Author: Staff Writer

Source: Reuters

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL0641657420071006

Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Saturday for international pressure to be increased on Myanmar's ruling generals and tougher sanctions from the European Union.

Brown was meeting a delegation of Myanmar democracy campaigners as part of a global day of protests.

"I want the EU to impose further sanctions on the regime...

Author: GEOFFREY YORK

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Globe and Mail

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=51,5075,0,0,1,0

After paying a heavy price for their uprising, Myanmar's monks are nursing their wounds and hoping for international action against the military junta that crushed their peaceful protests with bullets and tear gas.

A new estimate by a well-connected dissident group has concluded that 138 people were killed...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The International Herald Tribune

Wire Service: AP

Nine bombs exploded near bustling markets in Thailand's restive south early Monday, killing a soldier and wounding 12 people including a Buddhist monk, police said.

The coordinated blasts, triggered by mobile phones, exploded at about 7:30 a.m. local time (0030 GMT) near markets in the Rangae, Waeng and Srisakorn districts of Narathiwat province bordering Malaysia, Police Col. Manoch...

Author: Staff Writer

Original Source: DailyIndia.com/ANI

https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=42,5061,0,0,1,0

Indian Buddhist monks on Sunday held a sit-in against the violent crackdown of pro-democracy demonstrators in Myanmar and expressed solidarity with their...

Author: Kelly Wallace

Source: CBS News

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/30/eveningnews/main3312642.shtml

The struggle in Myanmar between the military government and its opponents has been going on for decades. But it was the striking image of Buddhist monks demanding political justice that finally got Myanmar front page attention around the world, reports CBS News correspondent Kelly Wallace.

"They make us stop and...

Author: Staff Writer

Original Source: The Times of India

Wire Service: AP

A seventh-century Buddhist relic in Pakistan was damaged when Islamic militants blasted it with dynamite, police said on Saturday.

They said that the militants used home-made bombs to try to blow up the mountainside engraving, a Buddhist pilgrimage site, and fired at it using automatic weapons.

"Late on Friday, militants attempted to blow up the engraving but they could only...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: THe Buddhist Channel/AlJazeera English News

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=51,4984,0,0,1,0

Up to seven people including three monks are reported to have been killed in a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in Myanmar.

Riot police used tear gas and batons to disperse tens of thousands of protesters on Wednesday, bringing swift international condemnation.

A witness in...

Source: The Buddhist Channel

Wire Service: AP

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=63,5269,0,0,1,0

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (USA) -- The Air Force Academy will dedicate its first Buddhist Chapel on Monday.

Wiley Burch, a Buddhist reverend in the Dai community and 1959 academy graduate, will officiate.

Author: Yomiuri Shimbun

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=44,4956,0,0,1,0

Two gates of the renowned Sanjusangendo Buddhist hall in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, were found Sunday morning to have been vandalized with gray paint, police said.

Higashiyama Police Station is investigating the case on suspicion of property destruction.

About 8 a.m., a temple employee noticed the paint splotches...

Author: SETH MYDANS

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/world/asia/24myanmar.html?ex=1191297600&en=74723f2f699a53db&ei=5070&emc=eta1

The largest street protests in two decades against Myanmar’s military rulers gained momentum Sunday as thousands of onlookers cheered huge columns of Buddhist monks and shouted support for the detained pro-democracy leader Daw Aung...

Author: Edward Stoner

Source: Vail Daily

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20070920/NEWS/70918026

EDWARDS — Up past the gates of Cordillera, on a ridge with sweeping views of the neighborhood, in the basement of a large, immaculately kept home, is where they seek awakening.

To one side of the room is a table with a photo of the Dalai Lama and a photo of the Karmapa, another Buddhist leader. There’s also a small figure of the...

Author: Sopaporn Kurz

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Nation

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=6,4899,0,0,1,0

For Western women, leaving behind the worldly life for that of a Buddhist monastery is not an easy choice. Even once personal apprehension is overcome, your family's misgivings can be daunting. Unlike Thai men being ordained for brief periods, taking the vows in other countries can mean a promise never to leave.

"I...

Author: Ngawang C. Drakmargyapon

Source: Phayul

http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=NGOs+call+China+to+withdraw+Measures+on+Tibetan+Buddhism&id=17925

In a statement to the Sixth session of the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, 10 NGOs urged Ms. Asma Jahangir, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, to endorse their call “that the Chinese authorities...

Author: Sandra Seki/Myokei Caine-Barrett

Source: Nichiren Shu News/The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=61,4873,0,0,1,0

Rev. Myokei Caine-Barrett, the first Amerian (Afro-Amerian) nun of the Nichiren-shu Order, was installed as the first resident minister of the Myokenji Temple of the Nichiren Buddhist Sangha of Texas in a ceremony held in the Cullen Oaks Community Center on July 8. Bishop Shokai Kanai of the Nichiren...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Pakistan Daily Times

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C09%5C12%5Cstory_12-9-2007_pg4_15

Buddhist monks in military-ruled Myanmar have threatened to stop accepting alms from soldiers unless the junta apologises for beating the clergy last week, reports from dissident media said Tuesday.

A boycott of alms from...