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God, No God, and Buddhism
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:28:00 +0300
Ed Halliwell has a must-read essay at The Guardian on God and Buddhism. As he says, in the current debates between theists and atheists, we Buddhists find ourselves in an...
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A Chinese Wheel of Life
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:09:00 +0300
This sculpture at the Dazu Stone Carvings in Chongqing, China, is unmistakably a Wheel of Life. However, what I can make out of the details differs from the way the...
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Advice to Americans
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0300
Khentrul Rinpoche, the abbot of a monastery in eastern Tibet, is touring the United States and offering advice to Americans about weathering the financial crisis.
According to Paul Beebe of...
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Let's Talk About Religion
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:20:00 +0300
I stumbled on this essay by a gentleman who wants to challenge religion. He is, apparently, frustrated that people keep their religious beliefs to themselves and won't drag them out...
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That's Entertainment
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:09:00 +0300
Cambodia's first rock opera has been forced off the air by the monastic establishment. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports, "Cambodian monks have persuaded authorities to ban the country's first rock opera,...
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New Year's Eve, Tokyo
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:15:00 +0300
In a purification ritual, a boy wafts smoke from an incense burner over himself at the Sensoji Temple, Tokyo, on December 31, 2008. Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar over a...
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Buddhist Year in Review
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:16:00 +0300
The Buddhist Year in Review, as reported here on the Buddhism Blog (dates given are blog post dates) --
January 2. Imprisoned Burmese monk U Gambira becomes Burma Digest's Person of...
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Love May Keep Them Together, But Without Feathers
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:03:00 +0300
Red and Jack are problematic parrots living at Garuda Aviary, a project of the Kunzang Palyul Chöling Temple in Poolesville, Maryland. David A. Fahrenthold writes about them in the Washington...
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Indulgence
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:00:00 +0300
Feeling saturated with tinsel and cookies? These few days between Christmas and New Year's Eve always feel a bit ragged. The holiday decorations are starting to look shabby, the tree...
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Worsts and Bests
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:53:00 +0300
Via the Rev. Danny Fisher, elephant journal has a list of the Ten Worst Buddhist Movie Characters.
The list includes The Monk With No Name (Chow Yun-Fat) in Bulletproof Monk...
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