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| Strength lies in love and peace by Sivananthi T., The Sun Oct 3, 2006 | ||||
| So it was refreshing to hear someone saying: "In the Western world it is widely held that only positivistic reason and the forms of philosophy based on it are universally valid. Yet the world's profoundly religious cultures see this exclusion of the divine from the universality of reason as an attack on their most profound convictions.
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| Archaeologists work to salvage fragments of the giant Buddhas by Andrew Maykuth, www.myrtlebeachonline.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Thu, Oct. 05, 2006 | ||||
| It took Buddhist monks several decades to build the monuments 1,500 years ago. The Taliban, who declared the statues idolatrous and un-Islamic, required only a few weeks to blow them up. Five years later, experts are still making an inventory of the fragments, slowed by stoppages every half hour or so to look for buried bombs, grenades and mines. detail... | ||||
| Dalai Lama blesses Shekhar Kapur's 'Buddha' film by IANS Thursday, October 05, 2006 09:38 IST | ||||
| NEW DELHI: Producer Bhupendra Kumar Modi organised a special luncheon party in Los Angeles to seek the blessings of the Dalai Lama before launching his $120 million epic feature film Buddha to be directed by Shekhar Kapur. detail... | ||||
| We must strive for peace by Myra Furse Oct, 05,2006 | ||||
| My youngest daughter, who lives in San Francisco, has been involved with Buddhism for many years. She is currently meditating at the Zen Center where she lived when she first moved there. She and about 500 others are meeting for meditation every morning at 4:30 a.m.
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| Mind, Brain, and Meditation by Martin LeFevre: www.sbcglobal.net Friday, 6 October 2006, 3:11 am | ||||
| What is the distinction between mind as thought, and mind without thought? That distinction, in practice rather than theory, makes all the difference, not just to philosophy of mind, but in how to live.
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| Buddhist monk Gen Kelsang Wangden to speak on Tuesday by www.dickinsonstate.com, 10/6/2006 | ||||
| Wangden is a Michigan native and has been studying and practicing Buddhism for many years. Kadampa Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhist school founded by the Indian Buddhist Master Atisha (982-1054 A.D.). Kadampa teachers are known not only for their excellence as scholars but also for their spiritual purity and sincerity.
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| More rain coming, Ayutthaya flooded by www.bangkokpost.com 10/06/2006 | ||||
| The flood situation in Ayutthaya Province is still in a critical condition, and many ancient sites there have already been submerged. Many units are working together to aid people in 445 villages of 91 tambons in Ayutthaya.
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| Japanese envoy to discuss Nalanda university proposal by www.teluguportal.net 07/10/2006 | ||||
| Patna, Oct 6 (IANS) Japanese Ambassador Yasukuni Enoki is slated to pay a two-day official visit to Bihar later this month to discuss the setting up of a university at Nalanda, the site of an ancient Buddhist university, and explore other investment opportunities in the state.
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| Ratna Manjari Guruma dies at 83 by www.gorkhapatra.org.np [ 2006-10-6 ] | ||||
| KATHMANDU, Oct. 5: Senior Instructor of Vipassana Meditation Anagarika (Buddhist nun) Ratna Manjari Guruma passed away at the age of 83 at Dharma Kirti Vihar, Naghal this morning.
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| Five fast facts about meditation ,Julie by Deardorff, Chicago Tribune, 07/10/2006 | ||||
| 1. Studies have shown meditation can lower blood pressure, help insomnia, strengthen the immune system, lower heart rate and help reduce chronic pain. detail... | ||||