Buddhism Timeline 2005

Buddhism Timeline 2005

1. 01/2005

   Jan 3, 2005 - Here, believers from the Hindu, Christian, Muslim and Buddhist faiths, and an atheist, explain how they have come to terms with the events in ... Buddhists think the mind is indestructible so, after a while, if one wants to and is able, they will have the choice to take rebirth in ... From An act of God? - Related web pages news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4138095.stm

2. Jan 4, 2005 - By Keith B. Richburg. TAKUA PA, Thailand, Jan. 3 -- The photographs on the bulletin boards outside the Yan Yao Buddhist temple make for a gruesome display. Hundreds and hundreds of bloated, disfigured and decomposed corpses stare out blankly. All have number tags attached. ... From At Buddhist Temple, a Gallery of Grief - Related web pages www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45024 ...

3. Jan 12, 2005 - She had a ready explanation for that anomaly, and her entire family's survival: she was a Buddhist, and her neighbors were not. ... It hit Thailand's Buddhist majority and Muslim minority, and this tiny island country, which is mostly Buddhist but has sizable Hindu, ... From ASIA'S DEADLY WAVES: RELIGIONS; Faith Divides the Survivors And It … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

4. Jan 13, 2005 - She had a ready explanation for that anomaly, and her entire family's survival: She was a Buddhist, and her neighbors were not. ... They hit Thailand's Buddhist majority and Muslim minority, and this small island country, which is mostly Buddhist but has sizable Hindu, ... From In post-tsunami Asia, faith divides survivors but unites them, too - Related web pages www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-104255218.html?refid ...

5. Jan 16, 2005 - For a bunch of Buddhists, they were pushy: when Thich Nhat Hanh finally stepped out of immigration, they surged forward with a force that crushed people ... Buddhist leader Thich Nhat Hanh's return to Vietnam last week inspired particular rapture because it was so long in coming. ... From A Long Journey Home - Related web pages www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0 ...

6. Jan 17, 2005 - By Warren Cornwall. AUBURN — Hundreds of people gathered beneath the soaring roof of the Washington Buddhavanaram Buddhist Temple yesterday to mourn the death of a national leader of Thai Buddhists who guided construction of a building that is a religious and cultural mooring for the ... From Hundreds mourn Buddhist leader - Related web pages seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews ...

7. Jan 23, 2005 - By Wendy Cadge. By Pankaj Mishra. Judaism has its Torah, Christianity has the Gospels and Islam its Koran, but the Middle Path prescribed by the Buddha comes with no required reading. It's supposed to be about meditation and mindfulness. It's a path of right action, right intention, ... From Bridging Eastern and Western Buddhism - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f ...

8. Jan 26, 2005 - The International Buddhist Film Festival, opening Friday, may sound like the last word in overspecialized film events. But it's all in how you define it: The organizers note that many of the directors represented aren't Buddhists, and their subject matter is broad. ... From Zen and the art of film -- Buddhism on big screen - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005 ...

9. Jan 28, 2005 - J.Lo is intrigued by it. Richard Gere is a longtime devotee. According to the tabloids, director Oliver Stone raised his daughter in its traditions. And if anyone had any doubt that Buddhism is big in Hollywood, even the cartoon character Lisa Simpson ("The Simpsons") is now depicted ... From At festival, Buddhists explore budding bond with film - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005 ...

10. Jan 30, 2005 - TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — It would have taken a forklift to move the 3000-pound copper bell stolen recently from a Vietnamese Buddhist temple here. But the bell and its hand-carved wooden frame — together 12 feet tall — disappeared sometime between Jan. 18 and Monday, said Thich Phuoc Toan, ... From 3,000-pound bell stolen from Buddhist temple - Related web pages www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-01-30-bell ...

