Ashley Wells (Guest Editor)
(San Francisco Chronicle) - Soul food: In Katmandu, Nepal an exiled Tibetan Buddhist offers prayers and snacks to the Swayambhunath Buddhist stupa and a hungry attendant.
Explore Emei Shan, one of the most sacred Buddhist Mountains
Examiner.com - It is also considered the Western Sacred Buddhist Mountain and a recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site for both its natural beauty and cultural relevance.
Dalai Lama begins Taiwan visit
(ABC News/Aljazeera.net) - The Tibetan Buddhist leader landed in Taiwan on Monday for what he called a "purely humanitarian" trip aimed at comforting victims of...
Examiner.com - It is also considered the Western Sacred Buddhist Mountain and a recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site for both its natural beauty and cultural relevance.
Dalai Lama begins Taiwan visit
(ABC News/Aljazeera.net) - The Tibetan Buddhist leader landed in Taiwan on Monday for what he called a "purely humanitarian" trip aimed at comforting victims of...
Dalai Lama leads thousands in prayers for disaster victims (eTaiwan News)
The importance of the Dalai Lama's Taiwan visit (Rediff)
Tibet not seeking independence from China: Dalai Lama (Indian Express)
Sen. Jim Webb woefully unaware of Burma's problems
(Huffington Post) - He wrote about the demonstrations, which took place in Burma in 2007 led by Buddhist monks such as myself. "If Westerners had remained in the country this...
Calls to remove Buddhist statue from Bridge on the River Kwai
(Telegraph.co.uk) - The Bridge on the River Kwai in Thailand – the monument to the suffering of Allied troops in Japanese hands – has been overshadowed by a controversial new Buddhist...
The importance of the Dalai Lama's Taiwan visit (Rediff)
Tibet not seeking independence from China: Dalai Lama (Indian Express)
Sen. Jim Webb woefully unaware of Burma's problems
(Huffington Post) - He wrote about the demonstrations, which took place in Burma in 2007 led by Buddhist monks such as myself. "If Westerners had remained in the country this...
Calls to remove Buddhist statue from Bridge on the River Kwai
(Telegraph.co.uk) - The Bridge on the River Kwai in Thailand – the monument to the suffering of Allied troops in Japanese hands – has been overshadowed by a controversial new Buddhist...
Best Buddhism and Meditation Website...Ever!
(Beliefnet.com) - That's like saying Buddhism is the World's Best Religion. Who would ever make such a claim? But the new Interdependence Project website is pretty great.
(Beliefnet.com) - That's like saying Buddhism is the World's Best Religion. Who would ever make such a claim? But the new Interdependence Project website is pretty great.
American Casino - Interdependence and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
(Beliefnet.com) - I'm a Buddhist. I read the Wall Street Journal as often as I can. I don't see how anyone interested in interdependence can ignore the WSJ.
(Beliefnet.com) - I'm a Buddhist. I read the Wall Street Journal as often as I can. I don't see how anyone interested in interdependence can ignore the WSJ.
Tibetan Buddhist teacher to host retreat in Bellingham
(Bellingham Herald) - Tibetan Buddhist teacher Drimed Dorje will host a retreat from 10 am to 3 pm Sunday, Sept. 6, at Red Cedar Dharma Hall, 1021 N. Forest St.
Sangha Confidential: Allison Felus, Final Installment
(Examiner.com) - This week brings our final installment of my interview with writer and editor Allison Felus, who took Buddhist precepts at the Buddhist Society for...
(Bellingham Herald) - Tibetan Buddhist teacher Drimed Dorje will host a retreat from 10 am to 3 pm Sunday, Sept. 6, at Red Cedar Dharma Hall, 1021 N. Forest St.
Sangha Confidential: Allison Felus, Final Installment
(Examiner.com) - This week brings our final installment of my interview with writer and editor Allison Felus, who took Buddhist precepts at the Buddhist Society for...
Buddhist temple burns in northwest Fort Worth
(Fort Worth Star Telegram) - Buddhist monk Kommana Vonghakdy said Tuesday that he was watching television late Monday when he heard a noise at the temple complex.
(Fort Worth Star Telegram) - Buddhist monk Kommana Vonghakdy said Tuesday that he was watching television late Monday when he heard a noise at the temple complex.
Blaze damages Buddhist temple in northwest Fort Worth 33 KDAF-TV
Fire damages Laotian temple in Fort Worth Houston Chronicle
Fort Worth Buddhist temple badly damaged in fire Pegasus News
Fire damages Laotian temple in Fort Worth Houston Chronicle
Fort Worth Buddhist temple badly damaged in fire Pegasus News
Car bomb wounds 42 in south Thailand: army
(AFP) - Most of the wounded were Buddhist government officials, who are often targeted by the Islamist militants in the region. Police and rescue workers were...
Car bomb injures 42 in restive Thai south (Reuters)
Bomb attack wounds 26 in southern Thailand (AP)
Three Muslims killed in Thailand's troubled south (Reuters India)
Bomb attack wounds 26 in southern Thailand (AP)
Three Muslims killed in Thailand's troubled south (Reuters India)
City's search for profit puts province's precious Buddhist caves...
(Shanghai Daily) - The 1500-year-old Buddhist caves in Shanxi Province, one of the world's precious heritages, are being encroached...
