Buddhism Timeline 2003

Buddhism Timeline 2003

1. 2003

   2003 - In 2003, Xingyun wrote more than 200 Buddhist lyrics and openly invited people who were also interested in writing lyrics. The contest, known as "Sounds of the Human World," became an annual competition held in Taipei, Taiwan, and song entries are from a myriad ...In 2003, Xingyun wrote more than 200 Buddhist lyrics and openly invited people who were also interested in writing lyrics. The contest, known as "Sounds of the Human World," became an annual competition held in Taipei, Taiwan, and song entries are from a myriad of languages, such as Korean, French, Portuguese, and German, promoted by the Foguangshan branches worldwide, Tan said. "[The competition] is a modern attempt, but it is not the first attempt to introduce Buddhism," she ... Show more Show less From SOAS Alumni Online Community - News - What's New - Related web pages www.soasalumni.org/Page.aspx?pid=380

2. 2003 - In 2003, 'The First Conference of Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Centers in the Americas' was held in upstate New York. Rinpoche led the first plenary session on "The Experience and Challenge of Teaching and Studying Buddhism in the Americas". From Sogyal Rinpoche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Related web pages en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogyal_Rinpoche

3. 01/2003

   Jan 2003 - According to a resource paper â “ An Overview of Unethical Conversions of Buddhists in the Asian Region â “ presented at the International Buddhist Conference on the Buddha Sasana in Theravada Buddhist Countries held in Colombo in January 2003, the ...According to a resource paper â “ An Overview of Unethical Conversions of Buddhists in the Asian Region â “ presented at the International Buddhist Conference on the Buddha Sasana in Theravada Buddhist Countries held in Colombo in January 2003, the introduction of the open economy in Sri Lanka led to a steady stream of foreign-funded Christian evangelical organizations infiltrating the island's Buddhist and Hindu communities. Show more Show less From Launching report on unethical conversions - Christian Aggression - Related web pages www.christianaggression.org/item_display.php ...

4. Jan 5, 2003 - A monk rakes and sweeps, a seesaw movement that takes him across the small courtyard. There is no wind on the cold December day, and the work is quick. The man's shaved head stays bowed, his chin nearly buried in his saffron robes, his thoughts seemingly lost in his labor. ... From THE PATH TO BUDDHA Buddhist monks near Keller shun the material … - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/ST/lib00154 ...

5. Jan 9, 2003 - By CELESTINE BOHLEN. For 1300 years the Akshobhya Buddha, one of four large statues of Buddha at the Four Gate Pagoda in China's Shandong Province, sat solemnly looking eastward, face locked in a beatific expression. In 1997, the Buddha lost its head. A gang of thieves, ... From … Finds Its Way Back Home; In Rare Gesture, Buddhist Leader In Taiwan … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

6. Jan 17, 2003 - A record 200000 people from across the globe are attending a Buddhist festival in eastern India, despite reports of death threats to exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, officials said today. The 10-day Kalachakra puja, a Tibetan tantric ritual, was opened on Sunday by the ... From Record 200,000 people attend Buddhist festival in India - Related web pages www.smh.com.au/cgi-bin/common ...

7. Jan 25, 2003 - Buddhism has pursued the same goal for millenia longer, through meditation rather than medication. Now Western science is validating Eastern tradition: Modern brain imaging is yielding startling evidence of the effectiveness of Buddhist techniques in tethering emotions. ... From SPIRITUAL LIFE RICH BARLOW - AUTHOR EXPLORES BUDDHISM'S … - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BG/lib00064 ...

8. Jan 27, 2003 - While he embraces the role dictated by his Buddhist lineage, he's no knee-jerk traditionalist: he views the ossified rituals and hierarchical ... Buddhism ought to be treated as a philosophy, he explains. "It's about how you look at your life. But sadly, (it) has become a religious ... From The God of Small Films - Related web pages www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171 ...

9. Jan 30, 2003 - BANGKOK - It is not often that Thai Buddhist monks participate in public protests, but protest they will when it comes to measures they ... Indeed, some of the 5000 Buddhist monks and lay people who gathered here early this week to protest a monastic reform bill said the issue was ... From Asia Times - Related web pages www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EA30Ae01.html

10. 02/2003

    Feb 5, 2003 - by Chayanit Poonyarat. BANGKOK, Feb. 5 (IPS) - Thai Buddhist nuns find themselves caught between two realms -- they are thought to be religious people by many in this mainly Buddhist country but are considered to be laity by the religious. While they have left the secular life to enter ... From THAILAND: BUDDHIST NUNS LIVE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS. - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

11. Feb 11, 2003 - Buddhism was introduced to China from India approximately in the first century AD, becoming increasingly popular and the most influential religion in ... Tibetan Buddhism, as a branch of Chinese Buddhism, is popular primarily in Tibet and Inner Mongolia. Now China has more than 13000 ... From … Mountain in Zhejiang Province is a sacred place for Chinese Buddhists - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-02/11 ...

