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| Vesak Day: Reflections on Buddhism & Humanism | | 2008-05-17 22:37:38 | | By Professor Dr. Sukomal BaruaIn The New Nation Today is the Sacred Buddha Purnima, the full-moon day of Vesakha blessed by the birth, Enlightenment and Passing way of the Buddha. The day in very significant and important to the Buddhist world. It brings peace, integrity brotherhood, non-hatred, universal love, compassion and full humanism of the mankind of the world.We know, humanism is a system of thought or action originating in Western Europe in the 15th century which gives more importance to the affairs of man or human life as against medieval traditions of scholastic theology or philosophy. It was a kind of movement against intellectual or scholastic authority of the middle ages and gave rise to modern intellectual, scientific, and social developments. It insists on the dignity of man and it refuses to find in the divine, anything external and superior to mankind. It concerns itself with mankind and the dignity of mankind. The name of the French positivist philosopher Comte (1798 | | By: Spiritual Village | | |
| | The History of Buddhism | | 2008-04-15 12:25:03 | | Soon after Buddha's death or parinirvana, five hundred monks met at the first council at Rajagrha, under the leadership of Kashyapa. Upali recited the monastic code (Vinaya) as he remembered it. Ananda, Buddha's cousin, friend, and favorite disciple -- and a man of prodigious memory! -- recited Buddha's lessons (the Sutras). The monks debated details and voted on final versions. These were | | By: samondeath | | |
| | Buddhism, Spirituality and Globalisation | | 2008-04-08 03:00:07 | | Buddha LeadsBy SANITSUDA EKACHAI at BangkokPost.com [7th April 2008]Can the ancient teachings of the Buddha, which date back more than 2,500 years, cure the modern angst of globalisation? Ask Seksan Prasertkul, and the answer from the former Marxist revolutionary is a firm "yes"."The problems arising from globalisation are essentially spiritual," said Seksan, a former leader of the 1973 students' uprising and a one-time guerrilla who once chose violence as a path towards change.Buddha dharma, or Buddhist teachings, as the spiritual medicine for human suffering is therefore needed more than ever in the age of globalisation, he said.In his view, globalisation is not all bad. Its fierce forces of greed and competition may have spurred more intensive individual pursuits of material gains that destroy human connections. The great disparity it creates may have triggered deep resentment among the oppressed who often turn to tribal violence to stave off globalisation threats."But globalisation | | By: Spiritual Village | | |
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| Buddhism forced to turn trendy to attract a new generation in Japan | | 2008-01-09 19:02:00 | | Dressed in dark cotton robes, a bracelet of prayer beads hanging from his wrist, Gugan Taguchi certainly looks the part. But as he kneels to chant a sutra before an altar in the corner of the room, the people around him continue to chat, and his rhythmic prayers can only just be heard above a Blue Note jazz track.Minutes later Taguchi is back in his seat, glass in hand. A bottle of rum sits on the bar in front of him, next to a half-filled ashtray as his tobacco smoke mingles with the aroma of incense.
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| | Your Thai Girlfriend and Buddhism | | 2008-01-06 19:17:08 | | Question: I know virtually nothing about Buddhist teachings. I was raised in a Roman Catholic family, even attended Catholic schools for my first nine grades. However, Christianity never took root, so if anything I would consider myself an animist. Is there a steep learning curve for living with a Buddhist wife?
Answer: I didn’t experience any [...] | | By: Thailand Musings | | |
| | Pure Land Buddhism recognised by Gov’t | | 2008-01-03 03:14:00 | | HA NOI —The Tinh do Cu si Phat hoi Viet Nam (Pure Land Buddhism of Viet Nam) has received official recognition as an independent and legal religious organisation.The Government Committee for Religious Affairs yesterday issued a decision to recognise Pure Land Buddhism as an independent religious organisation which adheres to Vietnamese laws. The decision means the religious group is equal with other independent and legal organisations.
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| Buddhism is Calling ... on Your Cell? | | 2007-12-22 14:08:00 | | I am not sure if this is a first but combining religion and cell phones is certainly new for me! The Buddhist gold-plated cell phone is meant to appeal to the largely Buddhist population of China complete with jade adornments, traditional Buddhist instrumental music, and Buddha-vision which offers an always available video image of the great Buddha. The battery is even embossed with a likeness of Buddha. Fitted with a lot of fabulous tools and options this technology is certainly bridging into new territory.
