Author: Staff Writer

Source: BangkokPost.com

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=119977

The Democrat party has praised Buddhist organisations for dropping their active campaign for a "no" vote against the draft constitution in the upcoming referendum.

Some Buddhist organisations were adamant that Buddhism be listed as the national religion in the draft constitution, but drafters rejected the demand....

Author: Maureen Walsh

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=25,1229,0,0,1,0

New England, USA -- As many as 3,000 Buddhist members and 50 venerable monks from throughout the northeast are expected to celebrate the 2549th birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha this Sunday at the Samantabhadra (Pho-Hien) Buddhist Center in Braintree.

"We have 120 other Buddhist organizations in the New England area," said...

Author: Isuri Kaviratne

Source: The Sunday Times

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=43,4452,0,0,1,0

It was all done under the motto of “Peace of mind to all”. Sri Lanka’s first Buddhist Channel, after experiencing one week of telecast last week is all equipped to continue, Daranagala Kusaladhamma Thera, Chief Incumbent of Sri Sambodhi Viharaya said.

“The main thinking behind the starting of the channel...

Author: Jessica Mador

Source: Minnesota Public Radio

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/07/08/temple/

Hampton, Minn. — The temple sits on a hilltop surrounded by miles of cornfields and horse farms.

On this day, it's surrounded by cars. Thousands of Cambodian Buddhists from around the world have come to tiny Hampton for the consecration celebration for the temple, called Watt Munisota.

"This kind...

Author: Nopporn Wong-Anan

Source: Reuters

Author: Lynn Lum

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=63,4405,0,0,1,0

Longmont, CO (USA) -- The Tri-State Longmont Buddhist Temple...

Author: Topher Sanders

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=60,4431,0,0,1,0

ITHACA, New York (USA) -- The monks of the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies performed a ritual ground ceremony Wednesday, preparing the way for heavy construction to begin on Ithaca's new monastery.

About 50 people braved the rain Wednesday to witness the ceremony. The 15,000-square-foot monastery, scheduled...

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,4424,0,0,1,0

The week-end opening of a new Thai Buddhist Temple in King Bromley in Staffordshire raised over £20,000 towards its purchase and attracted over 1,200 visitors.

At the opening, an appeal was launched to help repay the loan required for the building. Members of the public were invited to purchase a square metre of the land in which the temple is located.

The...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6264014.stm

A 10-year-old girl who is [worshiped] as a living goddess in Nepal has been stripped of her title for defying tradition and visiting the US.

Sajani Shakya was one of the three most-revered Kumaris, who are honoured by Hindus and Buddhists alike.

Chosen after undergoing tests at the age of two, she had been expected to bless devotees and attend...

Author: Frederick Melo

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=62,4413,0,0,1,0

Hampton, Minn. (USA) -- His parents had divorced. Classmates picked on him because of his lanky build, his name and ethnicity. His grades hit bottom, and a funk seemed to hang over every moment at school, tempting him to drop out.

But when Kunmony Hang's guidance counselor suggested he see a therapist, the sophomore from...

Source: The Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/a-809179~Zoning_laws_could_force_Buddhists_to_retreat_from_Ore__plans.html

CROW, Ore. (Map, News) - A Buddhist group plans to build a $5 million retreat center on forest land dotted with pastures, flower meadows, creeks, springs and lakes.

But it doesn't sound so idyllic to Lane County officials, who say the 160-acre parcel in a valley southwest of Eugene is zoned for growing...

Source: University of California, Berkeley

http://ls.berkeley.edu/?q=node/505

For Duncan Williams, the cream-colored volumes on his bookshelves in Dwinelle Hall are anything but ordinary accounts of life in the internment camps where Japanese-Americans were held prisoner during World War II.

Totaling some 1,600 pages, these paper-bound diaries written in Japanese are windows into the interior lives of Buddhists in the camps, particularly of Buddhist priests and community leaders who...

Author: PK Balachandran

Source: Hindustan Times

Author: Robert Knox

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/06/01/honoring_the_awakened_one_at_2550/

You don't have to be a Buddhist to celebrate the Buddha 's birthday, according to planners of a celebration in Braintree this weekend. "It's for everybody," said Venerable Pannaloka Bhante of the Samantabhadra Buddhist Center.

And you won't have to travel to Asia to enjoy...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Yahoo! News

Wire Service: AFP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070630/wl_asia_afp/thailandpoliticsconstitutionreligion

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand's constitution writers have rejected a plea to name Buddhism as the national religion, a drafter said Saturday, despite protests and hunger strikes by campaigning monks. ADVERTISEMENT

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