Palo Alto faith groups organize event on teen mental health
(San Jose Mercury News) - Six local religious leaders from Buddhist, Christian Scientist, Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, and Roman Catholic places of worship will speak at "Supporting...
(Shanghai Daily) - The 1500-year-old Buddhist caves in Shanxi Province, one of the world's precious heritages, are being encroached...
Palo Alto faith groups organize event on teen mental health
(San Jose Mercury News) - Six local religious leaders from Buddhist, Christian Scientist, Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, and Roman Catholic places of worship will speak at "Supporting...
Interfaith panel to address concerns about youth (Examiner.com)
Supporting teens subject of Monday forum (Los Altos Town Crier)
Supporting teens subject of Monday forum (Los Altos Town Crier)
At the Apex of Chinese Culture
(The Epoch Times) - Another painter, Wu Daozi, made over 400 Buddhist and Taoist mural paintings in temples at Chang'an and Luoyang. Each Buddhist and Taoist figure was unique...
Preview of Week 36: Aug. 31 - Sept. 6
(Examiner.com) - The Jewel in the Lotus will present a course on basic Buddhist concepts at Christ Unity Church. It will meet on eight successive Thursdays...
(Examiner.com) - The Jewel in the Lotus will present a course on basic Buddhist concepts at Christ Unity Church. It will meet on eight successive Thursdays...
Arthur Ashe: A life dedicated to the welfare of others
(New York Times) - Lately, Ashe's widow has come to think of him as a bodhisattva — “a beautiful Buddhist term for a person who is dedicated to the ultimate welfare of others...
Peace celebration
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin) - Hawaii's largest Buddhist denomination will take its anniversary celebration out of the temple and into the community next week.
(New York Times) - Lately, Ashe's widow has come to think of him as a bodhisattva — “a beautiful Buddhist term for a person who is dedicated to the ultimate welfare of others...
Peace celebration
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin) - Hawaii's largest Buddhist denomination will take its anniversary celebration out of the temple and into the community next week.
Cursed Mountain Review (Wii)
(GamersDailyNews) - ...it looks like they're trying to get you to duplicate Buddhist ritual motions using the Wiimote and Nunchuk, which works to varying degrees.
(GamersDailyNews) - ...it looks like they're trying to get you to duplicate Buddhist ritual motions using the Wiimote and Nunchuk, which works to varying degrees.
Buddhist week of honoring ancestors draws to a close
(Whittier Daily News) - The observance is part of an ancient Buddhist tradition known as Ullambana. The seventh month of the Chinese calendar, which this year runs from mid-August...
(Whittier Daily News) - The observance is part of an ancient Buddhist tradition known as Ullambana. The seventh month of the Chinese calendar, which this year runs from mid-August...
Workplace chaplains care for unchurched
(ChristianExaminer) - "They don't have a Buddhist monk or a Muslim imam. They have nobody that marries them and buries them." A growing number of chaplains are finding a niche in...
Amherst Insider: Zen Buddhist teacher lays down rules of engagement
(Amherst Bulletin) - Zen Buddhism, a religion based on meditation and right-living with a goal of enlightenment, historically eschewed activity in the world until one's...
(ChristianExaminer) - "They don't have a Buddhist monk or a Muslim imam. They have nobody that marries them and buries them." A growing number of chaplains are finding a niche in...
Amherst Insider: Zen Buddhist teacher lays down rules of engagement
(Amherst Bulletin) - Zen Buddhism, a religion based on meditation and right-living with a goal of enlightenment, historically eschewed activity in the world until one's...
(Beliefnet.com)
Hill country harmony: Meditation is life work of local Tibetan monk (Advocate Weekly)
Panel supports permit for temple (Arizona Republic)
Panel supports permit for temple (Arizona Republic)
Buddhism 101: Flora of the Buddha - the Bodhi tree
(Examiner.com) - The tree at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka is thought to be the oldest documented sapling of the original Bodhi tree in the world, planted by the Buddhist nun Sanghamitta in...
Senior monks to advise Justice Ministry
(Ceylon Daily News) - Justice and Law Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda has appointed a group of eminent senior Buddhist Monks of all Nikayas as honorary advisors to the Ministry...
Buddhist doctrine in encyclopedic form
(Ceylon Daily News) - Completion of 2500 years of the Buddhist era (Buddha Jayanti) fell on Vesak in 1956. To commemorate this unique event, Buddhists all over the world drew up...
(Examiner.com) - The tree at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka is thought to be the oldest documented sapling of the original Bodhi tree in the world, planted by the Buddhist nun Sanghamitta in...
Senior monks to advise Justice Ministry
(Ceylon Daily News) - Justice and Law Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda has appointed a group of eminent senior Buddhist Monks of all Nikayas as honorary advisors to the Ministry...
Buddhist doctrine in encyclopedic form
(Ceylon Daily News) - Completion of 2500 years of the Buddhist era (Buddha Jayanti) fell on Vesak in 1956. To commemorate this unique event, Buddhists all over the world drew up...
Buddhists look ahead to new temple
(Fresno Bee) - There's a sense of excitement in the Buddhist community over the new Family Dharma Center taking shape on East Alluvial Avenue in Clovis.
(Fresno Bee) - There's a sense of excitement in the Buddhist community over the new Family Dharma Center taking shape on East Alluvial Avenue in Clovis.
