Author: Staff Writer

Source: The South Asia Mail

http://www.southasiamail.com/news.php?id=95352

Prestigious Duke University in Durham (North Carolina, USA), affiliated with United Methodist Church, has reportedly set aside “Prayer Space” for Hindu and Buddhist students.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, described this development as “a step in the right direction”.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Press-Telegram

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,9836,0,0,1,0

The Rev. Kong Chhean was surrounded by a sea of orange, white and yellow flowers as hundreds paid their respects to the late Buddhist monk on Sunday.

They remembered him as a man who was devoted, compassionate and spiritual - a man who worked to help heal the Cambodian community.

Author: Martha Elson

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Courier-Journal

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=61,9822,0,0,1,0

The coat closet at the former Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall on Hubbards Lane in St. Matthews was full of shoes recently, signaling the big change that has taken place there.

Author: Jennifer Torres

Source: The Record

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110111/A_NEWS/101110327

Kong Tith, a monk at the Wat Dharmararam Buddhist Temple, woke up several months ago needing to see an architect.

"He gave me a call and came over to visit," architect Anthony Acevedo said. "He came to me with a sketch, and he told me he had dreamt this."

Author: Hset Linn

Source: The Irrawaddy

https://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=20502

More than 60 Buddhist monasteries situated along the banks of the Pegu River in Thaketa Township in Rangoon are to be relocated to Shwepyithar Township in the northern suburbs of the city,...

Author: Carla Hinton

Source: The Oklahoman

http://newsok.com/a-walk-in-progress/article/3530362

With the pioneering spirit of their adopted state, a group of Buddhist nuns is forging a path through a new frontier.

That untamed land is right outside their doors at the Buddha Mind Monastery, 5916 S Anderson Road.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Tibet Net

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=48,9804,0,0,1,0

Addressing a grand prayer congregation for world peace and religious harmony held on the New Year eve in Taipei, Tibet's spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's Representative to Taiwan has underscored the importance of religious harmony among different religions of the world.

Author: Peter Fabricius

Source: The Independent Online/The Pretoria News

http://www.iol.co.za/travel/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/zen-buddhism-sings-softly-in-the-hills-1.1007400

The Buddhist Retreat Centre at Ixopo is synonymous with its founder, Louis van Loon, who arrived in South Africa from Amsterdam as a 20-year-old in 1956 with one suitcase full of old clothes and another filled with art...

Author: Judy Harrison

Source: The Bangor Daily News

Author: Aaron Jacobsen

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Santa Cruz Patch

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,9800,0,0,1,0

The trails traversing the Land of Medicine Buddha property were recently closed to mountain bikers. That they stayed mostly unknown for as many years as they did is a surprise.

Author: Kate Taylor

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The New York Times

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=40,9802,0,0,1,0

The Himalayan kingdom Bhutan has granted British art experts rare access to the country’s roughly 2,000 Buddhist temples and monasteries in an effort to preserve wall paintings from the 16th through 19th centuries, The Observer of London reported.

Author: Dorie Turner

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/30/AR2010123000422.html

Munching on pizza. Posting on Facebook. Hanging out with friends on weekends.

Some of the newest students at Emory University's student body may act like typical college kids, but there's a key difference: They're...

Author: Sarah Corrigan

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/12/23/on_weekends_preserving_a_culture/

Every Sunday, Nichanan Agrasuta, 17, of Framingham, drives 45 minutes to Raynham to spend two hours tutoring patrons of the Wat Nawamintararachutis Thai Buddhist temple in both English language and Thai culture studies. Like many other volunteers,...

Author: Peter Janssen

Source: Monsters...

Author: Scott Hewitt

Source: The Columbian

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/dec/22/tibetan-buddhists-sacred-sand-art/

Everyone’s enjoyed the paradoxical play of sand castle construction — focusing with delight and deliberation on a project that’s doomed. The point is the process, the reward your own sense of satisfaction despite the looming tide.

Now imagine spending day after day drawing on...