Tuesday, July 21, 2009

News: Buddhist, World



Tibetan Buddhism followers open center near Nevada City
About 100 western Nevada County followers of Tibetan Buddhism now have a center for teaching and meditation on North Bloomfield Road (The Grass Valley Union).
Sherman Lee Asian exhibit at Cleveland Museum of Art
This 2nd Century Pakistani sculpture of Shakyamuni Buddha, born as Prince Siddhartha, the historical founder of Buddhism, reflects influences from classical Greek art, which spread into central Asia following the invasion of Alexander the Great in... (The Cleveland Plain Dealer/Steven Litt).
Fashion: Going brow-less (like a Thai Buddhist monk)
Why are naked eyes all the rage on this season's high-fashion runways? (Salon.com)
Sri Lanka: Castes, religions, and Eezham Tamil nationalism
Tamil nationalism needs to realise its potentialities and weaknesses in making it progressive, benevolent and an internationally recognised culture in the future world, writes Opinion Columnist Ampalam. The secular linguistic identity of Tamil nationalism, based on a classical language in which more than two millennia of human experience and discourses both spiritual and temporal are recorded... (TamilNet).
Jaci Stephen: "optimistic about finding Buddhism"
It's a thin line between Buddhism...that's what I've so far learned in my quest for the spiritual enlightenment that everyone is seeking here (Independent).

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