12. Feb 16, 2003 - In a city that is nothing if not eclectic, a former orthodontist's office in Davis Square is now home to the world's largest ecumenical Buddhist publisher. McNeill met the Dalai Lama in an ashram in southern India during a 1972 trek through western Asia and was inspired. ... From … OF WISDOM - LARGEST ECUMENICAL BUDDHIST PUBLISHER IS IN … - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BG/lib00064 ...

13. Feb 27, 2003 - By JANE PERLEZ. The ancient carved stone terraces of the Borobudur monument rise out of the plain of central Java like a grand wedding cake trimmed with hundreds of Buddha statues. But the sanctity of the temple that symbolizes the Buddhist civilization that flourished here more than a ... From Borobudur Journal; Buddhist Monument and Mall: Will Twain Meet? - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

14. 03/2003

    Mar 4, 2003 - New figures show that Buddhism is now the second biggest religion in Devon and Cornwall. The findings from the recent census also show many Christians in the region are returning to their evangelical roots. Devon and Cornwall had a population of 1576186 when the census was taken in ... From Buddhism becomes second religion - Related web pages news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2820377.stm

15. Mar 5, 2003 - A nun has been appointed to a director's position for the first time in the history of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. ... "I am happy that Buddhism, which is relatively conservative, is embracing the social trend of expanded women's roles in society,¡± she told reporters. ... From Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea - Related web pages english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200303 ...

16. Mar 14, 2003 - Author:. RELIGION. We all have bad days, or so Western psychology assumes. There are times when anger, anxiety and depression just seem to get the upper hand. The most we can do, psychology contends, is learn to contain our emotions--or take a pill. Buddhism claims another option. ... From Research hints how Buddhist meditation can ease distress - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

17. Mar 14, 2003 - Nearly every culture has had a theory of the afterlife. Buddhism has generated a particularly rich lore of posthumous fate. Its imagery and influence thread through the collections of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. In Kamakura period Japan (AD 1185-1333), the sect known as Pure ... From Buddhist view of afterlife takes many forms at Asian - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003 ...

18. Mar 17, 2003 - By Antoine Blua. Termez -- today a quiet, unremarkable city in southern Uzbekistan -- was once at the heart of Central Asian Buddhism, and home to Fayaz Tepa, a Buddhist monastery that is more than 1000 years old. Plans to restore the historic site are moving forward amid improved ... From Uzbekistan: Buddhist Treasures To Be Restored As Part of Cultural … - Related web pages www.rferl.org/content/article/1102548.html

19. Mar 21, 2003 - The ancient carved stone terraces of the Borobudur monument rise out of the plain of central Java like a grand wedding cake trimmed with hundreds of Buddha statues.But the sanctity of the temple that symbolizes the Buddhist civilization that flourished here more than a millennium ago ... From The malling of Indonesia's Buddhist shrine? - Related web pages www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-72737679.html?refid ...

20. Mar 31, 2003 - On March 31, 2003, at the Sangha University in Seoul, Korea, the Plum Village monastics released a revised version of the Pratimoksha. This is a revolutionary step, as it is the first time in 2600 years that the vinaya has been updated to meet the situations ...On March 31, 2003, at the Sangha University in Seoul, Korea, the Plum Village monastics released a revised version of the Pratimoksha. This is a revolutionary step, as it is the first time in 2600 years that the vinaya has been updated to meet the situations and needs of our present-day monastic communities. I firmly believe that the Buddha needs courageous disciples to continue his teachings and to make the Buddhist tradition alive and vital for young people today. Buddhism ... Show more Show less From Joyfully Together - Related web pages books.google.com/books?id=meTL51tiNuQC&pg=PA49 ...

21. 04/2003

    Apr 1, 2003 - PANGBOCHE, Nepal _ The old lama regarded the Americans and Sherpas crowded into the courtyard of his gompa, some in wheelchairs, one with a missing leg, others with weak limbs or bad hearing. Laughing kindly as he spoke to them through a translator, the 71-year-old village Buddhist ... From Buddhist lama blesses disabled Everest climbers. - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

22. Apr 12, 2003 - At distant intervals, an art show reveals works never seen together before that radically modify our perception of a major period in the history of great cultures. ''Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art From Korea and Japan,'' at the Japan Society Gallery until June ... From Buddhism and the meeting of cultures EXHIBITION /NEW YORK - Related web pages www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-73283051.html?refid ...