11. 02/2005

    Feb 10, 2005 - Father and son are both crown princes of the Sakya order of Tibetan Buddhism and heirs to an unbroken line nearly 1000 years old. The boy's grandfather is one of the two top Sakya Buddhist leaders in the world. The Sakyas fled their Tibetan palace shortly before a Chinese Communist ... From Giant sacrifice for a little prince and his family. - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

12. Feb 11, 2005 - The number appears in religious contexts such as the Eight Immortal Sages in Taoism and the Eight Treasures of Buddhism. Turned on its side, the figure 8 represents infinity in mathematics and physics. This is also the Year of the Rooster, regarded as the clean start of a new chapter. ... From The right day in the right year - Related web pages www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1479763,00.html

13. Feb 13, 2005 - By Laurence Phelan. Before 1959, Tibetan Buddhism was a religion practised by a small group of pre-modern mountain-dwellers. It was known in the west, if at all, from a few colourful tales about wizards and the occult, brought back by explorers who'd found a way through Tibet's closed ... From Paperbacks: Re-enchantment: Tibetan Buddhism comes to the west - Related web pages www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books ...

14. Feb 17, 2005 - The city is full of Hindu temples and Buddhist monuments. The diversity of the medieval culture that allowed both Hinduism and Buddhism to ... Sakyamuni Buddha was the founder of Buddhism. Twenty five hundred years ago, the Lord Buddha is believed to have been born in Lumbini in ... From CCTV-English Channel-Journey Through Nepal - Related web pages www.cctv.com/english/special/C13595/20050217 ...

15. Feb 20, 2005 - Walking out of a Buddhist bookstore in San Francisco early this month, I heard from the radio of a passing car the voice of US President George W. Bush giving his ... This ideal, greatly cherished by Buddhists, is "one of the deepest values" of America, according to the President. ... From Happiness Viewpoint: A Deeper Sense of Happiness - Related web pages www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171 ...

16. Feb 23, 2005 - Buddhism has taken root with astonishing vigor in Vermont. California may have the nation's largest number of Buddhists, but Vermont, ... Buddhists here are a white-collar bunch: lawyers, software developers, and teachers devoted to spiritual enlightenment, a pursuit that they say ... From Green mountains, good karma. - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

17. Feb 24, 2005 - But in fact, historical and cultural ties between China and India had already flourished between the first and 10th centuries AD, thanks to the arrival of Buddhism in China (and then in Japan, Korea and Viet Nam) via the Silk Road, that links India to China. ... From Cultural factors bind China and India - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/24 ...

18. Feb 27, 2005 - In Buddhism, the robe of the Buddha, and of his monks, is saffron. In Buddhist ritual, the body of the deceased is wrapped in a saffron shroud before cremation. Though associated with death, for the Buddhist, saffron is also the color of joy, passion, generosity and wisdom. ... From ESSAY; As transitory as its makers; 'The Gates' has the power to transform … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/799000481 ...

19. 03/2005

    Mar 5, 2005 - The bell is here, in a city filled with the sounds of praise bands and gospel hymns. The bell, the Buddhist bell, is here, singing like a deep-throated crystal glass. Lucinda Green, president and principal teacher for Rocky Mountain Insight, uses the bell — a metal bowl she strikes ... From Buddhism, among nation's fastest-growing religions, way of life as well as … - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/CSGB/lib00490 ...

20. Mar 5, 2005 - Buddhism is both a religion and a philosophy. Some practitioners believe in a pantheon of gods, others reject the idea of a conscious god and still others blend Buddhism with other religions. Buddha is not worshipped as a god, but rather revered as a teacher. ... From Buddhism branches all founded on core precepts - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/CSGB/lib00490 ...

21. Mar 9, 2005 - DALLAS _ From the outside, the nondescript two-story structure seems like any other home lining the streets of this Dallas neighborhood. It's only when you step inside, especially inside the shrine room, that the differences appear. The room, a riot of color, sounds and fragrance, ... From Buddhist meditation shrine attracts the dedicated and the curious. - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

22. Mar 10, 2005 - MEYYURKUPPAM, India _ The sage of Buddhism sits beneath the banyan tree, a content smile on his upturned face. ... The little statue, which portrays a Buddhist figure known as Jalagupta, became a god of protection to Meyyurkuppam, a fishing hamlet of 980 people still recovering from ... From After tsunami, villages find treasures in India. - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

23. Mar 18, 2005 - [HOME EDITION]. In a fourth-floor rehearsal room at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion this week, David Cossin picked up a black rubber flip-flop, its toe thong removed, and whacked the top of a hollow plastic tube immersed in a water-filled cylinder. As he raised and lowered the tube, ... From 'Water Passion' blends Buddhism, Christianity - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/808886141 ...

