Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,9881,0,0,1,0

A once vehemently opposed Buddhist temple and retreat center that caused shouting and shoving matches at county hearings seven years ago is finally getting built.

The Los Angeles-based California Yuan Yung Buddhism group's proposed project at Fullerton and Pathfinder roads in Rowland Heights was approved by the...

Author: Mark Magnier

Source: The Los Angeles Times

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Star

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=56,9879,0,0,1,0

The Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple in Brickfields was abuzz with visitors on the first day of Chinese New Year (CNY).

“Usually, we get a few hundred visitors a day, but on CNY, the temple receives about 2,000 visitors,” said Sri Lankan monk Rev Witiyala Bodhi Vathana Theo.

Author: Katie Scarvey

Source: The Salisbury Post

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=61,9878,0,0,1,0

From the outside, the building at 1602 Lane St. looks very much like the Protestant church it used to be.

Walking in, after leaving your shoes outside, you’ll notice that the pews have been replaced by long cushions.

Author: Charles Radin

Source: Brandeis NOW

http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2011/february/jewbus.html

Who are the JewBus? What is a JewBu?

These and other, more-sophisticated questions about the meeting of the distinctive cultures, traditions and practices of Judaism and Buddhism are being asked by two members of the Sociology faculty, Associate Professor Wendy Cadge and Assistant Professor Sara Shostak, in research they began...

Author: Jay Reeves

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020201052_pf.html

Deep inside an overcrowded prison with a reputation for mayhem, convicted killers, robbers and rapists gather in a small room. Eyes closed, they sit silently with their thoughts and consciences.

Their everyday life is just...

Author: Richard Irwin

Source: The San Gabriel Valley Tribune

http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_17253067

Bugs Bunny was a fount of wisdom for me in my younger years. The wisecracking rabbit always seemed to be one step ahead of all the other wacky cartoon characters. His life's philosophy subliminally wrapped up his catch phrase "What's up, Doc?"

The same may well be asked as the Hsi Lai Temple prepares for its biggest event of the year...

Author: Kyle Magin

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Union

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,9871,0,0,1,0

Flower petals, painted sand, and remnant drops of Sunday's rain drifted down from the Wolf Creek bridge into the tributary as a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks prayed for healing.

Author: Melani Manel Perera

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Asia News

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=43,9861,0,0,1,0

Representatives of all religions in Sri Lanka strongly condemn the recent attack on the Buddhist Maha Bodhi temple in Chennai, India, in which four Sri Lankan Buddhist monks were injured.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: 10 News San Diego

http://www.10news.com/news/26618473/detail.html

Residents expressed concerns at a community meeting on Tuesday about the proposed expansion of a Buddhist monastery in Bonsall.

The Buddhist monks at the Dai Dang monastery plan to expand their complex to include three additional buildings totaling 33,000 square feet. The buildings will house a school, worship center, commercial nursery and the...

Author: Dawn Baumgartner Vaughn

Source: The Herald-Sun

[http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/11093744/article-A-room-of-their-own?instance=main_article]

The room is about the size of an office. In fact, it once was an office. A wall is lined with cabinets and bookshelves. Another wall has a small Buddhist altar. A Hindu symbol is painted on the third wall, in front of which is a low altar. The fourth wall is the door.

Author: David Briggs

Source: The Washington Post/ Association of Religion Data Archives

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-briggs/study-rising-religious-ti_b_811665.html

One of the last great efforts at state-sponsored atheism is a failure.

And not just any kind of failure. China has enforced its anti-religion policy through decades of repression, coercion and persecution, but the lack of success...

Author: Haeran Hyun

Source: The Buddhist Channel

Wire Service: AP

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=45,9849,0,0,1,0

Hundreds of South Korean Buddhist monks and believers offered prayers Wednesday for more than 1.93 million cows, pigs and other animals that have been put to death in the country's worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Sify News

Wire Service: IANS

http://www.sify.com/news/malaysian-hindu-festival-gets-buddhist-touch-news-international-lbum4ejcgic.html

Two Malaysian Indian brothers celebrating the Thaipusam festival of the Tamil Hindus carried idols of Buddhist deity Kuan Yin after their ailing mother recovered.

Author: Sheila Melvin

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/arts/20iht-monk20.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=religionandbelief

Erdene Zuu, Mongolia’s oldest surviving Buddhist monastery, is a sprawling, windswept complex nestled in the Orkhon Valley, the ancient cultural crossroads where Genghis Khan chose to locate the capital of his empire, Karakorum, back in 1220. The...