23. Apr 17, 2003 - By Simon Montlake | Special to The Christian Science Monitor. NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND – From the outside, it looks like any other temple in Thailand, a country that considers itself a bastion of Buddhist culture. A cluster of modest wooden buildings and a well-kept lawn hide behind a ... From Bastion of Buddhism faces gender debate - Related web pages www.csmonitor.com/2003/0417/p07s01-woap.html

24. Apr 20, 2003 - QUALITIES OF LIFE. HEALTH. Not unlike many of us who took fishing vacations to bond with our fathers or perhaps accompanied them on a designated annual business trip, Sakyong Mipham occasionally traveled with his dad during his teenage years. The difference for Sakyong Mipham was the ... From Basic training for the mind ; Buddhist leader brings the hope of mastery … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

25. Apr 21, 2003 - Gere was then post-Pretty Woman but well established as Buddhist bore. Latest reports suggest he's going to set up a Buddhist holiday spa in Tibet ... As so often with the western reception of Buddhist values, the material complements the spiritual. Fluffy towels, hot baths and time to ... From Buddha goes to Hollywood - Related web pages www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/apr/21/religion.uk

26. Apr 23, 2003 - The Japan Society in New York City is the exclusive venue for Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan. The exhibit, which runs until June 22 and is the result of a co-operative effort between the national museums of South Korea and Japan, ... From Ancient Buddhist art showing in New York - Related web pages www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews ...

27. 05/2003

    May 10, 2003 - FOR THOSE who are in need of a break, feeling stressed or just plain curious, an introductory Buddhist retreat for a few days may put things in ... The popularity of Buddhism has snowballed in America, Australia and Europe over the past century. Britain has been no exception, ... From Zen and the art of calm maintenance in a stressful world - Related web pages www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith ...

28. May 10, 2003 - The panel members were Chris Frith, professor of cognitive neurology at London's Institute of Neurology; Shere Hite, author of the Hite Reports and professor of gender and society at Nihon University in Japan; Owen Holland, senior lecturer in computer science at the University of Essex ... From Sex, brains, robots and Buddhism: looking for free will - Related web pages www.newscientist.com/article/mg17823944.300 ...

29. May 17, 2003 - Vadodara, May 16: About 200 men and women took diksha and converted to Buddhism in Vadodara on Friday. The World Buddhist Council (WBC), the body behind the move, said that this was the beginning of a chain of conversions that would see some one lakh persons changing their religion by ... From 200 Dalits convert to Buddhism in Vadodara - Related web pages cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=52149

30. May 18, 2003 - Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, more commonly known as the Dalai Lama, is planning a four-day visit to Greater Boston in September as part of his first trip to Massachusetts in five years. The Dalai Lama, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning spiritual and political leader ... From DALAI LAMA PLANS VISIT TO PROMOTE BUDDHISM - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BG/lib00064 ...

31. May 21, 2003 - According to some neuroscientists, it might have something to do with Buddhism. Using new brain-scanning techniques, researchers found that certain ... "We can now hypothesize with some confidence that those apparently happy, calm Buddhist souls … really are happy," said Professor Owen ... From Beatific Brains - Related web pages www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2003/05/58947

32. May 22, 2003 - By Mark Henderson, Science Correspondent. BUDDHISTS who claim their religion holds the secret of happiness may have been proved right by science: brain scans of the devout have found exceptional activity in the lobes that promote serenity and joy. American research has shown that the ... From Buddhists really do know secret of happiness - Related web pages www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world ...

33. May 25, 2003 - Happiness is ... a J-Lo butt, to order. Sharon Brown, aged 35, has bought her place in history and put a smile on her face by becoming one of the first women in the country to have silicone stuffed into each buttock, at a cost of £4800. What a cheek! Happiness is ... a J-Lo butt, ... From Yvonne Roberts: Buddhism or a J-Lo butt? Your choice - Related web pages www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators ...

34. May 25, 2003 - Aideen Curtis, a 51- year-old Buddhist, is giving a tour of Bethnal Green and it is about as close as a Buddhist comes to doing a victory lap. “Look, there's another one, she'sa Buddhist too,” beamed Curtis, waving to a smiling old lady across the street. ... From Focus: If you're happy and you know it you're a Buddhist - Related web pages www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk ...

35. May 26, 2003 - Before basking in the sun on the pristine beaches of Goa, Canadian painter Laurence Caruana and his French wife, Florence, decided to soak up a little spirituality. So they headed first to Bodh Gaya, a sleepy town in northern India where 2500 years ago an Indian prince attained ... From In the Buddha's Shadow.(many Westerners embracing Buddhism) - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

36. 06/2003

    Jun 12, 2003 - By ANTHONY DEPALMA. Two Buddhist nuns who took on one of the largest developers in New York chanted and prayed in peace and quiet yesterday at their Lower Manhattan temple after a judge issued a temporary restraining order shutting down a $200 million high-rise apartment building under ... From Buddhist Nuns Go Up Against a Realty Giant - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

37. Jun 13, 2003 - Vadodara, June 12: AFTER claiming that it had convinced a lakh people to convert to Buddhism, the Vishwa Boudh Sangh (VBS) on Thursday decided to postpone its conversion rally to October 5. Though the Sangh blamed the administration for ''non-cooperation,'' it admitted to ''some ... From Buddhist body postpones conversion rally - Related web pages cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=54717

38. Jun 15, 2003 - Norman Fischer was getting ready for his first extended meditation retreat at Tassajara, a rustic Zen temple in the mountains east of Big Sur, when something unexpected happened. It was 1976 and Norm's wife, Kathie, was pregnant -- with twins who were arriving ahead of schedule. ... From Father, Buddhist are one and the same Writer finds new truth through … - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003 ...

