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Buddhist leader 17th Karmapa to visit US in May 2008-04-10 01:43:00 New Delhi - Tibetan Buddhist
leader the 17th Karmapa is scheduled to visit
the United States in May, an official at his office in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala said Wednesday. The 22-year-old Ogyen Trinley Dorji heads the Karma Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The young monk was being groomed by China to be the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists till he fled to India in 2000.
The
FAQs about Buddhism 2008-04-17 02:05:00 Buddhism has about 300 million followers around
the world. The word comes from the Pali and Sanskrit word "budhi,'' meaning "to awaken.''
Buddhism's origins came about 2,500 years ago when Siddhartha Gotama, known as the Buddha, was awakened, or enlightened, at the age of 35.
Here are some frequently asked questions about Buddhism.
Q: Is it a religion?
A: To many, Buddhism goes beyond
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Discover your spirituality with yoga 2008-04-23 01:56:00 Yoga has many beneficial effects if you practice it on a regular basis; it is known to help if major illnesses as well as being undertaken by those who just want to get fitter and healthier. There is so much more to yoga however, yoga is a total holistic system that can strengthen not only the muscles but also the mind. Those who practice yoga on a more serious level think of it as a totally
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Keeping Your Spirits Up 2008-05-13 02:55:00 Research already shows religion and spirituality are linked to positive physical and mental health, and now some doctors are asking how such beliefs factor into coping mechanisms used to deal with chronic disabilities. Many patients become more spiritual when faced with death due to an illness. But does religion make a difference when an illness isn't terminal, but instead is something a person
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Truth and Spirituality 2008-05-16 01:51:00 Last night’s community group discussion revolved around two related issues - truth and spirituality. We first viewed this video regarding Oprah Winfrey’s web seminar class (what some have called a “church”). Our discussion led us to understand that among the many flaws of Eckhart Tolle (Oprah’s guest and teacher of the seminar) and Oprah were the foundational issues of truth and spirit Read more:Spirituality
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I read THE SECRET a year ago and my life has steadily improved since then. 2008-05-19 02:35:00 Just stopping in to say hello. I found Good Karma last year shortly after I finished reading The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, but there wasn't much action here back then, and way leads onto way...
I want to share my remedy: If life is knocking you about, try reading The Secret or watching the movie.
I can attest to the radical difference in a person's life that can follow applying the wisdom found
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An overdose of spurious spirituality 2008-05-22 02:57:00 Indians from the ancient times have regarded the sadhus and swamis as next to god and worshipped them. But, these days, various shameful acts committed by these so-called swamis certainly put a question mark on the authenticity of such persons.
FOR THE past one week, the people of Kerala have been treated to the juicy bits of two swamis’ profligacy and escapades. Every vernacular and English
A Glimpse of Balkan Spirituality in London 2008-05-22 02:46:00 21 May 2008 Kit Fordham’s new exhibition of black-and-white photographs of Orthodox life and worship in the Balkan
s and Russia casts a fresh eye on an ancient subject, writes Marcus Tanner.
A tall Russian priest cranes his head forward to hear the whispered confession of an old woman at the St Sergius monastery in Moscow; a young man in shorts lights a candle in the coal-black gloom of a church Read more:Spirituality
Spirituality - Is it all in your head? 2008-05-29 01:37:00 These things can always be looked at several different ways. After listening to WNYC’s RadioLab on “Where Am I?”, I was very uncertain about the brain’s role in religion and spirituality, and how we might create the “proof” for these beliefs. When the brain loses track of the body, experiences similar to “near-death experiences” occur. Perhaps these situations are merely a react Read more:Spirituality
Churches must be 'entertainment' too 2008-05-29 01:33:00 If clairvoyants must have warning signs, why not faith healers and others places of worship?
I am driven to my wits' end by my fellow humans' feeble grasp of principled reasoning. Take this week's announcement of new government proposals. Anyone caught with drawings (or computer-generated images) of child sexual abuse will face up to three years in prison. This will close what ministers are now
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Alien Spirituality 2008-06-02 02:12:00 Is spirituality a uniquely human attribute and experience? Do intelligent non-human beings exist and, if so, do such beings have religious beliefs or even souls?
At least one major world religion has indicated that its answer to such questions may well be no, yes, and yes, in that order. In a recent interview with Italian newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s chief astronomer, the Rev Read more:Alien
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Selling Tibet to the world 2008-06-05 03:23:00 Shugden supporters claim that the Dalai Lama took advantage of the worldwide groundswell of support that accompanied the Olympic torch protests earlier this year to move against them. They claim that on his orders hundreds of pro-Shugden monks were expelled from Tibet
an Buddhist monasteries, mostly in India, leaving them without financial support and shelter. They now argue it is the Dalai Lama
Panchaseela and Buddhism 2008-06-10 02:23:00 I refer to Mr. Upali S. Jayasekera's response in The Island of today (6/6) to my earlier contribution on this subject in The Island of 23/5.