24. Mar 19, 2005 - [HOME EDITION]. Robert Thurman has been called the Billy Graham of Buddhism. But not long into lunch at a Toluca Lake restaurant this week, Thurman - - a Columbia University religion professor famed as the first Westerner ordained by the Dalai Lama -- makes a startling declaration. ... From … ; Touting the Benefits of Buddhism for Non-Buddhists; Americans who don' … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/809617101 ...

25. Mar 29, 2005 - By MAJORIE CHIEW. Why do people come from far and wide to view relics which are nothing more than the remnants of spiritual masters? Indeed why do they circumambulate these relics in a ritual to pay homage to them? To the Buddhists, the relics of spiritual masters are holy. ... From Sacred Buddhist relics - Related web pages thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005 ...

26. Mar 30, 2005 - Another big earthquake on Monday in South Asia got Americans concerned again about already traumatized places such as Thailand and Sri Lanka. For those who have never visited these nations, two Bay Area exhibitions bring important remnants of their cultures close as few museum shows ... From Mystery, understanding flicker within Buddhist artworks from Sri Lanka at … - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005 ...

27. 04/2005

    Apr 3, 2005 - HANOI, Vietnam _ Live in the present. Focus on each breath. Find beauty in small things. Thich Nhat Hanh has spent more than 2 months visiting pagodas across his homeland, spreading the simple wisdom that has made him perhaps the world's most famous Buddhist monk after the Dalai Lama ... From Noted Buddhist monk keeps drawing crowds during Vietnam homecoming … - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

28. Apr 10, 2005 - By Lesley Bannatyne, Globe Correspondent | April 10, 2005. It is noon Sunday. The door of a former East Boston Catholic church, now canary yellow, swings open and dozens of Vietnamese-Americans climb the stairs to the second floor, tuck their shoes in cubbyholes, and enter the Boston ... From For Buddhists here, a gentle rite of spring - Related web pages www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts ...

29. Apr 11, 2005 - For almost two decades, the Cambodian Buddhist temple in East Oakland has been a quiet place for meditation, a retreat for refugees who fled the violence of their homeland. Now, that peace has been shattered, and a community divided. Instead of Buddhist chants, there is a litany of ... From Leadership battle divides Cambodian Buddhist congregation - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a ...

30. Apr 16, 2005 - BEIJING, April 16 -- It is not just politics, personal contact, and burgeoning trade ties that could help reunify Taiwan with its motherland - a little divine intervention might play a role too. That is partly why a giant Buddhist statue will be enshrined on April 24, 2005, ... From Giant Buddhist statue enshrined in Hainan - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/16 ...

31. Apr 17, 2005 - By Robert Campbell, Globe Correspondent | April 17, 2005. BARRE -- A magical place called Forest Refuge is a cluster of cedar cottages and pavilions tucked among the rocks and woods of this central Massachusetts town. Forest Refuge is one of the gems of recent architecture in rural New ... From Feng shui shapes a beautiful Buddhist retreat - Related web pages www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2005 ...

32. Apr 22, 2005 - In fact, he was talking not so much about Buddhism as its appeal to some Westerners. And "auto-erotic" was not a good translation. "If Buddhism is attractive (to Westerners)," he said, "it's only because it suggests that by belonging to it you can touch the infinite, and you can have ... From New pope's uncompromising reputation precedes him. - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

33. Apr 22, 2005 - Gyaencaen Norbu said he found debating on scriptures was most significant and interesting for him when learning various kinds of Buddhist knowledge ... However, a real understanding of Buddhism does not lie in whether or not one is a Living Buddha. I'ma Living Buddha, so I'm in a more ... From 11th Panchen Lama grows up with historical mission - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/22 ...