39. Jun 17, 2003 - The leader of Japan's biggest Buddhist sect is the latest world religious leader to be presented with a peace bracelet by a Welsh secondary school. Koken Mon-nyo Otani Hosshu is the head of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism (Pure Land Buddhism) and is also a cousin of Japan's Emperor. ... From Buddhist leader in peace visit - Related web pages news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/2996886.stm

40. Jun 18, 2003 - An ancient sand painting artform perfected by Tibetan monks has been demonstrated at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The art, known as mandala, is an image made from millions of grains of coloured sand laid in place on a flat platform. A touring group of Tibetan lamas from ... From Buddhist monks show mystical art - Related web pages news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3000582.stm

41. Jun 23, 2003 - Thailand's border patrol is rarely surprised by the shadowy figures it encounters along the country's northern frontier. The police frequently pick up Burmese refugees, illegal arms dealers or drug smugglers moving their contraband through this notorious stretch of the Golden Triangle. ... From A Matter of Faith.(Sangha Buddhist monks' scandals in Thailand) - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

42. Jun 24, 2003 - Bangkok - David Beckham has caused a stir by halting his motorcade to buy six miniature Buddhist shrines from a roadside vendor. Surprising police serving as escorts, Beckham's BMW stopped in central Thailand on Monday so that the soccer idol could buy the "spirit houses", ... From Beckham gets into spirit of Buddhism - Related web pages www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id ...

43. Jun 29, 2003 - BY OPALYN MOK. PENANG: The Malaysian Buddhist Association (MBA) has asked the developer of the controversial columbarium project in George Town to stop misusing Buddhism for commercial purposes. MBA secretary Lim Tien Phong said the association, which represents over 700 Buddhist ... From Buddhist group raps developer - Related web pages thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/6/29 ...

44. 07/2003

    Jul 2003 - In July 2003, he was given, by the Thai-Buddhist Trust, a Golden Buddha award for distinguished sefivces to the advancement of Buddhism in the UK. Return to Work of Professor Harvey menu. From works3.html - Related web pages seacoast.sunderland.ac.uk/~os0phr/works.html

45. Jul 3, 2003 - IN the second week of the first month of every lunar year in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Southern Gansu Province, an important religious festival takes place. It is the annual displaying of Buddha's image held in one of the six renowned monasteries of the Gelu (Yellow ... From Tibet Buddhist Festival - Related web pages www.chinataiwan.org/english/oh/Traditional/of ...

46. Jul 12, 2003 - More than 5000 followers of Buddhism from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, and Taiwan island have gathered at the South Putuo Temple in Xiamen, a coastal city in East China's Fujian Province. They are praying for peace and prosperity, as well as the unity of their motherland, ... From Chinese Buddhists pray for better tomorrow - Related web pages www.cctv.com/english/news/China/EduASciACul ...

47. Jul 12, 2003 - It's July, and for followers of East Asian Buddhism like the Rev. Noriaki Ito, that primarily means one thing: It's time again to honor the ... Throughout the month, several Buddhist temples plan to memorialize their ancestors with rituals that range from the somber to the festive. ... From … Cultural Roots; Each July, many East Asian Buddhists in the Southland … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/357818991 ...

48. Jul 18, 2003 - To the person alive in the life of the flesh, Buddhism can appear to be nothing less than a preparation for death. We'll all be detached then, ... But if the spirit can thrive in the world only if it renounces the world's fickle nature, then Buddhism points the way to a blissful state. ... From Contemplating Buddhas: Museum's exhibit is sublime - Related web pages seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart ...

49. Jul 21, 2003 - Sun – a British-based television producer – finds an answer in her grandmother's covertly held Buddhist beliefs. ... This stubborn link with a time when Buddhism was part of everyday life, and when thickets of monasteries pocked the urban and rural landscape, offers Sun a way of ... From A window into a worryingly fragmented China - Related web pages www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3598984/A ...

