Author: Julia Jironkina

Source: Phayul.com

Author: Julia E.M. Halewicz

Source: Litchfield County Times

Source: Columbo Page

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_07/May31134617CH.html

May 31, (UN_NY): Sri Lanka, together with several other Member States of the UN participated in the annual International Recognition of the Day of Vesak at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 29 May.

The Ceremony consisted of religious observances from the Vajrayana and Theravada sects and colourful cultural performances from Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar...

Source: Reuters

Author: John Donnelly

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/05/29/thai_activist_against_aids_gets_1m_prize/

WASHINGTON -- In Thailand, he persuaded Santas and toll booth operators to hand out condoms. Traffic police gave them away, too, which he called "Cops and Rubbers." And Buddhist monks blessed packets of the latex sheaths in ceremonies.

Such...

Author: MATT CAMPBELL

Source: The Kansas City Star

http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/120315.html

Talk about a test of faith.

Eight Tibetan monks spent two days cross-legged on the floor at Union Station, leaning over to meticulously create an intricate design of colored sand as an expression of their Buddhist faith. They were more than halfway done.

And then, within seconds, their work was destroyed by a toddler.

Monks...

Author: Sandra Pedicini

Source: Orlando Sentinel

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-temple2107may21,0,7101074.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-orange

A Buddhist tradition found its place in a grand new home Sunday morning.

It was the first Bathing of the Buddha ceremony at the new Guang Ming Temple north of Hoffner Avenue in southeast Orange County.

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Author: Richard Price

Source: The Metro West Daily News

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/homepage/x1613198469

It's the shiny new vinyl kitchen floor that first strikes a visitor to the New England Buddhist Meditation Center. That floor - and the guest bathroom that also recently had a similar makeover - is the handiwork of Venerable Bhante Dhammajothi, a "Mr. Fix-it" in rust-colored robes.

Dhammajothi installed the floor and redid the...

Author: Trevor Barron

Source: Religious Intelligence

http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=725

INTER-FAITH dialogue, peace, harmony and prosperity are the key themes behind the International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF), opening in Singapore tomorrow.

Alongside the range of films on show, from six countries, will be episodes of The Simpsons, all intended to promote “reflection, dialogue and harmony.”
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Author: Alexandre Da Silva

Source: The Star Bulletin

http://starbulletin.com/2007/05/14/news/story04.html

A Honolulu high school that mixes Buddhist teachings of peace into its curriculum is graduating its first class on Friday.

The Pacific Buddhist Academy, the only Shin Buddhist college preparatory school in the country, educates 60 students who must agree to take judo, kendo and play taiko drums to enroll.

Four years after...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bangkok Post

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=52,4116,0,0,1,0www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=52,4116,0,0,1,0

Bangkok, Thailand -- Buddhists and their religious leaders worldwide are due to set up the World Buddhist University Association, the first of its kind, on Visakha Bucha Day at the end of the month. Phra Thamma Kosajarn, rector of Maha...

Author: Jeremy Gantz

Source: Medill Reports

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=35865

To most Americans, the Dalai Lama is the smiling face of Buddhism.

But to Manith Pov, a monk at the Cambodian Buddhist Association in Uptown, the spiritual superstar is just another monk outside of Cambodia's particular brand of Buddhism.

“The Dalai Lama follows the Buddha teaching too, but he takes a little...

Author: Sarath Malalasekera

Source: Sunday Observer/The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=43,4086,0,0,1,0

Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Senior DIG, Jayantha Wickremaratne was elected as the first President of the newly formed Police Buddhist Society recently. CID, DIG, D. W. Prathapasinghe was elected as the First Secretary to the Society.

This is the first time in the 142-year history of the Police Department that...

Source: Tehran Times

Source: The Star