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| | Buddhism in Vietnam | | 2007-12-13 04:03:00 | | Many studies indicate that Buddhism entered southern Viet Nam by sea and northern Viet Nam by road. Monks and nuns aboard Indian merchant fleets were considered to be the first people bringing Buddhism to Viet Nam with simple practices such as worshiping Buddha, reciting the Buddhist scriptures, disease treatment, expel ing evil spirits and delivering dharma lectures to local inhabitants.
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| | Buddhism's role in peace discussed at ECU event | | 2007-12-03 19:54:00 | | Schellin described marching on Washington in protest of the Iraq war with other like-minded Buddhists earlier this year to a crowd of about 40 in Speight Auditorium in the school's art building."Engaged Buddhism maintains a non-violent approach in the tradition of Ghandi and Martin Luther King, without the attachment to the outcome," Schellin said.Buddhist practices do not get wrapped up in outcomes, Schellin explained. Buddhists are more concerned with recognizing faults and problems and accepting the world as it is.
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| | Buddhist Sites and Buddhism in India | | 2007-11-30 23:46:53 | | Buddhism was founded in northern India in about 500 BC, spread rapidly when emperor Ashoka embraced it but was gradually reabsorbed into Hinduism. To1 Vote(s) | | By: JeQQ it | | |
| | Buddhism and the art of negotiation | | 2007-11-20 02:13:00 | | Would the Buddha be an effective arbiter in a complicated and contentious land trust dispute or a messy divorce? For many experts, the answer is a resounding yes.While it’s impossible to actually have the ancient spiritual leader himself present in the room on such occasions, several Buddhist scholars, practitioners, and professional mediators at a panel last week (Nov. 7) said they use his practices and principles often to help facilitate interpersonal dialogue and effective negotiation.Ran Kuttner, visiting scholar at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (HLS), and Michael Wheeler LL.M. ’74, MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School and co-director of HLS’s Dispute Resolution Program, convened the group at HLS’s Pound Hall. It included Zen master (Roshi) Bernie Glassman, lecturer on Buddhist studies at Harvard Divinity School and founder of the Zen Peacemakers; Gregory Kramer, co-founder of the Metta Foundation and teacher of Vipassana and Metta meditation; Janet Surrey, a founding scholar of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at Wellesley College.
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| | How Buddhism Became | | 2007-11-08 11:45:00 | | After evening prayers on Sept. 18, the abbot of a small monastery in Myanmar's largest city convened the roughly 30 Buddhist monks in his charge. The bonds between secular and religious authority had broken, the abbot said. Then he gave the monks his blessing to take to the streets in protest.That meeting, one of many held in monasteries across Myanmar in mid-September, helped turn a sputtering campaign of dissent led by secular democracy activists into a mass movement led by Buddhist clergy. The country formerly known as Burma erupted in the biggest wave of antigovernment demonstrations in nearly 20 years.
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| | Cricket, Rugby, Buddhism and a lesson from the West | | 2007-10-22 01:10:24 | | Buddhism has helped England’s Johny Wikkinson get over injury and the massive expectations on him before the Rugby Union World Cup final against South Africa, he said in comments published Saturday.Wilkinson kicked England to a last-gasp victory in the final against Austrailia in 2003 and was subsequently feted as a national hero, until a string of injuries threatened to cut his career short.But in an article in the Times Saturday he said that as he battled back to full fitness, he turned to a variety of sources, including Buddhism, to help him cope with what he had achieved and the renewed burden of a nation’s hope.“Don’t get me wrong. Don’t think: ‘Johny’s now a Buddhist.’ I am not. I have just been finding a direction, learning different ways of looking at life and taking bits I could use and discarding bits I could not,” he wrote.In the same time, London Times quoted England’s new cricket coach Pieter Mover saying that “Secret behind England’s recent victory | | By: Lanka Rising | | |
| | Upcoming Events on Buddhism | | 2007-10-06 18:03:00 | | Want to learn more about Tibetan Buddhism? Here is a listing of upcoming events. For a description of each program, check www.theithacajournal.com.* 1:30 p.m., Oct. 7. Tompkins County Public Library, Borg Warner Room. Ivette Vargas, assistant professor of Asian religious traditions, Austin College — “How Prominent are Women in Buddhism?: Leaders, Teachers, and the Future of Ordained Nuns.â€
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| | American Buddhism: Eastern faith seeing Western growth | | 2007-10-02 10:55:00 | | EDINBURG — Government security forces in Myanmar have reportedly killed at least three Buddhist monks who were peacefully participating in massive, ongoing protests against that country’s military government. Tensions started to rise last month, when the government drastically raised fuel prices in the impoverished country. Persecution of Buddhists in Myanmar and Tibet have consistently garnered media attention and cries for justice from activist groups in the United States.
