Author: Joshua Brockbank

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Westender

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=9,8066,0,0,1,0

On the edge of the hustle and bustle of a crowded cafe, one man distinctly stands out among the other patrons, looking a lot more relaxed than anyone else. It’s not just the orange-brown robes that set him apart, but the way he sits there drinking his tea as if he has all the time in the world.

He goes by...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Xinhua News Agency

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/28/content_11270516.htm

The first ever arts and cultural festival drawing on Buddhist cultural traditions has been unveiled in Britain.

The festival, known as The Many Faces of Buddhism, is held in London at the Victoria...

Author: Sonia Fernandez

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Noozhawk

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,8063,0,0,1,0

The day after the Dalai Lama’s visit to Santa Barbara on Friday, Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery brought to an end the sand mandala they created in honor of their spiritual leader.

Called the Mandala of Compassion, the work of art, at UCSB’s University Art Museum, was a...

Author: Pamela Roth

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Lethbridge Herald

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=66,8060,0,0,1,0

Close to 400 people gathered at a new Buddhist temple on Sunday morning to mark the beginning of a new era.

The new temple, located at 470 40 Street South, is the result of the amalgamation of six congregations from Buddhist temples from across southern Alberta, including Taber, Picture Butte, Rosemary,...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/ColomboPage News Desk

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=62,8045,0,0,1,0

Indiana Buddhist Temple in Fort Wayne, IN held its Sinhala and Hindu New Year celebration on Saturday April 18, 2009. Resident monks of the Temple, Ven. Thalangama Devananda Thero and Ven. Neluwe Seelawimala Thero welcomed the participants.

The day's events started with the lighting of the traditional oil...

Author: Mark Lisheron

Source: The Houston Chronicle/The Austin American-Statesman

Wire Service: AP

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6379793.html

From where the teacher stands, at dusk on a ridge behind the ranch house, the dry, buckskin-colored bed of the Pedernales River cuts south, disappearing around one of the endless, scrubby, undulating hills.

People are walking paths between other buildings...

Author: Anurag Sharma

Source: The Buddhist Channel

Wire Service: PTI

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=39,8006,0,0,1,0

They have followers in millions, spread across the world but this 800-year-old Buddhist sect, Drukpa, feels that the world really does not know much about them.

More than 200 monks, volunteers of the sect have assembled here to discuss ways to promote and conserve the heritage...

Author: Zachary Siebert

Source: The Missourian

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/04/13/boone-cambodian-new-year/

Easter weekend has always had a singular feel around Boone County.

Church parking lots and sanctuaries are conspicuously fuller than usual. Families and loved ones gather together dressed in their best, and children can be found running wildly, basket in hand, in search of pastel eggs....

Author: Myron Kukla

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Grand Rapids Press

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=66,8009,0,0,1,0

Christopher Liravongsa said he and fellow Aram Buddhist Temple members just want a place to worship.

Since selling its Park Township site in 2002 to make way for the Macatawa Legends Golf...

Author: Philip Lim

Source: AFP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090409/lf_afp/lifestylesingaporereligionsociety;_ylt=AhGUXVdFE1fOFytnFoYXUD47Xs8F

Believers gather at the New Creation Church every Sunday for upbeat services conducted in ultra-modern surroundings that are helping make Christianity the religion of choice for Singaporeans.

The venue, a plush 1,200-seat auditorium equipped...

Author: Amy McGeohegan

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Guardian

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=66,7986,0,0,1,0

The bunk beds and Chinese herbs are all in place to welcome the student monks set to arrive at the new Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute here in two weeks.

The old Lobster Shanty, once a famous seafood restaurant that entertained Queen Elizabeth in 1973 and Prince Charles and Lady Diana in 1983, is being...

Author: Kevin Bryce

Source: The University News

http://media.www.unews.com/media/storage/paper274/news/2009/04/06/Culture/Buddhist.Monks.Create.A.Map.Toward.Enlightenment-3699080.shtml

Last week, Kansas City got a dose of global religion.

Buddhist monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in India visited Kansas City, and the culminating event was the...

Author: Dennis Fujimoto

Source: The Garden Island

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,7985,0,0,1,0

Several hundred people on Kaua‘i took time out to celebrate Hanamatsuri on Sunday at the Kaua‘i Veterans Center in Lihu‘e.

These people of the Buddhist faith joined the millions around the world who celebrate the birth of Buddha some 2,500 years ago in a garden in India.

Buddhism is one of the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Xinhua News Agency

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/01/content_11115624.htm

The Second World Buddhist Forum was wrapped up Wednesday in Taipei with messages of hope from leading Buddhist figures.

"We are convinced the forum will enhance the communication and integration of the Buddhist community all over the world," Venerable Master Kok Kwong, president of the Hong Kong Buddhist...

Author: George Conger

Source: Christianity Today

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/marchweb-only/112-53.0.html

Jesus saves, the Episcopal Church teaches, but a growing number of its clergy and leaders believe other faiths may lead to salvation as well. Long divided and distracted by questions of sexual ethics, the Episcopal Church (along with most mainline Protestant communities) are facing a cultural and theological shift...