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| Role Of Sangitis In Maintaining Purity Of Buddhavacana (Buddha Teachings) by Ven. Sumedha, Asian Tribune, Jan 1, 2009 | ||||
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New Delhi, India -- In its extended sense in the Buddhist texts ‘Sangiti’- (‘sam+gai’) means collective recitation, proclamation, rehearsal. It has finally come to signify general convocation of the Buddhist monks in order to settle the questions of the doctrine and to fix text of the scripture. In the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra we get the reference to the experts in proclamation of the doctrine of the Tathagata (Sangiti kusala Tathagatadhammanam). detail... | ||||
| Lessons in Buddhism from an iconoclastic scholar by Ajay Singh, UCLA Today, Feb 27, 2009 | ||||
| Gregory Schopen: In his Faculty Research Lecture on March 10, Gregory Schopen hopes to illuminate a little-known aspect of Buddhism: the fact that it was one of the earliest social organizations in India to develop what might be called a corporation. detail... | ||||
| Whose Buddhism and Which Science? by Kevin Matthews, UCLA Intyernational Institute, Feb 24, 2009 | ||||
| Before he embarked on research for his 2008 book "Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed," if Donald S. Lopez heard something about Buddhism and science being compatible, he would recall an old bestseller by Fritjof Capra, a physicist. It was published in 1975 under the title "The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism." detail... | ||||
| Meditation time by Simon Rowe, AsiaOne.com, Feb 25, 2009 | ||||
| "THE time it takes for a stick of incense to burn is the time you should spend meditating," says Buddhist priest Ryusho Soeda. detail... | ||||
| အိုဘားမားအေၾကာင္း သီတဂူ ဆရာေတာ္ ေဟာၾကား by Ko Soe, www.irrawaddy.org | ||||
| အိုဘားမားအေၾကာင္း သီတဂူ ဆရာေတာ္ ေဟာၾကား detail... | ||||
| The Angkor Wat of Malaysia by Translated by LIM LIY EE, Guang Ming Daily, July 4, 2009 | ||||
| Ulu Tiram, Johor (Malaysia) -- Large numbers of Singaporean faithfuls flock to Buddhist temples in Johor to pay homage, pray and make donations, and these donations have expedited the development of temples there. detail... | ||||
| Buddhists are 3rd largest religious group in the Netherlands by Nisnews Bulletin, May 27, 2009 | ||||
| AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands -- Buddhism has expanded in the Netherlands into the third religion after Christianity and Islam. The growth is so strong that as well as Islamisation, it is possible to speak of Buddhisation of the Netherlands, argue researchers Marcel Poorthuis and Theo Salemink in De Volkskrant.
The Netherlands now has an estimated 250,000 Buddhists or people who feel strongly attracted by this religion, largely white Dutch. In 1998, there were only 16,000 including just 4,000 Dutch natives and 12,000 Buddhist immigrants from Asia. detail... | ||||
| Meditate to find inner peace, Buddhist monk tells Pasco audience by Mindy Rubenstein, St. Petersburg Times, June 25, 2009 | ||||
| St. Petersburg, FL (USA) -- Thinley Ningpo became a monk at a Buddhist monastery in northern Tibet. He has made pilgrimages to the sacred places of western Tibet, studied under the eminent scholars of his faith and earned the title of Drupon ("retreat teacher") and the honorific Rinpoche ("precious one") for the years he has spent teaching and seeking enlightenment.
So when he was asked Tuesday evening if he has ever given in to his "afflictive emotions" — such as anger and fear — he surprised the crowd at Pasco-Hernando Community College by responding in English:
"Oh, all the time!" detail... | ||||
| Buddhism thrives as China relaxes religious policy by Robert J. Saiget, AFP, July 7, 2009 | ||||
| WUTAISHAN, China -- Temples thrive, monks travel far and wide in search of enlightenment, the faithful fill the halls of worship -- after decades of atheist policies, Buddhism is making a huge comeback in China. detail... | ||||
| Keeping bad people out of monastic orders by The Nation Published on July 5, 2009 | ||||
| Test of determination needed for men who aspire to enter the monkhood for some time
From time to time we hear negative news about unruly Buddhist monks and their unholy acts. They get involved in crimes ranging from the petty to the fatal. While the number of such cases is not alarming when compared to the size of the entire Buddhist clergy - although many petty offences involving monks probably go unreported - we hear more and more frequently about bad monks, and that is disheartening for devout Buddhists. detail... | ||||