Author: Staff Writer

Source: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (PBS)

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/november-12-2010/zen-hospital-chaplains/7471/

ROB BUNDY (Buddhist Chaplain Trainee, speaking to patient): Instead of pushing that pain away, just let it be. You are not the pain. That pain is something that doesn’t have to be who you are. Just let your breath take that pain away from...

Author: Mary Thomas

Source: The Pittsburgh Post Gazette

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11012/1117205-437.stm

Fumino Hora's exhibition at the Pittsburgh Glass Center is exotic yet accessible, spare yet brimming with objects, inspired by imperfection but perfect.

"The Way of Samsara" is an installation but comprises individual artworks that arise from aspects of Buddhism and from Ms. Hora's life experiences. As such it blends...

Author: Srianthi Perera

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Arizona Republic

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=64,9672,0,0,1,0

A Buddhist ceremony rarely performed in the Western world is scheduled to take place in Mesa on Saturday.

The Arizona International Buddhist Meditation Center will hold the Atavisi Buddha Puja, a devotional ceremony to pay homage to the 28 Buddhas in this eon. An eon in Buddhism is a...

Author: Hilary Barclay

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Evening Times

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,9657,0,0,1,0

An inaugural one-year diploma course will be open to students from the start of the next academic year in September 2011.

Author: Hermia Lin

Source: The Buddhist Channel/CNA

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=48,9660,0,0,1,0

Six Tibetan Buddhist nuns from Europe and the United States were ordained in a solemn ceremony held in Taipei on Sunday and they said they will try their best to make Buddhism take root in the West.

With the help of Venerable Heng-ching, the Committee of Western Bhikshunis, and Sakyadhita International, the six Buddhist...

Author: Janette Williams

Source: The Pasadena Star-News

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_16526391#ixzz14Qq67vDa

For five days, five Tibetan Buddhist monks will hunch over a table, holding their breath as they place grains of brilliantly dyed river sand to create a sacred mandala.

At 1 p.m. Sunday at the Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., they will put the last hand-ground grain in the mandala's...

Source: The Buddhist Channel/CDN

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=40,9652,0,0,1,0

For the first time in Bhutan’s history, the Buddhist nation’s government seems ready to grant much-awaited official recognition and accompanying rights to a miniscule Christian population that has remained largely underground.

The authority that regulates religious organizations will discuss in its next meeting – to be held by the end of December...

Author: Anju Bhargava

Source: The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anju-bhargava/out-of-many-one-diwali-il_b_778973.html

Diwali is a joyous festival of lights, celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists (Dharmic traditions) and the festive spirit expressed by those of "any, all and no faith." Though celebrated for different reasons, it has evolved from a pan-Indian festivity uniting multicultural...

Author: Aidi Yursal

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Antara News

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=58,9644,0,0,1,0

A replica of Burma’s famous Shwedagon Pagoda was officially opened in North Sumatra on Sunday in a ceremony attended by hundreds of Buddhist monks from across Asia.

Construction of the pagoda, which shares the same name as the original in Burma, began three years ago on three hectares of land at...

Author: Irwin Loy

Source: The Buddhist Channel/IPS

http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=53,9716,0,0,1,0

The monsoon rains soaked the ground beneath Mon Hol’s home until it turned to ankle-deep mud. The aged thatched-leaf roof of his hut, badly in need of replacement, provided little protection.

But despite these conditions at home, he and his wife were healthy; his three children had enough food to eat today. That...

Author: Christine Legere

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/31/raynham_will_be_home_to_what_may_be_largest_thai_buddhist_temple_outside_thailand/?page=full

A quiet neighborhood along Raynham’s South Street East is slated to have an unlikely addition soon to its mix of modest homes...

Author: Jim Robbins

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/us/01monks.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

On a rural American Indian reservation here, amid grazing horses and cattle, a Buddhist lama from the other side of the world is nearing completion of a $1.6 million meditative garden that he hopes will draw spiritual pilgrims.

“There is something pure and powerful about this landscape,...

Author: Melanie Darmody

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Fairfield Advance

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=49,9633,0,0,1,0

A Fairfield Heights residential site that was found to be operating illegally as a place of worship will now be allowed to be used as a Buddhist temple.

Author: Phurbu Thinley

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Phayul

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=46,9631,0,0,1,0

The religious and cultural department of Tibet's Government in exile and the heads of major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, now almost all based outside of Tibet, Wednesday formally repudiated China's plans to tighten control over Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples.

Author: Elysse James

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Orange County Register

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,9626,0,0,1,0

The scent of incense wafts through the air as monks, clad in bright yellow, chant into a microphone. Behind them, a giant statue of Buddha gazes out through the rain into the neighborhood.