50. Jul 25, 2003 - Author:. RELIGION. Heavy traffic and loud noise aren't typically associated with Buddhist monks. But some neighbors of a monastery near Woodinville fear that's what a proposed meditation center would bring. "The monks are nice people. Talking with them, it's like having a conversation ... From Buddhist retreat worries residents - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

51. Jul 26, 2003 - By KATIE ZEZIMA. Ten young boys, each of whom is in a gang, yet not old enough to shave or drive, fidgeted in their chairs and taunted one other as a yellow-robed monk tried to teach them how to be good students and exemplary Buddhists. ''You need to learn good seating, good talking ... From Religion Journal; A City's Police Turn to Buddhism to Fight Gangs - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

52. 08/2003

    Aug 8, 2003 - by Kalinga Seneviratne. EMBILIPITIYA, Sri Lanka, Aug. 8 (IPS/GIN) -- Dynamic Buddhist monks and progressive temple managements in this predominantly Buddhist country are getting more involved in more worldly concerns, by treading a new path down a development agenda. ... From RELIGION-SRI LANKA: BUDDHIST TEMPLES GO DOWN … - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

53. Aug 10, 2003 - Meditation made the cover of Time magazine this month, and not a moment too soon. Actress Heather Graham, looking sexy and serene, donned a flimsy white negligee for the cover and assumed the lotus position. Graham, who is still remembered for her stirring depiction of Rollergirl in ... From In uncertain times, try a little tenderness, Buddhist writer says - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a ...

54. Aug 18, 2003 - By Debby Wu. Seventy-seven-year-old Master Hsin Yun ( 星雲大師 ) marked an event to celebrate his 50th year of advocating and spreading the Dharma to the world with a story. A 16-year-old monk living on the top of mountains was suffering from malaria. There was a serious lack of ... From … : Charismatic Hsin Yun looks to expand Buddhism by making it more … - Related web pages www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003 ...

55. Aug 19, 2003 - By Debbie Howlett, USA TODAY. MADISON, Wis. — An internationally known Buddhist monk who teaches non-violence will lead a five-day retreat for police officers and others in public service here to help them handle job-related stress. At least 12 city police officers are among more than ... From Buddhism and the badge - Related web pages www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-08-19-stress ...

56. Aug 19, 2003 - KYOTO _ Her hand gently fingers the indigo linen she has plucked from a small sea of beautifully colored fabrics. Akemi Nishikawa, hoping to find something lovely to have sewn into a kimono for herself, is in the right place _ the Kobo-san flea market at Toji Temple. ... From In Kyoto, ancient Buddhist temples play host to hordes of shoppers. - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

57. Aug 23, 2003 - By MICHELE KAYAL. Stephanie Buckland is so displeased with her students at the Pacific Buddhist Academy that she has sent them back outside the classroom to enter it again -- the right way. ''If I walked into your house and I was like,'' she slumps, and bumps and shuffles into the ... From Religion Journal; Buddhist Academy Stirs Hope of Revival in Hawaii - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

58. Aug 29, 2003 - RATNAGIRI OF the Birupa river valley in Cuttack district (Orissa) is a famous Buddhist centre. The small hill near the village of the same name has rich Buddhist antiquarian remains. A large-scale excavation conducted at the site between 1958 and 1961 have brought to light remains of a ... From Magnificent samples of Buddhist architecture - Related web pages www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/29/stories ...

59. 09/2003

    Sep 2, 2003 - ... ''Before I became a Buddhist, I worried about my life,'' Mr. Nisker said, ''Now I worry about my next life.'' Mr. Nisker, 60, bills himself as the world's first Buddhist stand-up comedian. But he is among the first to acknowledge his material is not fall-down funny, for which he blames ... From Joke's Not Funny? Blame It on Buddha - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

60. Sep 9, 2003 - NANJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- China will start building its first Buddhism school for international exchange on Nov. 1 in Yangzhou, a scenic city in east China's Jiangsu province, according to local officials in charge of religious affairs. With its founding approved by the Buddhist ... From China to build first Buddhism school for international exchanges - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-09/09 ...

61. Sep 9, 2003 - First built about 300 years ago, Labrang stands as both a holy pilgrimage site for Buddhists and a prominent education centre for passing on Tibetan culture. It is composed of six colleges, each specializing in some aspect of Buddhist studies or traditional Tibetan science and arts. ... From CCTV-English Channel-æ—…æ¸¸æŒ‡å — - Related web pages www.cctv.com/program/travelogue/20030909 ...

62. Sep 12, 2003 - The conference is designed to bring scientists and Buddhists together to devise experiments that explore the unusual abilities of Buddhist monks ... "It is too easy for people to imagine that Tibetan Buddhism is some far-off ancient religion," said Eric Lander, the noted MIT genomics ... From Dalai Lama visit provides a subject for scientists - Related web pages www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/09/12 ...

