Author: MONI BASU

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=61,4596,0,0,1,0

Atlanta, Georgia (USA) -- The way Taiun Michael Elliston proposes you wake up is to plant yourself on a black-cushioned bench facing a blank wall and sit still. In silence. And keep sitting.

His disciples follow him into a small sanctuary near Emory University. They endure what is seemingly easy, but difficult to do. Human minds...

Author: Carolyn Webb

Source: The Age

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/honouring-the-dead-caps-a-life-of-dedication/2007/08/02/1185648061419.html

IN MORE than 60 years of involvement in the See Yup Society, which runs one of Australia's biggest Chinese temples, Maurice Leong has served at various times as president, treasurer, secretary and caretaker.

At 87, he says, it's...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6929462.stm

A group of Tibetans were arrested in western China after public calls for the return of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, reports say.

The incident took place on 1 August at a festival in Litang town in western Sichuan, Radio Free Asia and the International Campaign for Tibet said.

Local resident Runggye Adak was...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: TamilNet

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=64,4560,0,0,1,0

Sedgwick, Maine (USA) -- The Engaged Zen Foundation is pleased to announce the formation of a new Zendo for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. The zendo temple has been named "Daihisan (Great Pain Relieving Mountain) - Jigen-ji (Compassionate Eye Temple)" by Ven. Shodo Harada, Roshi abbot of Sogen-ji monastery in Okayama, Japan.

The Engaged Zen Foundation envisions the creation...

Author: SUNITA VIJAYAN

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,4569,0,0,1,0

Salinas, CA (USA) -- The gloomy cast of the sky was in direct contrast to the cheery atmosphere at today's annual Obon Festival in Salinas.

The intricate art of ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) and tea ceremony demonstrations were just some of the many things available at this year’s celebration, held for nine...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: International Herald Tribune

Wire Service: AP

BANGKOK, Thailand: Security forces beat to death a Muslim man suspected in the execution-style slaughter of eight Buddhists in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, a human rights group claimed Saturday.

The prime minister, meanwhile, said no human rights abuses have been committed in southern Thailand.

On July 21, police and military officers raided a hut in Yala's Krong Pinang district...

Author: Jane Macartney

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Times

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,4561,0,0,1,0

Yushu, China -- Tsedang is reluctant to don his traditional Tibetan fur-trimmed robe at the Yushu annual horse-racing festival. It is not what the Dalai Lama would want.

But the 20-year-old student has no choice. The command has come down from the Government of the remote Chinese county that he must defy his...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: International Herald Tribune

Wire Service: AP

https://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=52,4542,0,0,1,0

BANGKOK, Thailand: Hundreds of yellow-robed Buddhist monks arrived in Muslim-dominated southern Thailand on Wednesday...

Author: Andrew Chapman

Source: Daily Mail

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel / AsiaNews

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=40,4512,0,0,1,0

Thimphu, Bhutan -- Some Buddhist monks have expressed their opposition to the country’s electoral law which makes them ineligible to vote or run for office. At the end of the year the Bhutanese will be called to choose their own representatives in their first parliamentary elections.

Former King Wangchuk is...

Author: Vanessa Walker

Source: The Buddhist Channel / New Zealand Herald

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=50,4521,0,0,1,0

Auckland, New Zealand -- Thousands of New Zealanders from all walks of life have one thing in common: they are followers of Buddhism. Twenty-four years ago, Charlotte Wrightson used to thrash around angrily in an Auckland punk band called The Plague, making a commotion about the evils of private property,...

Author: Jennifer Torres

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,4485,0,0,1,0

STOCKTON, CA (USA) -- Seven angels watch over the garden at Wat Dharmararam Buddhist Temple. They are the protectors of the sea, the earth, the sky and the trees.

Built from wire and concrete and nine months of labor, the seven angels await blessing from the saffron-robed monks who preside over temple ceremonies.
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Source: MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19736083/

Songs and prayers are offered at the only Buddhist Temple in Virginia Beach.

"I've received a lot of peace from this," Samantha Nezgoda said as she stood in the worship area. It's inside a home on West Neck Road near Pungo. The community is zoned agricultural with rural residences.

Thanh Cong Doan bought the property and moved in about a year and a half ago. He is out of town right now, but another monk, Thanh Chuc...