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| | Buddhism with a Brazilian touch | | 2007-09-16 04:26:00 | | TRES COROAS, Brazil (Reuters Life!) - The voices chanting the ancient Tibetan Buddhist mantras have a trace of a bossa nova lilt. Meditation sometimes has to wait until after a game of soccer. High in the mountains of Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state lies the Chagdud Gonpa Khadro Ling (Buddhist center) -- "the sacred place of the sky dancers" in Tibetan.
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| | Buddhism still alive in Tibet | | 2007-09-01 17:11:00 | | SAKYA MONASTERY, China (Reuters) - The sprawling Sakya Monastery in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet is testament to the survival of Buddhism after decades of political turmoil and repression in China. During the tumult of the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, Maoist zealots rampaged across Tibet, smashing Buddhist statues, destroying temples and forcing monks and nuns to abandon their religious lives. With more than 120 monks under its wings, the Sakya monastery has big plans to restore itself to its former glory -- all, of course, done under the watchful eye of China's Communist Party, which has ruled Tibet with an iron grip since 1950.
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| | China tightens grip on Tibetan Buddhism | | 2007-08-28 22:41:00 | | China announced last month new regulations governing Tibetan Buddhism, including a stipulation that senior monks, known as "living Buddhas," cannot be reincarnated without government permission. "The reincarnation of living Buddhas must undergo application and approval procedures," the new regulations stipulate. "Living Buddha" reincarnations with a "particularly great impact," such as presumably of the next Dalai Lama, "shall be reported to the State Council for approval."
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| | Museum Built to Protect Mini Buddhism Temple | | 2007-08-26 17:17:00 | | A museum has been built to protect a mini Buddhism temple, claimed to be the smallest in the world, from the harsh desert elements in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in Qira County, southern Xinjiang's Hotan Prefecture, the Damiku Temple covering just four square meters was built during the Northern and Southern Dynasties 1,500 years ago. The temple is made of wood and mud and has fine frescos of Buddhism scriptures on the four walls. A Buddha statue, about 65 centimeters tall, stands in the center of the temple. In the middle of the northern end stand other wide-shouldered and thin-waisted Buddha statues.
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| | 4th Buddhism Cultural Festival opens at Wutai Mountain | | 2007-08-23 14:06:00 | | the 4th Buddhism Cultural Festival and the 18th International Tourism Month at Wutai Mountain of Xinzhou City, North China's Shanxi Province. The one-month event attracted many Buddhists and tourists. Wutai Mountain is known as one of the five most eminent Buddhist sanctums in the world and the top of China's four famous Buddhist mountains. It boasts many Buddhist statues and a great number of Buddhist classics and frescoes in its ancient temples.
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| | Buddhism revived in Tibet | | 2007-08-12 23:21:00 | | Tibet boasts more than 1,700 religious sites with more than 40,000 Buddhist monks and nuns. Despite its more relaxed attitude, China has recently announced tighter controls of Tibetan Buddhism, demanding that those people deemed to be "living Buddhas" must first get government approval.
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| | | Difference between Buddhism, Hinduism significant | | 2007-08-11 04:43:00 | | Gautama Buddha was born into a Hindu royal family in northeastern India and was named Siddhartha. When he was born, a sage told his father that Siddhartha would either be a ruler or a wandering monk. Afraid of the latter possibility, the father reared his son in the sheltered confines of his palace and endeavored to protect him from the life and the inevitable suffering that lay beyond the palace walls. Siddhartha, however, was a restless soul and would not be limited by his father's concerns.
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| | Buddhism - the science of spirituality | | 2007-07-24 23:45:00 | | Spirituality: Science has developed physical comfort and Spirituality or religion is for developing mental comfort. spirituality is the other name for Moral Science and without the base of Moral Science any Science may lead to disaster and destruction of mankind itself. Destruction is caused not only by natural calamities but also through despotic rulers, hegemonic powers and religious zealots. Our progress in the fields of science and technology has been breathtaking.
