14/07/2011 14:18 (GMT+7)
Washington DC, USA, 13 July 2011 - On July 13th His Holiness left for
the teaching venue very early in the morning to undertake the
self-generation prayers, part of the Kalachakra preparatory rituals. |
14/07/2011 14:24 (GMT+7)
Washington DC, USA, 11 July 2011 - On July 11 His
Holiness left early in the morning for the Verizon Center to continue
his preparatory rituals. Thereafter, he visited the offices of Radio
Free Asia where he was received by its President Libby Liu and other
senior officials. |
15/07/2011 01:47 (GMT+7)
Washington D.C., USA -- The Dalai Lama made remarks in
both English and Tibetan on the opening day of the Kalachakra. Even
though I don’t speak the language, I found myself equally engaged when
he spoke Tibetan. As I watched him, I recalled seeing His Holiness link
arms with George Bush a few years ago when he received the Congressional
Gold Medal. |
16/07/2011 01:42 (GMT+7)
Jogye Order files complaint against removal of temple-related street names.
Seoul, South Korea -- The nation’s largest Buddhist
sect is strongly protesting the government’s new address system in which
some streets named after temples have been given new names unrelated to
Buddhism. |
16/07/2011 02:10 (GMT+7)
Bangkok, Thailand -- The Public Health Ministry has
ordered public health offices throughout the country to coordinate with
police and other authorities to make sure the ban on thje sale of
alcohol is strictly observed on July 15 and 16, an important Buddhist
holiday.
Violators are liable to a six-month jail sentence and/or a 10,000 baht fine. |
16/07/2011 13:54 (GMT+7)
Honolulu, Hawaii (USA) -- Pacific Buddhist Academy
in Nuuanu will publicly launch a $5 million capital campaign Friday as
part of the first phase of an expansion plan. |
30/09/2011 01:43 (GMT+7)
On first impression, Mingyur
Rinpoche seemed to have everything well set up for a high profile career
as a globe-trotting meditation teacher in the Kagyu tradition of
Tibetan Buddhism. The youngest of three sons of the late, much venerated
Tulku Urgyen, by the age of 36 he had a bestselling book (The Joy of
Living) to his name, a monastery in India and Tergar, an international
organisation based in the US with branches worldwide. |
30/09/2011 01:43 (GMT+7)
Kathmandu, Nepal -- A Buddhist monastery near
Kathmandu is enjoying a surge in popularity after its spiritual leader
directed its 300 nuns to use martial arts techniques. |
31/10/2011 05:26 (GMT+7)
Kalmykia, Russia -- “Let all our wishes come true! Let all living
creatures be free of suffering, of danger, of diseases and sadness! Let
peace and happiness govern on Earth!”
More than 2,000 Buddhists chanted the mantra, kneeling on mats
before the Golden Abode of Buddha temple in Elista, the capital of the
republic of Kalmykia, one of three traditional Buddhist regions in
Russia. They repeated words of prayer after the Kalmyk Buddhist leader,
Telo Tulku Rinpoche. Finally, the square grew quiet as the group went
into deep meditation. |
06/12/2011 21:04 (GMT+7)
Are Buddhist nations coming together to form a bloc that is as much religious as it is political? And is India ready to assume leadership of the group? If it is, China is clearly unhappy about it. But a churning has begun. Sunday Times reports from the first Global Buddhist Congregation |
06/12/2011 21:04 (GMT+7)
New Delhi, India -- On Saturday afternoon at the India
Habitat Center in New Delhi, the Dalai Lama spent an hour educating a
packed house of some 1,500 people on the art of happiness in a lecture
arranged by book publisher Penguin India. That in and of itself would
not be unusual: the Tibetan spiritual leader is a best-selling author
and a world-renowned public speaker. |
07/02/2012 11:30 (GMT+7)
Buddhism Online reported in Colombo: Jan 04,
2012,Sri Lanka Ministry of
Higher Education has taken steps to provide the military leadership
training to all new entrants to the universities including the monk
students this year, Director General of Student |
07/02/2012 11:30 (GMT+7)
Buddhism Online reported in Myanmar Dec. 24 -- Chinese Buddha sacred
tooth relic was re-conveyed to China Saturday after concluding 48- day's
public obeisance in Myanmar's three major cities -- Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon
and Mandalay. |
07/02/2012 11:40 (GMT+7)
Budapest, Hungary -- Putting up of the ridge-beam ceremony of the traditional Korean temple was held near Budapest in Hungary on November 11. There were about forty participants including many sunims from Korea lead by the Head Master Seoljeong Sunim, Hyeongak Sunim, the Director of Seoul International Zen Center at the Hwagesa Temple in Seoul and others. |
20/04/2012 07:09 (GMT+7)
Henan, China -- Henan Buddhist College (HBC) held an
inauguration ceremony on Sunday in central China's Henan province,
marking the establishment of the first-ever higher institute dedicated
to Buddhist education in the birthplace of Han Chinese Buddhism. |
20/04/2012 07:09 (GMT+7)
Timphu, Bhutan -- "Buddhism is distinguished by four
characteristics, or 'seals.' If all these four seals are found in a path
or a philosophy, it can be considered the path of the Buddha." People
often ask me: “What is Buddhism in a nutshell?” Or they ask, “What is
the particular view or philosophy of Buddhism?” |
10/06/2012 06:22 (GMT+7)
FUKUI, Japan -- Religious leaders from Buddhism,
Christianity and other faiths are calling on a higher authority as they
join the campaign against the restart of two idled reactors at the Oi
nuclear power plant, operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. |
10/06/2012 06:21 (GMT+7)
The rescuers had rappelled
from a helicopter, swaying in the brisk April winds as they bore down on
a cave 7,000 feet up in a rugged desert mountain on the edge of this
rural hamlet. There had been a call for help. Inside, they found a jug
with about an inch of water, browned by floating leaves and twigs. They
found a woman, Christie McNally, thirsty and delirious. And they found
her husband, Ian Thorson, dead. |
10/06/2012 06:21 (GMT+7)
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Buddhist Thais nationwide marked
Vesak Day on Monday which this year also was in commemoration of the
2,600th anniversary of the enlightenment of the Lord Buddha, or Buddha
Jayanti. |
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