34. Apr 22, 2005 - They eventually settled on Buddhism, which I now practice as well. Given my nomadic childhood, it's not surprising that I've spent the better ... Contrary to popular perception, not all Buddhists are into self-denial. It's a question of desire. Shambhala Buddhists such as myself have ... From DRIVING; My Life, My Subaru Outback XT - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

35. Apr 23, 2005 - In the gorge of the Waghora River in western India are 27 caves containing art of Buddhism dating to the second century BC Behl reveals these masterpieces, for the first time, in more than 200 beautiful color photographs and black-and-white illustrations. To remain faithful to the ... From The Ajanta Caves: Ancient Paintings of Buddhist India.(Brief Article)( … - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

36. 05/2005

    May 2, 2005 - Rev. Heng Sure likes to talk. Wander into the Berkeley Buddhist monastery where he resides as pastor, and if you're lucky enough to find him there, he might ask you to sit down for a cup of tea and conversation about anything from ancient Chinese Buddhist texts to the pros and cons of ... From FINDING MY RELIGION Buddhist pastor Heng Sure talks about his 2½-year … - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005 ...

37. May 9, 2005 - A Berkeley Art Deco building that once housed automobile dealerships run by the owner of famed racehorse Seabiscuit and by baseball great Reggie Jackson will become a major center for Buddhist learning. When it opens next summer, the $14 million Jodo Shinshu Center will contain the ... From From auto showroom to Buddhist center - Related web pages sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05 ...

38. May 9, 2005 - Rev. Heng Sure, who runs the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, has been active in social causes since his days as an antiwar activist in the 1960s. This week, in the second installment of a two-part interview, I talk with him about how spirituality has shaped his worldview and what Buddhism ... From FINDING MY RELIGION Pastor Heng Sure on what Buddhism has to do … - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g ...

39. May 15, 2005 - HONG KONG, May 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Hong Kong Buddhist circle Sunday held an opening ceremony for the three-day activities to mark the birth of Sakyamuni, founder of Buddhism, and the 60th anniversary of the founding of Hong Kong Buddhist Association. Hong Kong Buddhist Association ... From HK starts 3-day Buddhist activities - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/15 ...

40. May 24, 2005 - Readers weigh in on Cary Tennis' responses to the Buddhist with a God problem, the closeted lawyer, and the pathological liar. Cary Tennis doesn't have any knowledge of Buddhism. It's too bad the person asking for advice did not realize this ahead of time. If he had, he might not have ... From Salon.com Politics | Letters - Related web pages dir.salon.com/story/mwt/letters/2005/05/24 ...

41. May 25, 2005 - What is a key to the stem cell success of Seoul National University professor Hwang Woo-suk? Did his charismatic leadership and strong work ethic or the mastery of oriental hands wielding steel chopsticks play a role? Certainly Hwang's around-the-clock studies and his researchers' ... From Stem Cell and Buddhism - Related web pages results.factiva.com/index/index.aspx?ref ...

42. May 29, 2005 - Date:. On Saturday, folks who come downtown have permission--no, are encouraged--to change their minds. The afternoon, dubbed Change Your Mind Day, will be devoted to Buddhist meditation. The master of ceremonies hopes that people who drop by the event "will take away nothing from it." ... From Buddhist meditation event aims to clear up minds - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

43. May 30, 2005 - BRAINTREE -- Hundreds of Buddhists from across New England -- many dressed in robes and speaking the languages of their native land ... The venerable Thich Thien Hue, founder of Samantabhadra Buddhist Center, added, ''Buddhism is not a religion, but a way to live with mindfulness." ... From From many lands, cultures, a time of unity - Related web pages www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts ...

44. May 31, 2005 - Buddhist masters of China and Myanmar on Monday stressed the promotion of friendship and expressed wishes to jointly enhance the cause of Buddhism in the world and promote world peace. The remarks were made when a visiting Chinese Buddhist delegation, led by the Most Venerable Sheng ... From Chinese, Myanmar Buddhist masters stress promotion of friendship, … - Related web pages www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/31 ...