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| | Love letters from Buddhism | | 2007-07-23 01:23:00 | | People looking for quick answers to the meaning of life should probably steer clear of "Answer Your Love Letters: Footnotes to a Zen Practice," by Adam Genkaku Fisher of Northampton. This collection of short essays, whose author has been practicing Zen Buddhism for 35 years, eats easy answers for breakfast."Simplicity is not so simple," Fisher writes. And elsewhere: "In order to be centered, you must stand at the center of all things and realize there is no center."
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| | Buddhism useful for development of science | | 2007-07-19 03:23:00 | | During our lifetime most of our doings lead to the manifestation of ‘sanskara’, which are of course ‘kammas’ with the potential to give ‘Karma vipaka’ or consequences later, within this life or in future births, according to the principles of Karma (‘kamma niyama’).
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| | | Buddhism draws foreign tourists to Dharamsala | | 2007-07-15 08:53:00 | | Foreign tourists from across the world are making a beeline for Dharamsala to learn and practice Buddhism and its way of living. Buddhists from across the globe, particularly Asian countries, gathered here to attend a spiritual discourse by Tibetan spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama.
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| | India has its own 'soft power' - Buddhism | | 2007-07-09 02:37:00 | | Buddhism originated in India around the 5th century BC. But after flourishing here for many centuries, it declined in the land of its birth. However, it spread across Asia, winning adherents in such countries as Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Mongolia and China.
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| | | Buddhism not to be named as Thailand's national religion | | 2007-07-03 00:13:00 | | Thailand's constitution writers have rejected a plea to name Buddhism as the national religion. This has been despite protests and hunger strikes by campaigning monks.The Constitution Drafting Assembly appointed by the junta that seized power last year voted 66-19 not to include Buddhism in the new charter.
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| | | Buddhism, Australia's Fastest-growing Religion | | 2007-06-19 00:44:00 | | The Dalai Lama has just completed a tour of Australia, boosting what is the country's fastest-growing religion. Australia has more Buddhists per capita than anywhere else in the Western world. Buddhism has moved beyond Asian immigrant communities and into the mainstream.
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| | What online marketers can learn from Buddhism | | 2007-06-06 13:46:33 | | For the record, I am not a Buddhist. Having said this, I recently got introduced to some discussion about this religion or philosophical approach to life and realised that, in one way or other, Buddhism offers some very important lessons for us Web marketers, communications professionals, and business owners. Let me explain…
Based on the principle of cause and effect, Buddhists believe that the only cause of human suffering is not knowing the true nature of our own reality. Translated into business language, we as communicators and businesses should believe that the only cause of brand suffering on the Internet is not knowing the true nature of what is happening. Enter strategies that focus on integrated communications, tactical online marketing, and brand reputation management.
Why I say this is because Buddhists believe that everything in this world is interdependent and that failing to see this often results in problems. In as far as what I often speak and write about - integ | | By: Cosmedia by Gino Cosme | | |
| | Dalai Lama on Compassion and message of Mahayana Buddhism | | 2007-06-01 05:23:00 | | "My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. These things are very useful in our daily life, and also for the whole of human society these practices can be very important."Basically, universal responsibility is the feeling for other people's suffering just as we feel our own. It is the realization that even our own enemy is motivated by the quest for happiness. We must recognize that all beings want the same thing we want. This is the way to achieve a true understanding, unfettered by artificial consideration."At the heart of Buddhist philosophy is the notion of compassion for others. It should be noted that the compassion encouraged by Mahayana Buddhism is not the usual love one has for friends or family. The love being advocated here is the kind one can have even for another who has done one harm. Developing a kind heart does not always involve any of the sentimental religiosity normally associated with it. It is not just for people who believe in religions; it is f | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | On Buddhism | | 2006-10-10 10:15:47 | | This is my personal take on buddhism, a combination of a strong spiritual upbringing and some scholarly dabbling in college. The Dalai Lama almost certainly has a different interpretation. I hope this clears up some of the misconceptions about Buddhism, and explains somethign of the differences between the Buddhist sect of Hinduism and [...] | | By: Indian Cowboy | | |
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