Most relaxing/healing tune (video)

Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; Knapp's News

(JustMusicTV) Marconi Union's "Weightless" (official video) from the album Weightless (Ambient Transmissions Vol. 2) and on iTunes (found.ee/WeightlessAlbum) and Just Music Store (found.ee/I3Rql). The Ambient Zone selects and curates ambient music from across the music spectrum to create a magical listening experience. It acts as a trusted curator for a growing community of ambient music fans, offering all the good things that the word "ambient" means and is associated with different people living in a quieter world. Continue listening by following curated playlists: The Ambient Zone Essential: youtube.com/playlist?list... More

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Thai Elephant steps on Burmese landmine

Elephant tears (Tasos_49/Digifancanon/Flickr)

(Telegraph.co.uk) Soraida Salwala of the Friends of the Asian Elephant conservation group in northern Thailand says the pachyderm's left foot was severely hurt in Sunday's blast in Burma's Kayin state.

Salwala said Tuesday that the elephant named Pa Hae Po was taken by truck to the group's hospital in the Thai city of Lampang and is expected to recover.

The elephant is the 14th such injury to be treated at the hospital since it began operating in 1993. He joins three other landmine victims that remain hospitalized at the facility. Rights groups say both the Burma army and rebels have laid mines during decades of conflict.

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Buddha's Kapilavastu relics to go from India to Sri Lanka

The relics were excavated in the 19th century by Alexander Cunningham, the first director of the Archaeological Survey of India. The place of excavation, now called Piprahwa in Bihar, was known as Kapilavastu earlier [leading to Indian claims that the Buddha was born in India proper rather than in an outlying region, be it in what is now Afghanistan or Nepal]. Indian and Sri Lankan officials on Saturday unveiled a 16-foot tall [statue of the] Buddha in the Sarnath style from the Gupta period, installed at the entrance to the International Buddhist Museum complex...

Animal Karma: "One Lucky Elephant" (film)

(One Lucky Elephant) What happens to a circus elephant when it comes time to retire? After 16 years in the spotlight, Flora, an African elephant living in St. Louis, must find a new home. And David, the circus producer who has cared for her all these years, must say goodbye. The road to Flora's retirement, however, is a difficult and emotional one. The bond between human and elephant is tested in unexpected ways. Ten years in the making, this touching, thought-provoking film deftly investigates the problems and mysteries posed by keeping wild animals in captivity while never losing sight of the delicate love story at its heart.

Buddhist boxer delivers spiritual punch

Aimee Heckel (DailyCamera.com, 6/21/09)

Boxing Buddhists are a common sight in Thailand where kick boxing is the national pastime. Buddhist boxing might not be out of place in a Shaolin temple ring alongside other martial arts in China. But an American Buddhist boxing in the stiff, British style made famous in the U.S?

BOULDER, Colorado — Only in Boulder: a Buddhist boxing gym. The walls of Front Range Boxing are lined with Lao Tzo quotes, alongside photos of Dave Gaudette with famous boxers and trainers. Gaudette was 16 years old when he fell in love with boxing.

Another twist: At the time, he was studying to be a Franciscan priest. "I've always been drawn toward the ultimate, the bigger picture," he says. "Every once in a while, the time and the ego melts away. And that's the closest you're ever going to get to God. I'm talking about the 'dis-ease' of philosophy. If you're satisfied with everything, there's no impulse to look beyond your next experience."

He continues, without a breath in between: "Do you know the story of the Buddha?" Ah, yes. The preceding is a typical conversation with Lisa Gaudette's father. His endurance and passion about philosophy and spirituality rivals his endurance and passion in the boxing ring. And a boxing Buddhist is no contraction, he insists. But before we get swept into another intense discussion about transcendence and the infinite, let's pause to wish Gaudette a happy Father's Day. More>>

Boxing Buddha
Jen Hodsdon (thebollard.com)

Jaed Coffin, 28, is a talented writer who lives in Brunswick. The Thai-American has been a boxer, a lobsterman, a sea-kayak guide, and a Buddhist monk. He’s traveled around the world. But he’s also a guy who will invite you to come hang out in his garage workshop with some warm beer and classic rock. In other words, despite all his accomplishments, he’s unpretentious. Coffin’s first book, a memoir titled, A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants, was recently published by Da Capo Press. It tells the story of Coffin’s journey to his mother’s village in Thailand several years ago to live as a monk and experience Thai culture. More>>