45. 06/2005

    Jun 2005 - In June 2005, Chin Kung was appointed as a member in the General Division of the Order of Australia by Queen Elizabeth II. [1] . He was recognised for service to the Buddhist community in Queensland, particularly through the promotion of Buddhism and the ...In June 2005, Chin Kung was appointed as a member in the General Division of the Order of Australia by Queen Elizabeth II. [1] . He was recognised for service to the Buddhist community in Queensland, particularly through the promotion of Buddhism and the fostering interfaith activities between diverse ethnic groups, and to the community through support for educational and health institutions. [edit] References ^ Australia's Highest Honour awarded to Master Chin Kung. Show more Show less From Chin Kung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Related web pages en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Kung

46. Jun 7, 2005 - The Network of Buddhist Organisations (NBO), based in Bristol, is holding its first-ever arts festival. Western artists who are Buddhists have been invited to show or perform their work all over the country. The festival will open with a conference " Art By Buddhists In The West (11 ... From PREVIEW: Visual Arts - British Buddhists in bloom; A LOTUS IN … - Related web pages www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133038090.html?refid ...

47. Jun 20, 2005 - Fifteen years ago, a friend took me to a Buddhist meeting and, liking what I saw, I threw myself into a practice of chanting, studying and ... In Britain, becoming a Buddhist could be seen as a flaky spiritual affectation. But the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin is a well-organised ... From Julia Stephenson: The Green Goddess - Related web pages www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living ...

48. Jun 21, 2005 - ... "(One lady) could not resist. She came to us and said 'are you guys ninja?'" Jamyang said. "People are so curious." While not a ninja, Jamyang is a Buddhist monk. He lives with two other monks at the Gaden Samdrup Ling monastery just off Interstate 75 in Winton Place. ... From BUDDHISTS INVITE PUBLIC TO FESTIVAL.(News) - Related web pages www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133460435.html?refid ...

49. Jun 25, 2005 - By Rich Barlow | June 25, 2005. Twenty people mill around the room in circles, silent and eyes staring straight ahead. If you didn't know better, you might think you were watching a rehearsal for ''Dawn of the Dead." But the tables covered with candles, water bowls, and photos of ... From Buddhist group offers support for gays - Related web pages www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts ...

50. Jun 27, 2005 - ANDHRA Pradesh has embarked on a major global promotional campaign to sell the tourism potential of Buddhist sites located in the State. The State chose to take the campaign first to Sri Lanka, a predominantly Buddhist country. The State is home to 150 Buddhist sites some of them dated ... From AP Govt to showcase Buddhist sites to promote tourism - Related web pages www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/06/27 ...

51. 07/2005

    Jul 3, 2005 - The Wat Yarnna Rangsee temple, which has been meeting in Sterling for about seven years, has submitted site plans to the county for an approximately 3300-square-foot building on its 4.5-acre property at 22147 Cedar Green Rd. Services are now held in the living room of a farmhouse on ... From Needing Space, Buddhists Plan A New Temple In Sterling - Related web pages www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-54001.html?refid=gg_x_02

52. Jul 5, 2005 - by Paul Rosenzweig. All Things Considered, July 5, 2005 · The Kingdom of Bhutan lies nestled in the Himalayas between India and China. It has an official religion: Tantric Buddhism. The country, which has long isolated itself from outside influences, has begun to open up. ... From Bhutan's New Buddhist Constitution - Related web pages www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId ...

53. Jul 8, 2005 - Although China is a country without a State religion, Buddhism, a religion introduced from India to China about 2000 years ago, has exerted a strong ... For some time, Buddhism even dominated a large number of ancient Chinese people's attitudes towards their ways of leading a life, ... From DEFINING FAITH - Related web pages www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/08 ...

54. Jul 14, 2005 - By Lila de Tantillo. A Buddhist congregation once located in Fairfax County is making plans to build a temple in eastern Loudoun County. The Wat Yarnna Rangsee temple, which moved from Fairfax to Sterling about seven years ago and still has Fairfax members, has submitted site plans for ... From Buddhists Plan Loudoun Temple - Related web pages www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article ...

55. Jul 16, 2005 - A lotus grows in the mud, the Kastern spiritual saying goes. But if the proliferation of Buddhist images, icons and language means anything, then it's also thriving in boardrooms, shopping malls and cyberspace. As an unprecedented number of american turn to Buddhism there are— now an ... From Buddhism gaining popularity in US - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=FLQNAAAAIBAJ ...