63. Sep 14, 2003 - By STEPHEN S. HALL. In the spring of 1992, out of the blue, the fax machine in Richard Davidson's office at the department of psychology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison spit out a letter from Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. Davidson, a Harvard-trained neuroscientist, ... From Is Buddhism Good for Your Health? - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

64. Sep 14, 2003 - Along with the Dalai Lama, prominent Tibetan and western Buddhists are joining neuroscientists, psychologists, and other academics in a ... Tibetan Buddhism -- banned in its homeland, where the Chinese occupiers have destroyed 6000 monasteries and killed a large number of the country's ... From The Buddha of suburbia - Related web pages www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003 ...

65. Sep 15, 2003 - The Dalai Lama is not only the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, but leads the Tibetan government-in-exile, and he won the Nobel Peace ... The venue provided a somewhat surreal setting for the 68-year-old Buddhist monk, whose followers believe he is the 14th incarnation of the ... From Dalai Lama takes message to arena - Related web pages www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2003/09/15 ...

66. Sep 16, 2003 - But last weekend, the talks went public as Buddhists and scientists gathered before an audience to plot strategies and methodologies for ... Public interest in Buddhist beliefs is at an all-time high, as evidenced by the 13000 people who bought tickets for a public address by the Dalai ... From Scientists Meditate on Happiness - Related web pages www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2003/09 ...

67. Sep 18, 2003 - The Buddhist group Earth Sangha is on a mission to restore the region's greenery, but not with any kind of plants, mind you. Its members use only vegetation whose roots -- literally -- can be traced to this area. And as a measure of their dedication, they are giving away 3000 native ... From Rooting for Native Species; Buddhists Make It a Mission to Give Away … - Related web pages www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-282096.html?refid=gg_x_02

68. Sep 18, 2003 - You're trapped in traffic. You can spend the drive torturing yourself with a hundred negative thoughts about how you're wasting your time, and arrive at your destination exhausted. Or you can follow tantric teaching and "actualize a complete sense of who you are," says the Venerable ... From BUDDHIST TEACHER OFFERS LIFE LESSONS - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BG/lib00064 ...

69. Sep 19, 2003 - Author:. RELIGION. The 14th Dalai Lama is simultaneously the exiled monarch of Tibet, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning statesman and Buddhism's most renowned world leader--aspects that are all evident during his current US tour. But a private event next week where he will carry out his ... From US on eve of historic Buddhist gathering - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

70. Sep 25, 2003 - Since founding a meditation center in France in 1982, he has been in increasing demand as a speaker on Buddhism and the concept of "mindfulness. ... Figures are hard to pin down, according to Richard Seager, author of "Buddhism in America." Estimates put the number of self-described ... From Zen and the art of law enforcement - Related web pages www.csmonitor.com/2003/0925/p15s01-lire.html

71. Sep 27, 2003 - By Phil Reeves in Delhi. More than three centuries have elapsed since the founder of modern Bhutan, the warrior-monk Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, introduced the first ban on smoking in public. More than three centuries have elapsed since the founder of modern Bhutan, the warrior-monk ... From Buddhist Bhutan aims to be first country to ban smoking - Related web pages www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/buddhist ...

72. 10/2003

    Oct 3, 2003 - PTI. Bangalore, October 3: A Buddhist organisation on Friday claimed that it was mobilising two lakh dalits to give up Hinduism and embrace Buddhism at a function in Bangalore on October 14, the day Babasaheb Ambedkar embraced Buddhism 48 years ago. "Dalits are suffering because of the ... From Buddhist outfit mobilising dalits for conversion - Related web pages www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=25142

73. Oct 5, 2003 - By Rajeev Khanna. Thousands of Dalits - low-caste Hindus once known as "untouchables" - have embraced Buddhism at a ceremony held in the city of Baroda, in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Although organisers of the event had claimed around 100000 Buddhists would turn up for the ... From Gujarat Hindus embrace Buddhism - Related web pages news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3166126.stm

74. Oct 5, 2003 - [HOME EDITION]. Art stardom wasn't what the founder of Buddhism had in mind 2500 years ago when he left his family, gave up his worldly riches and set off on a quest for spiritual enlightenment. But that's exactly what he has achieved this fall in California art museums. ... From ART; Buddhist bounty; A contemplative season brings collections of ritual … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/418736951 ...

75. Oct 9, 2003 - The [Sangha], which claims about 110 members, is working out of a small community garden in Franconia Park that it leases from the Fairfax County Park Authority for an $840 annual fee. Besides helping the environment, leaders hope the giveaway will encourage interest in Buddhism and ... From Rooting for Native Species; Buddhists Make It a Mission to Give Away … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access ...

76. Oct 12, 2003 - After decades of suppressing and then tightly regulating Tibetan Buddhism, China's government is heavily promoting the faith and its ... Many of Tibet's 46000 Buddhist monks and nuns find the influx of tourists another burden. Between visitor duties and mandatory Communist Party ... From … Bureau Finds Religion; Monks are irritated by the promotion of Buddhism … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/422861331 ...

