Author: Clifford J. Levy

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/world/europe/22briefs-Russia.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, said Tuesday that the federal government would begin a national program to teach religious education in the schools. Parents would be able to choose studies in four federally recognized religions — Russian...

Author: Libor Jany

Original Source: San Jose Mercury News

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2009/07/20/buddhist-festival-celebrates-lineage/

The Obon Festival at the Watsonville Buddhist Temple is an annual...

Author: Brett Wilkison

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Visalia Times Delta

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,8370,0,0,1,0

More than 2,000 years ago, in what is now India, the Buddha gathered his followers and told them to celebrate their ancestors. According to Buddhist lore, the monks kept to their solemn rituals, while the civilians danced.

Now, two millenniums later on a different continent, the Obon festival, or "...

Author: Joseph Turner

Source: The News Tribune

https://www.thenewstribune.com/site-services/article239247513.html

Once a week for the past seven months, a dozen members of the Tacoma Fuji Taiko group met in the basement of their Buddhist temple to...

Author: Pamela Manson

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,8352,0,0,1,0

Named plaques of the members of the Buddhist temple who died since the last Obon are displayed in a place of reverence near the "Onaijin" inside the Buddhist Temple.

For almost 100 years, Buddhism has been a part of Utah life. And on Saturday, the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple commemorated followers who have...

Author: Don Baumgart

Original Source: Indian Country Today

https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,8351,0,0,1,0

For the second year, visiting Tibetan monks and members of the Tsi-Akim Maidu Tribe shared an evening of culture.

The monks are members of the Gaden...

Author: Robert J. Saiget

Source: The Buddhist Channel

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=46,8342,0,0,1,0

Temples thrive, monks travel far and wide in search of enlightenment, the faithful fill the halls of worship -- after decades of atheist policies, Buddhism is making a huge comeback in China.

Nowhere is this revival more apparent than at Wutaishan, the most important of...

Author: Monica Krauth

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Daily Ukiah Journal

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,8336,0,0,1,0

The memory of Buddhist "venerable master," Hsuan Hua, was celebrated last weekend at The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, as part of the 30th anniversary of the monastery.

Hua, known for the founding of many western Buddhist institutions during his time in the United States, was one of the first known Ch'...

Author: Richard Cockle

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Oregonian

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,8339,0,0,1,0

A unique Buddhist temple with roots in a dark chapter of World War II faces an uncertain future, along with this Snake River town's once-thriving Japanese American community.

On some Sundays, only about 60 people attend services at the Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple. Most are in their 70s and 80s, and a half-...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8132320.stm

A Turkish game show is challenging atheists to reassess their views and win "the biggest prize ever".

Penitents Compete will bring together an Islamic imam, a Jewish rabbi, a Buddhist monk and a Greek Orthodox priest seeking to convert the atheists.

The prize for any converted contestants is an expenses-paid pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen...

Author: Martin Petty

Source: Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBKK154617

When he heard the loud cracks of gunfire, Prapan Pormapat knew the insurgents had just claimed another victim.

An engine roared as two gunmen sped away on a motorcycle, leaving behind the body of a saffron-robed Buddhist monk...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Pattaya Daily News

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=52,8325,0,0,1,0

Sattahip Buddhists joined in a special ceremony on 27th June 2009 to donate offerings to 1500 Buddhist monks of the 226 temples in the Southern part of Thailand. The ceremony was a gesture of support to the region which has suffered from 4 years of violence.

The ceremony was supported by various local...

Author: Julia Zappei

Original Source: Syracuse.com

Wire Service: AP

Author: Kath Gannaway

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Star News Group

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=49,8320,0,0,1,0

For more than 20 minutes last week the hustle and bustle of Healesville Sanctuary stopped as prayers were offered for the millions of animals that perished in the February bushfires.

On the lawns in front of the wildlife veterinary centre, where hundreds of injured animals were treated, Buddhist monks, led by...

Author: Bob Smietana

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Tennessean

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=61,8327,0,0,1,0

More than 600 of Nashville's Lao Buddhists gathered on Sunday to pay their final respects to a beloved spiritual leader and one of the Southeast's leading Buddhist monks.

The service marked the end of more than 30 days of mourning for the Venerable Somdy Soumano Soupanya. He was abbot of the Wat Lao Buddhapathip...