56. Jul 16, 2005 - But if the proliferation of Buddhist images, icons and Ian guage means anything, then it's also thriving in boardrooms, shopping malls and cyberspace. As an unprecedented number Americans turn to Buddhism there are— now an estimated <> million Buddhists nationwide more and more ... From Buddhism Gaining Popularity In Us - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=FLQNAAAAIBAJ ...

57. Jul 31, 2005 - TAIYUAN, July 31 (Xinhuanet) -- The Second China Wutai Mountain Buddhism Festival and Buddhism Arts Expo is scheduled to begin on August 21 in north China's Shanxi province. The festival with the theme of "displaying the Buddhist culture and speeding up tourism development", ... From Buddhism festival to be staged in Shanxi - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/31 ...

58. 08/2005

    Aug 11, 2005 - Followers of Buddhism tend to avoid conflicts and clashes, but a Milwaukee group that wants to build a Buddhist colony in rural Caledonia in Racine County may not have a choice. Shortly after the Wat Lao Wattanaram Buddhist Temple of Wisconsin submitted applications for the building ... From Buddhist colony runs into conflict Buddhist colony runs into conflict … - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/MWSB/lib00252 ...

59. Aug 13, 2005 - The Liverpool photographer Barbara Hind has something of an obsession about Mongolia: between 1994 and 2001, she visited the country 16 times. The result of these trips is an archive of photographs documenting the everyday life of a group of Mongolian Buddhists. ... From PRIVATE VIEW: Mongolian Buddhism to 2 Oct World Museum Liverpool.( … - Related web pages www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-135093159.html?refid ...

60. Aug 22, 2005 - In the early 7th century, Songtsan Gambo wed Tang Dynasty (618-907) Princess Wencheng from the Central Plains and Nepalese Princess Bhributi. Each princess brought to Tubo a statue of Buddha, and the Jokhang and Rampoche Monasteries were built to house the two statues. ... From Tibetan Buddhism - Related web pages www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/22 ...

61. Aug 29, 2005 - Jan Willis never felt drawn to the Baptist church of her 1950s Alabama childhood--a place where the preacher hadn't done his job unless he whipped parishioners into a spiritual frenzy that left them fainting in the aisles. She avoided the revival tents until her mother forced her to go ... From Tibetan Buddhism: Learning to Let Go; After college, this child of Jim … - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

62. Aug 30, 2005 - The majority of Tibetans believe in Tibetan Buddhism. There are also about 2000 Muslims and 600 Catholics in the autonomous region. ... Almost every religious family has a small sutra recitation hall or a niche for a Buddhist statue. More than 1 million worshipers make the pilgrimage ... From CCTV-English Channel-Tibetan 40 years' footprint - Related web pages www.cctv.com/english/special/C14619/20050830 ...

63. Aug 30, 2005 - Most of the people of the Tibetan, Moinba, Lhoba and Naxi ethnic groups believe in Tibetan Buddhism, while others believe in Islam and Catholicism. At present, there are over 1700 venues for Tibetan Buddhist activities, with some 46000 resident monks and nuns; four mosques and about ... From CCTV-English Channel-Tibetan 40 years' footprint - Related web pages www.cctv.com/english/special/C14619/20050830 ...

64. Aug 31, 2005 - LHASA, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Baima Namgyai, a 21-year-old Tibetan monk, feels oppressed to have to help with kitchen duties in his temple. "I don't hate cooking because I fear hardship, but because it occupies too much of the time that I would otherwise devote to Buddhism studies," the ... From Religious degree drives Tibetan lamas for Buddhism learning - Related web pages www.xz.xinhuanet.com/yingwen/2005-08/31 ...

65. 09/2005

    Sep 2, 2005 - [Bert Tan] and his wife, Li-Su Tan, will host an exhibit of Buddhist relics at their library at 2753-2755 W. Maple Ave., Lisle. Relics said to be of Sariputra, a disciple, will in the display. The Buddhist relics to be displayed at the Amitabha Buddhist Library are eventually to be ... From Tour of sacred Buddhist relics makes stop at library in Lisle ; Exhibit to … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

66. Sep 4, 2005 - Kolkata, September 3: Is Tamluk, erstwhile Tamralipti, in Midnapur poised to gain back some of its timeworn magnificence? It will be developed and promoted as a Buddhist tourism destination for south-east Asian tourists, revealed Dinesh Dakua, minister-in-charge, tourism. ... From … TO BE DEVELOPED AS A BUDDHIST TOURISM DESTINATION FOR … - Related web pages cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid ...