77. Oct 14, 2003 - HUNDREDS OF DALITS ( "untouchables ") in Bangalore, Karnataka converted to Buddhism on October 14, 2003. The "dhamma " initiation involved a renunciation of Hinduism and a 22-point oath to Buddhism. Speakers said the Dalits suffer under the Hindu ...HUNDREDS OF DALITS ( "untouchables ") in Bangalore, Karnataka converted to Buddhism on October 14, 2003. The "dhamma " initiation involved a renunciation of Hinduism and a 22-point oath to Buddhism. Speakers said the Dalits suffer under the Hindu caste hierarchy and this move restores their self-respect. Show more Show less From Hinduism Today | Diaspora | January/February/March, 2004 - Related web pages www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/2004/1-3/06 ...

78. Oct 15, 2003 - By Our Staff Reporter. BANGALORE OCT. 14. About 5000 people, mostly Dalits, got "initiated" into Buddhism at a function here today. The function was organised to mark the "Dhammachakra Parivarthan" (conversion to Buddhism) of Dr. BR Ambedkar 48 years ago. This is perhaps the first ... From Mass conversion to Buddhism - Related web pages www.hindu.com/2003/10/15/stories ...

79. Oct 16, 2003 - By James Woodford. Just two weeks shy of her 86th birthday, Shirley Horey is starting a new chapter in an extraordinary life. She has shaved her head, and packed away all her clothes; soon she will even have a new name. Mrs Horey will today become the oldest woman in Australia to be ... From Shirley, 86, becomes our oldest Buddhist nun - Related web pages www.smh.com.au/cgi-bin/common ...

80. Oct 19, 2003 - By Mary Kaye Ritz. Cori Yoshida, age 7, and other little Buddhists in training sing: "All life changes like the dew/ We have no permanent self," then listen as the animated Rev. Jan Youth, a former schoolteacher, launches into a dharma message (sermon). ... From Buddhists emboldened - Related web pages the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Oct/19 ...

81. Oct 20, 2003 - Bhante Punnaji, wearing an orange robe and glasses, sits on a rug and puts the question another way. "You say you are Buddhists? Well, what are you doing?" asks Punnaji, a renowned Sri Lankan teacher from Toronto. It's a tough question. But even in a short teaching session at the ... From BUDDHIST TEACHER SEES DO'S, NOT DON'TS - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/SP/lib00247 ...

82. Oct 24, 2003 - On top of his other Kripalu duties, he organizes a highly popular annual conference on Buddhism and yoga. ... "I am acting out my conditioned patterns (which the Buddhists call samsaras). For me, that means charging ahead with my big plans and schemes to be Someone, to achieve this or ... From Their meditation, as a routine, was a life-changer. - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

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    Nov 11, 2003 - The fourth month of the Tibetan calendar is called the Sagya Dawa Festival by Buddhists. The 15th day of the month commemorates Sakyamuni's ... Before the first light of morning reaches the Potala Palace, groups of Buddhists from all over the region have already prostrated themselves ... From Bathing in Buddha's glory - Related web pages www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/11 ...

84. Nov 12, 2003 - The five Twin Cities women - mothers, career women, friends and students of Zen Buddhism - are taking vows to become Buddhist priests. Following the ceremony they will be ... On this evening they are surrounded, by friends, relatives, other followers of Zen Buddhism and well-wishers. ... From Zen, now & forever; In a ceremony that marked the interdependence of all … - Related web pages www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-110085093.html?refid ...

85. Nov 14, 2003 - LHASA, Nov. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese scholars will soon have collected and cleaned up all the ancient lections of Sagya, one of the four leading sects of Tibetan Buddhism, as part of an effort to protect and learn more about the precious cultural legacy in the area. ... From Ancient precious lections of Tibetan Buddhism to be gathered, examined - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-11/14 ...

86. Nov 17, 2003 - [HOME EDITION]. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art this week will hold the first International Buddhist Film Festival, to coincide with the museum's exhibit on Buddhist art, "The Circle of Time: Buddhist Meditational Art." The film festival, which begins Thursday, features nine ... From The Week Ahead; LACMA will offer Buddhist film fest - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/450830601 ...

87. Nov 25, 2003 - Buddhist and Taoist music may sound different from what most people are used to listening to, but actually, many are sometimes only too ... The vitality of Buddhist and Taoist music was most recently on display in the "Showcase of Chinese Buddhist and Taoist Music," held last week in ... From Religious music in spotlight - Related web pages www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/25 ...

