Author: Kathy Berlin

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Rockford Independent

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=62,6022,0,0,1,0

Many times I've pulled up to the four-way stop sign at Belmont and Rogue River roads and - no matter how rushed I am - my eyes and thoughts wander to the Linh Son Temple on the southeast corner of the intersection.

In spring and summer the landscape blossoms with greenery and flowers surrounding a tall...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Scarborough Evening News

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,6014,0,0,1,0

A FORMER nun is devastated after her son was turned away from Scarborough's only faith secondary school.

Caroline Brookes, of St Mary's Walk, applied for 10-year-old Soony to attend St Augustine's School in September – only to learn he will be starting Raincliffe School instead.

The...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Prague Monitor

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,6001,0,0,1,0

Local members of the Diamond Path Buddhist form have applied for an EU subsidy in support of the new centre they want to build in Brno, the capital of Moravia, as the capacity of their current seat is no longer sufficient, Marketa Blazejovska from the Diamond Path told CTK Tuesday.

The number of Buddhists and...

Author: CATHY REDFERN

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Californian

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,6019,0,0,1,0

It's an unlikely setting for Buddhist monks native to Southeast Asia. In a rural neighborhood near Leon and Scott roads - between a recreational vehicle storage lot, horse corrals and an empty field - two monks live a devotional existence, their days full of meditation, study and prayer.

The temple of these...

Author: JIHAE LEE

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Harvard Crimson

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=60,5992,0,0,1,0

The Harvard College Buddhist Community and Dharma, Harvard’s Hindu students association, came together for the first time this weekend in a two-part event to discuss the concepts of nirvana, the Buddhist term that describes perfect peace of mind, and moksha, the Hindu concept of self-realization and liberation from...

Author: Ahmad Pathoni

Original Source: The Boston Globe

Wire Service: Reuters

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Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/ChinaCSR

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=48,5996,0,0,1,0

Fan Liqing, a spokesperson from the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, has disclosed at a press conference that Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation has been approved to set up a branch in mainland China.

Author: Christian Caryl

Source: Newsweek

http://www.newsweek.com/id/117810

In recent years, massive groups of fervent believers have taken to the streets of Asia with angry political demands. They've railed against government corruption, condemned the onslaught of Western values and decried the erosion of traditional morals. Having built an extensive network of grass-roots aid groups, their numbers are exploding. Some have even picked up arms to defend their beliefs....

Author: MIN LWIN

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Irrawaddy

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=82,5997,0,0,1,0

Nine monks and seven nuns - some of them elderly - were awaiting sentence after facing charges of involvement in last September’s protests against Burma’s ruling junta, according to opposition sources and witnesses in Rangoon.

Witnesses said that eight monks and seven nuns from Thitsar Tharaphu Monastery...

Author: Jim Brooks

Source: NWANews/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/218246/

A dispute over control of a Buddhist temple was the subject of oral arguments Thursday in the state Supreme Court, one issue being who should have been allowed to vote in an election in which rival groups sought the Wat Buddha Samakitham temple in Fort Smith.

An attorney for one group argued that a circuit judge had improperly intervened in...

Author: Srimal Silva

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Sinhalaya News Agency

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,5971,0,0,1,0

The students of Kursk State Medical University (KSMU), in Russia organized a Theravada Buddhist religious programme on the 10th of February within the university premises.

This was a first for any Russian city other than Moscow, and the event occurred in Kursk, the city with the largest Sri Lankan student...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The New Straits Times

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=56,5976,0,0,1,0

Three Buddhist temples in Selangor have received approval and land for relocation by the state government.

Selangor Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) deputy chairman Datuk Tang See Hang said the temples are in Petaling Jaya and Klang.

Author: ERIC GORSKI

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/25/AR2008022501188.html

The U.S. religious marketplace is extremely volatile, with nearly half of American adults leaving the faith tradition of their upbringing to either switch allegiances or abandon religious affiliation altogether, a new survey finds.
...

Author: SASKIA KONYNENBURG

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Northern Advocate

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=50,5962,0,0,1,0

A BUDDHIST Stupa which aims to emit special energy bringing peace and harmony to the surrounding community was opened on top of a hill overlooking Whangarei yesterday.

As dark clouds blackened the city, sun shone on the Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Parakiore Rd where the Stupa has been completed after...

Author: AMBIKA AHUJA

Source: Fox News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Feb23/0,4670,ThailandUnderSiege,00.html

The tea shop is abandoned. Rubber plantations stand untended. Soldiers constantly patrol the one-lane road leading into this Muslim village.

Rae Poh was once designated a "green zone" village, one of more than 1,600 such islands of peace amid the violence that...