Author: Jim Brown

Source: Journal Cretian

http://www.spcm.org/Journal/spip.php?article6816

A Pennsylvania school district is being sued for prohibiting a fourth-grader from wearing a Jesus costume to his school’s Halloween parade and party. A federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the ten-year-old, who attended Willow Hill Elementary School in the Abingdon School District in the city of Glenside.

The complaint alleges that Willow...

Author: Seth Mydans

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/world/asia/26thailand.html

PATTANI, Thailand, Feb. 22 — Some are already calling it war, a brutal Muslim separatist insurgency in southern Thailand that has taken as many as 2,000 lives in three years with almost daily bombings, drive-by shootings, arson and beheadings.

It is a conflict the government admits it is losing. A harsh crackdown and...

Author: Lynn Freehill

Source: Virgin Islands Daily News

http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17604264

ST. THOMAS - Costumed children leaped through a Dragon Dance - while a local dog unexpectedly joined in - as the Chinese New Year was welcomed on Sunday at the Caribbean's only Buddhist temple.

More than 60 practicing Buddhists and supporters observed the holiday at the Nirvana Temple of Love...

Author: Kyle Jackson

Source: The Advertiser

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070219/NEWS01/702190314/1002

Nearly 100 people were in attendance at the Katog Choling Tibetan Cultural Center Sunday afternoon to celebrate Losar, the Tibetan new year.

Aside from celebrating the new year, those in attendance also commemorated the grand opening of the cultural center's new home, located...

Author: EVELYN SHORT

Source: The Reporter

http://www.thereporteronline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17868579&BRD=2275&PAG=461&dept_id=466404&rfi=6

SALFORD TWP. – A new statue of the female Buddha Quan Yin greete about 500 people as they arrived at the Linh Quang Buddhist Temple on Sunday to ce ebrate the first day of the new year.

“For Asians – Chinese‚ Vietnamese‚...

Source: The Buddhist Channel

Wire Service: Reuters

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=52,3742,0,0,1,0

Bangkok, Thailand -- The boss of Thailand's only dedicated Islamic bank has a unique job description: work in one of the most dangerous corners of Asia, go to mosques to drum up business and become an expert in chicken-farming.

A knowledge of Islam is essential, but being a Muslim is not.

"I am a non-Muslim...

Author: Samantha Egan

Source: Northeastern News

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=52,3737,0,0,1,0

Bangkok, Thailand -- A group of Buddhist monks and supporters rallied in front of Parliament Tuesday to demand charter drafters to state that Buddhism is the national religion.

The group of 100 demonstrators is led by Phra Mahacho Thassaniyo of Maha Chulalongkorn Monks University.

The monk said so far over 300,000 Buddhists had signed their name to demand that...

Author: Peggy Grodinsky

Source: Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/food/4544690.html

The spread at Chung Mei Buddhist Temple in Stafford is bounteous and beautiful. Arrayed in the dining room are 10 traditional Chinese New Year's dishes, each with a lovely name (Infinity Pearl, Lotus Gathering) and even lovelier symbolism (the purity and wisdom of Buddha).

At my request, this resplendent feast was prepared...

Source: People's Daily Online

http://english.people.com.cn/200702/13/eng20070213_349520.html

A memorial hall to mark Xuan Zang, a Chinese monk who traveled to India for Buddhist knowledge some 1,300 years ago, opened at Nalanda of north Indian state Bihar on Monday.

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing attended the opening ceremony with a high-profile Chinese delegation including 80 monks.

"Let us write a new chapter of our relationship," Li...

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Nation

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=52,3725,0,0,1,0

Bangkok, Thailand -- Defence Minister General Boonrawd Somtas is worried about growing disunity over calls to declare Buddhism the official religion in the new constitution. He predicted yesterday the issue could become a national controversy.

"If there is public opposition to omitting the declaration from the charter then the government could be in trouble," he...

Author: Greg Garrison

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=61,3718,0,0,1,0

Birmingham, Alabama (USA) -- On Sunday afternoon at the Birmingham Shambhala Meditation Center in Avondale, children sitting on red cushions took turns talking about Buddha and discussed learning how to meditate.

"I'm kind of crazy these days and my mom says I should come here," said Ashlin Duncan, 6.

"I came here...

Author: Deepa Bharath

Source: Orange County Register

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/homepage/article_1564855.php

Sitting in a police squad car is not typical in the life of Kusala Bhikshu.

For the 57-year-old Buddhist monk, practicing Zen meditation and tending to koi fish is a normal day.

Yet, he sits next to Garden Grove Police Officer Michael Guadan, perfectly at ease, chatting about...

Source: Fox News

https://www.foxnews.com/story/some-william-and-mary-college-alumni-hold-back-donations-after-cross-removal

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Some College of...

Source: celand review/The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,3687,0,0,1,0

Reykjavík, Iceland -- Buddhists in Iceland have submitted a request to Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs Björn Bjarnason for a lot near Reykjavík to build a Buddhist temple.

The lot they want is near Vífilsstadir, an old farm and tuberculosis asylum in the Reykjavík suburb of Gardabaer. Fréttabladid reports.

According to Páll...