Source: The Oregonian

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On June 25, 2002 The Oregonian featured an article on the creation of "a spiritual home for the 270 Tibetans in Portland and Southwest Washington' by the Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association. The center is still in the planning stages.

Source: The Seattle Times

On June 8, 2002 The Seattle Times reported that Buddhists in the Pacific Northwest will host an International Buddhist Festival and the third annual "Change Your Mind Day in Seattle, a nationwide Buddhist event that's also taking place today in other U.S. cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Kansas City. The goal will be for attendees - Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike - to change the way in which they think about the world, themselves and others... Seattle's gathering, which organizers say could draw up...

Source: Los Angeles Times

On June 5, 2002 the Los Angeles Times reported that S. N. Goenka, the Buddhist "meditation guru who lives in Bombay, is on a road trip, crisscrossing the United States and Canada for four months... [on a] 35-city North American tour." The name of his ten-day meditation workshop is "Meditation Now: Inner Peace Through Inner Wisdom."

Source: The Houston Chronicle

On June 1, 2002 The Houston Chronicle reported Muslims and Buddhists are joining Southern Baptists and other Christians in a campaign to persuade Tennessee voters to reject a state lottery... 'There's probably not any other issue, except maybe Sept. 11, that would pull all these groups together,' said the Rev. Skip Armistead, a United Methodist pastor in Madison and a chairman of the Gambling Free Tennessee Alliance... The anti-lottery forces are led by the Southern Baptists and United Methodists, representing some 4,300...

Source: The Houston Chronicle

On May 25, 2002 The Houston Chronicle reported on the Buddhist holiday of Vesak at a Vietnamese Buddhits Temple, in Houston, TX where "hundreds of men, women and children wait at Jade Buddha Temple for the few sacred moments that they will pour water onto a small statue of Buddha... Bathing the Buddha is a popular observance of Vesak, the birthday of Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the Buddha, or Enlightened One... The ritual is a birthday tribute to the founder of the worldwide religion that has more than 350 million...

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

On May 18, 2002, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on the Pittsburgh, PA area's "second Celebrating Diversity Walk... Last year, some 400 people of all types from all over the region participated in the event, which promotes understanding and harmony between people of all races, religions, and national origins... This year's theme is, 'When you walk to celebrate diversity, you walk to celebrate America.'" Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, and Buddhist religious leaders will speak at the event which is organized...

Original Source: The Lawrence Journal-World. Jim Baker

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On May 18, 2002, The Lawrence Journal-World featured the article "World of Faith" on Baker University's World Religions Course taught by professor George Wiley. Wiley is a Pluralism Project affiliate in...

Source: The Boston Globe

On May 11, 2002, The Boston Globe featured an article on Eastover, a Berkshires, MA resort that attracts business leaders "from Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, Citigroup" and other companies, as well as other leading professionals to learn "an ancient form of meditation developed in India called Vipassana. It's not something you get at business school...For 10 days, meditators take a vow of silence.. They dine on a strictly vegetarian menu... They sit for hours, observing their own breathing and bodily sensations... 'It's the...

Source: The Columbus Dispatch

On May 10, 2002, The Columbus Dispatch reported "Group Unites Eight Faiths for Mutual Enlightenment." It reported on the efforts of the Interfaith Association of Central Ohio: "Members of the 17-year-old association think that the community's religious tolerance, though a good start, isn't enough. 'We need to move beyond that to understanding and respect,' said Tarunjit Butalia, a spokesman for the association and representative of the Sikh community." The article noted that "The association also benefits from having been...

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

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On May 8, 2002, The San Francisco Chronicle featured the story...

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Source: The Seattle Times

Source: Mercury News

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On April 22, 2002, the Mercury News reported that "in an unprecedented partnership, Santa Clara County [CA] and San Jose City College are teaching immigrants how to maneuver through the political system and build strong community networks... In doing so, the county hopes to groom a new generation of...

Source: The Plain Dealer

On April 20, 2002, The Plain Dealer featured an article on Khenpo Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche, "a renowned scholar and a senior Tibetan Buddhist monk... [from] the Namdroling Monastery in southern India." Gyatso was in Cleveland, OH for a week of teaching sponsored by the Palyul Changchub Dargyeling Ohio, a center for Tibetan Buddhist studies in Chagrin Falls, of which he is the spiritual director. "About 35 local clergy joined... [Gyatso] Wednesday for a vegetarian kosher lunch at Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church. Afterward...

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

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On April 14, 2002, The San Francisco Chronicle featured an article on the "Family Practice Day, a monthly gathering at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County," California. Families attending the event discussed the challenges of raising their children as Buddhists in America. "Some experts estimate that there are between 2 and 3 million Buddhists in the United States, but no one knows for sure. This is an eclectic mix of...