Normally I do not reply to such responses because they are not worthy of comment. But when he says that "My Jayatissa Perera appears to have launched a campaign ridicule Buddhist practices" I must deny the allegation because I do not for a moment consider
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Kansas Man Discovers Buddhism In Prison 2008-06-19 05:29:00 The word penitentiary originally comes from penance and the religious idea of redemption through punishment. Many inmates find religion to be one of the few sources of comfort and, for some, if can be life-changing. In US prisons, the Christian chaplain has been a common figure, but today, inmates might be offered the services of a Rabbi, an Imam or a Buddhist Lama. The Prison
Dharma Network,
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22-year-old is said to be embodiment of wisdom and compassion in world of Buddhism 2008-06-27 02:34:00 SHAMONG*-On the day the living Buddha first stepped onto New Jersey soil, weeks of rainy weather gave way to not one, but two rainbows - fitting symbolism for a man many consider a bright sun rising in the Buddhist sky.
And on the beautiful day that followed, more than 1,600 people from around the country converged on the Karma Thegsum Choling New Jersey (KTCNJ) Buddhist Monastery in Shamong to
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Buddhist Relics Tour Heads to San Jose After Campbell Stop 2008-07-11 02:00:00 Buddhists and non-Buddhists, believers and those who were a bit skeptical gathered at the Gyalwa Gyatso Buddhist Center in Campbell
over the holiday weekend to get a glimpse and maybe a blessing from the sacred relics.
The tour heads to San Jose
this weekend, starting with opening ceremonies Friday night.
The collection of more than 1,000 relics, found among the cremation ashes of Buddhist
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A Touch of Samsara 2008-08-11 01:45:00 NAMED for rebirth, a spa strives to live up to it, writes SU AZIZ.
SAMSARA, in Hinduism and Buddhism, depicts the endless or eternal cycle of birth, suffering, death and rebirth.
As you can see, it is a name that carries a lot of weight and meaning. Therefore, Samsara Spa chain of Swiss Garden Hotel and Resorts has quite a big shoe to fill. The question is, can it?
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Workplace Spirituality 2008-09-19 01:46:00 What do Southwest Airlines, Hewlett-Packard, The Men’s Wearhouse, AES, Wetherrill Associates and Tom’s of Maine have in common? They’re among a growing number of organizations that have embraced workplace spirituality.
Workplace
spirituality is not about organized religious practices. It is not about God or theology. Workplace spirituality recognizes that people have an inner life that nour Read more:Spirituality
Christianity Growing Fast in Mongolia 2008-09-18 01:50:00 (09-17) 17:55 PDT Ulan Bator, Mongolia - Mitch Tillman is an unlikely savior. Six years ago, the Baptist missionary languished in an Alabama jail, facing a prison sentence on drug charges. Today he builds hospitals, feeds street children and saves souls in Mongolia.
For Christian missionaries like Tillman, Mongolia is the new El Dorado. Since communist rule ended in 1990, some 60,000 Mongolians
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Our Legacy of Religious Politics 2008-10-08 02:08:00 Communalism is not about faith and conversions but about political clout
It is not any more a mere anti-colonial jab but a fairly good generalisation that it is the first Europeans - starting with the Portuguese — who brought with them syphilis and communalism in the sixteenth century. Secularism came in much, much later, again from the same direction and with a similar amount of poison. Modern Read more:Legacy
Refuge for the Desperate 2008-10-07 02:09:00 Vice President Vincent Siew visited Taipei 101 to pray yesterday. President Ma Ying-jeou did so on
Saturday. They both prayed before a gold Buddha image presented as a gift to one of Taiwan’s popular Buddhist patriarchs by his Thai counterpart. The two leaders of Taiwan implored divine help end the country’s seemingly endless trouble just as ancient Chinese emperors did.
Siew and Ma addresse Read more:Desperate
Economic Crisis. Invitation to a New Way of Life 2008-10-06 02:12:00 Fostering Ecological Hope
Can the economic crisis be perceived as an opportunity to change how we live? Of course it can. And whether one sees that as scary, or with relief, or with an “about time,” or with sadness or joy, depends upon what one values.
earth atmosphere from space
Humans are living in a way that is rapidly depleting the planet of all that we need to sustain rich Read more:Crisis
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The Buddhist Path Of Revolution 2008-10-29 02:33:00 Against the Stream is more than just another blog about Buddhism. It is a manifesto and field guide for the front lines of the revolution. It is the culmination of almost two decades of meditative dissonance from the next generation of Buddhist
s in the West. It is a call to awakening for the sleeping masses.
Wake up: the revolution has already begun; it started 2,500 years ago, when Sid (
Lanka to Attend Fifth Buddhist Summit, Japan 2008-10-28 02:33:00 Mahanayake of the Asgiriya Chapter Most Ven. Udugama Sri Buddharakkithabidhana Thera and Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake will lead the Sri Lanka
n delegation to the Fifth
World BuddhistSummit
to be held from October 31 to November 10,in Kobe City, Japan
.
The summit, attended by delegates from 33 countries will be held at the Royal Grand Hall of Buddhism in Kobe City. The organization
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