddha Temple.

Inside, Buddhists from...

Source: The Mercury News

Wire Service: AP

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/152862762/

On October 9, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "There was no cheering, no chanting and no sign waving. The march organized by Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh brought together 3,000 people to...

Source: Salt Lake City Weekly

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On October 6, 2005 the Salt Lake City Weekly ran a feature article by Stephen Dark, a freelance writer. He provided readers with an overview of religious communities in and around Salt Lake City including Jewish, Quaker, Baptist, Mormon, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist centers. The following is part of the introduction to Dark's work: "Amidst the panoply of old and new religions, mega-churches and one-man-bands, the quest to find a spiritual home...

Source: KTVO-TV3

On October 3, 2005 KTVO-TV3 reported, "U.S. officials are sounding the alarm over a move to declare Buddhism the state religion in Sri Lanka. A constitutional amendment to that effect is to be considered Tuesday by Sri Lanka's parliament, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The commission says the amendment states that Sri Lankans 'professing Buddhism are bound to bring up their children in the same' and would make it unconstitutional to convert 'a Buddhist into other forms of worship...

Source: GJSentinel.com

Wire Service: AP

On October 2, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "Seventy years ago, Japanese-Americans working their Adams County, [Colorado] vegetable farms began building a place where their large families could gather, meditate and learn the teachings of Buddha. Since it was dedicated in February 1940, the Brighton Buddhist Temple could boast up to 160 members. But a decline in the number of followers of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, coupled with the fact that members'...

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-temple2oct02,0,7050671.story?coll=la-home-world

On October 2, 2005 the Los Angeles Times reported, "Watched by impassive granite peaks and the suspicious eyes of the North Korean secret police, a Buddhist temple is coming back to life in this most inhospitable terrain. For the last 11 months, South Korean monks and craftsmen have been living in...

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/02/weekinreview/02johnson.html

On October 2, 2005 The New York Times reported, "Except for the robes and the fact that each is addressed as "His Holiness," it would be hard to find much in common between Pope Benedict XVI and Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. Yet both have recently expressed an unhappiness with evolutionary science that would be a comfort to the Pennsylvania school board now in a...

Source: The Morning News

http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2005/10/02/news/rogers/02religion.txt

On October 2, 2005 The Morning News reported, "Joseph Bell [a New Orleans Parish resident and recent evacuee] believes God protected him through [Hurricane Katrina]... Bell,33, said he believes the destruction in New Orleans was mostly caused by man. He said man built the levees that failed to hold back the water from a city that had become inhabited by...

Source: Korea Times

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200510/kt2005100219045911970.htm

On October 2, 2005 the Korea Times reported, "Lay Buddhists working at a local temple joined an umbrella union group in the latest move by religious people to lean on collective action for better working conditions. Around 30 'Bodhisattvas' who work as security guards, parking agents and cooks at Samkwang Temple in the southern port city of Pusan have been in...

Source: The Buddhist Channel / The New York Times

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=2,1768,0,0,1,0

On October 1, 2005 The New York Times reported, "[Last Thursday, men were at work preparing] what is widely known in this section of the Connecticut River Valley as the Peace Pagoda, in preparation for the 20th anniversary of its dedication. The structure, built under the guidance of Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist monks, has twin staircases leading to a walkway...