Source: The Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/7926497.htm

On February 11, 2004 The Mercury News reported that "inner peace won out over silent slumber in Mountain View on Tuesday night, as the city council gave Zen Buddhists the right to open a proposed meditation center at 5:30 a.m. -- a little too early for neighbors who fret their sleep will be disturbed by revving car engines and slamming doors. About 30 members of the Kannon Do...

Source: Tricycle

http://www.tricycle.com/p_articles_id_178.html

On February 11, 2004 Tricycle reported that "the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft LLP of New York will be filing an Amicus Brief on behalf of Buddhist temples and organizations who wish to assert that the words 'under God' in the pledge are an affront to their non-theistic beliefs and those of many Buddhist Americans." The article contains a letter from Cadwalader inviting American Buddhist...

Source: The Grand Rapids Press

http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=6067

On February 11, 2004 The Grand Rapids Press reported, "Those who came to hear harmonious chants and prayers of Buddhist monks at the Basilica of St. Adalbert instead found themselves ousted from the sanctuary by a conservative Catholic splinter group bent on disrupting the performance. The Catholic parish on Grand Rapids' West Side allowed seven Tibetan Buddhist monks into the church Tuesday...

Source: Tricycle

Source: The Courier News

http://www.c-n.com/news/c-n/story/0,2111,903589,00.html

On February 9, 2004 The Courier News reported on the influx of religious centers being built in Franklin, a suburb of New Jersey. Muslim, Presbyterian, Jain and Hindu congregations all have plans to build in the area, and existing Jewish, Hindu, and Christian centers are expanding... The township has a tradition of religious diversity, said James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein...

Source: Tricycle

http://www.tricycle.com/new.php?p=article&id=162

On February 8, 2004 Tricycle published an article on the increasing number of sanghas operating without resident teachers. According to Tricycle, for those without teachers, "receiving guidance isn’t as simple as consulting a teacher in the next room during a sitting period... it sometimes involves making long trips to Zen centers, or meeting with teachers during retreats. These options are not...

Source: Manorama Online

http://www.manoramaonline.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=manorama/Mm Article/CommonFullStory&cid=1075888705640&c=MmArticle&p=1002194839100&co unt=10&colid=1002258272837&channel=News

On February 6, 2004 Manorama Online reported, "A Chinese court has...

Source: The Sun Herald

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/7887577.htm

On February 6, 2004 The Sun Herald reported. "Religion in South Mississippi is more diverse than many who live in this strongly Christian region realize. Perhaps no one knows that better than Cindy Brown, an associate professor at the University of Southern Mississippi who spent three years documenting the religious diversity with photographs. Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Hare Krishnas and Jews...

Source: Hindustan Times

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_561918,00050003.htm

On February 5, 2004 the Hindustan Times reported, "A major controversy erupted after UNICEF's UK branch printed a diary ignoring Hindu and Sikh religious festivals while listing religious festivals from Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism. The diary which contains 25 days associated with Christianity, three days linked to Islam, two days for Judaism and one day for Buddhism...

Source: The Newhouse News Service

http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/tilove020504.html

On February 2, 2004 The Newhouse News Service reported, "The Melting Pot comprises the nation's largest metropolitan areas, where most immigrants come in search of their American dream and from which many existing residents depart to chase their dreams in the presumably greener pastures of the New Sun Belt. The Melting Pot is becoming less white and more diverse at a pace without...

Source: The Daily News TRibune

http://www.dailynewstribune.com/news/local_regional/walt_zenmaster020220

On February 2, 2004 The Daily News Tribune published a profile on Jane Dobisz, a financial planner in Wellesley who is also a Zen master. "In 1983, she started learning from Zen Master Seung Sahn. She became the guiding teacher at the Cambridge Zen Center in Cambridge, one of the largest residential Zen communities in the nation. She has taught...

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/469147.cms

On February 2, 2004 The Times of India reported, "Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati on Sunday questioned the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama’s propriety in initiating a dialogue on the Ayodhya issue. 'The Dalai Lama does not believe in Lord Rama. Nor does he belong to this land. How can he promote a dialogue between the two groups,' he asked. 'Talks are in...

Source: Asbury Press

http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,898742,00.html

On February 1, 2004 the Asbury Press reported that "leaders of the New Jersey Buddhist Cultural Center shared the message of the Chinese New Year during a celebration yesterday at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters. Members of the center sang and played traditional Chinese instruments and games to help create a bond between different communities, said Julie 'Hing Ling' Lee, president of the...

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20040129-9999_1c29thich.html

On January 29, 2004 The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that "Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the world's most popular Buddhist teachers, is spending the winter at Deer Park Monastery in North County...Thich Nhat Hanh was exiled from his native Vietnam decades ago for his anti-war efforts and now spends much of his time at his main monastery, called...

Source: The Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2376960

On January 29, 2004 The Houston Chronicle reported, "Quick-thinking neighbors early today helped prevent a fire from spreading at Buddhist temple off the Gulf Freeway. Workers at a nearby building notified members of the Guandi Temple at 2089 Milby of smoke coming from the main temple room at about 6 a.m. Houston Fire Department spokesman Jay Evans said the monks...