88. Nov 27, 2003 - Author:. The Buddhist monk is a frenetic college student. A devotee calls him the "Sri Lankan Spitfire," a nickname befitting the short man dressed in jeans and gym shoes hurrying between classes at McHenry County College. Sujatha Peradeniye heaves a backpack of books onto a library ... From Buddhist monk on a mission in America ; Teachings find fertile ground … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

89. Nov 28, 2003 - While Buddhism in India was largely reabsorbed by Hinduism, "Himalayas" journeys east toward lands where the religion became preeminent. ... Exhibitions of Tibetan Buddhist images are often full of creatures such as jeering demons, killer consorts, wrathful gods and the like. ... From These Gods Aren't Monsters - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access ...

90. Nov 29, 2003 - Gia Phuc village, Vietnam - Vietnamese scientists on Saturday said they had completed the restoration of two mummies from the 17th century which depict Buddhist monks in a position of meditation. The figures at Dau pagoda in Gia Phuc village, 25km south of Hanoi, are embalmed Zen ... From Vietnam restores ancient Buddhist mummies - Related web pages www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=588&art_id ...

91. Nov 30, 2003 - “What I had found on Buddhist retreat was total peace of mind,” she explains, 18 months on. “And when I compared the two types of ... Now celibate, teetotal and dedicated to teaching Buddhism, she has shaved off her long curly hair, and wears the simple, elegant robes of her order. ... From Alive: Instant karma - Related web pages www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland ...

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    Dec 2003 - Chin leaders reported that in December 2003, during a visit to Chin State of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, primary- and middle-school Christian children were forced to perform a Buddhist ritual in his honor.The authorities reportedly supplied rice to Buddhists at lower prices than to Christians, distributed extra supplies of food to Buddhists on Sunday mornings while Christians attended church, and exempted converts to Buddhism from forced labor. Chin leaders reported that in December 2003, during a visit to Chin State of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, primary- and middle-school Christian children were forced to perform a Buddhist ritual in his honor. Show more Show less From Burma - Related web pages www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35393.htm

93. Dec 12, 2003 - [HOME EDITION]. A group of chanting Buddhist monks is in line for a Grammy award, and exiles from Tibet hope the nomination will raise Western awareness of Tibetan culture and their homeland's plight under Chinese rule. "It's more evidence of the cultural richness of Tibet and proof of ... From POP Music; WORLD MUSIC; Buddhist monks' Grammy nod gratifies Tibetan … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/490003301 ...

94. Dec 17, 2003 - So You' will find white pagodas, colorful prayer flags dotting the landscape as almost all Tibetan people are Buddhists. ... It is a practice of Tibetan Buddhist education called scripture debating. The particular practice first appeared in 11th century. ... From CCTV-English Channel-æ—…æ¸¸æŒ‡å — - Related web pages www.cctv.com/program/travelogue/20031217 ...

95. Dec 18, 2003 - The Dalai Lama summoned the faithful to India in January 2002 for a gathering at the Bodh Gaya, the fifth generation of the tree under which Buddha found enlightenment more than 2500 years ago, for the Kalachakra initiation, Buddhism's key ceremony. [Werner Herzog] and his crew were ... From SCREENING ROOM; The sands of time draw the Buddhist faithful - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/501538971 ...

96. Dec 20, 2003 - A Tarpon Springs couple want to provide a forum for discussion and meditation to reduce stress . By EMMY. TARPON SPRINGS Buddhism has given— them a new beginning, Richard and Adrienne Baksa say, and they want to help others make a fresh start for the new year. ... From New group will focus on Buddhism - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=M-4NAAAAIBAJ ...

97. Dec 21, 2003 - Two major museum presentations of Buddhist art in California are filled with art of exactly this kind. One show pays only dutiful ... ''The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art'' at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is a rarity for two reasons. It's a big, luxuriant display of ... From ART; From the Himalayas, Art for Your Soul's Sake - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

98. Dec 26, 2003 - For some Zen practitioners, an all-night session of intense meditation in honor of the Buddha's enlightenment is a virtual Buddhist boot camp--a ... "I really feel like I need to recharge myself," said Evans, a Chicagoan who took the name Nabi when she became a Buddhist last year. ... From … --but joyous--celebration ; On Bodhi Day, Zen Buddhists in Chicago will … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

99. Dec 26, 2003 - Ahmedabad, December 25: THE Akhil Bharatiya Bhikshu Mahasangh, a Buddhist organisation, which is convening its two-day national convention here to discuss issues concerning the community, has questioned the government's right to prevent religious conversion through legislative means. ... From Buddhist body questions govt right to prevent conversions - Related web pages cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=71709

100. Dec 27, 2003 - Religious experts note a trend in Southern California of "cutting and pasting" -- perhaps a little from Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and other religions.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Bryan ... And, practicing meditation and concentrating on the Buddhist emphasis on the now, calms and centers her. ... From BELIEFS; Spiritual Blend Appeals to People of Many Faiths; 'I literally feel … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/515795941 ...

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