67. Sep 7, 2005 - KATHMANDU, Sept. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- The 4th International Conference on Buddhist Heritage of Nepal Mandal 2005 kicked off Wednesday with the slogan of "Collaboration for the Preservation, Upliftmentand Co-existence of Buddhist Heritage in Asia." The Conference aimed at preservation, ... From Int'l Buddhist conference kicks off in Nepal - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/07 ...

68. Sep 7, 2005 - Buddhism is a center form of Tibetan daily lifestyle. Monasteries and various temples are clustered in the city. ... They read Buddhist script, study Lamaism and helping each other with daily works. Tourists are allowed to enter, but limited to the worship area only. ... From CCTV-English Channel-travelogue - Related web pages ent.cctv.com/program/travelogue/20050907 ...

69. Sep 8, 2005 - The bare feet of Ani Hesper, a Buddhist nun, made no sound as she crossed the plush carpet before sitting cross-legged behind a fire ... On the prayer bench Hesper set a bell, a hand drum and a binder containing the prayers, or Buddhist practices, that she would chant for the next two ... From For 20 Years, an Unbroken Chain of Prayer - Related web pages www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article ...

70. Sep 13, 2005 - XINING, Sept. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- A group of 11 Tibetan Buddhists received diplomas Monday in northwest China's Qinghai Province after passing eight days of dissertations on classics of Tibetan Buddhism. The students, who are attending a one-year degree education program launched by ... From Tibetan Buddhists graduate from advanced institute - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/13 ...

71. Sep 14, 2005 - Beopjang, the head of the Jogye (Chogye) Buddhist Order who died on September 11, provides a beautiful remembrance. ... Instead of an awe-inspiring cremation like would be appropriate for a Buddhist priest, he will be entrusted to the knives of medical students. ... From [Editorial] Ven. Beopjang, Who Shared Life - Related web pages www.hani.co.kr/kisa/section-008002000/2005/09 ...

72. Sep 18, 2005 - It appears on your right as you go around the temple, and you wonder at once if that is the tree: an ancient-looking, sprawling tree with a massive trunk and a zone of deep, hypnotizing shade at its center. A middle-aged Japanese man dressed in white, wearing a mask, is meditating in ... From The Buddhist Trail - Related web pages www.time.com/time/globalbusiness/article/0 ...

73. Sep 21, 2005 - All of this carried a heavy symbolism for Sinhala Buddhist supremacists. Kandy was the last capital of the decadent Sinhalese monarchy. The temple purportedly houses one of ... Both then entered the temple to worship together before the tooth's container amid various Buddhist rituals. ... From Sri Lanka: the JHU-Rajapakse deal and the reactionary role of Buddhist … - Related web pages www.wsws.org/articles/2005/sep2005/sril-s21.shtml

74. 10/2005

    Oct 2005 - In October 2005, I was honored to represent the Buddhist Peace Fellowship at the INEB (International Network of Engaged Buddhists) conference in Nagpur, India. To say that the conference was successful and that I had a great time is an understatement. It's ...In October 2005, I was honored to represent the Buddhist Peace Fellowship at the INEB (International Network of Engaged Buddhists) conference in Nagpur, India. To say that the conference was successful and that I had a great time is an understatement. It's been hard to describe the experience in just a few words. To this day, I still feel the affect of being among fellow Buddhists from different countries as we learned from and shared with each other the work of engaged ... Show more Show less From BPF / INEB 2005 - Related web pages www.bpf.org/html/current_projects ...

75. Oct 1, 2005 - By ERIC GOLDSCHEIDER. On a bright Thursday under a stunningly blue sky, Brian McCue and Phil Dowling spent six hours last week in the bucket of a cherry picker, one spraying and the other rolling white paint onto a large concrete dome atop a mountain. ... From RELIGION JOURNAL; Peace Pagoda Grounds a Buddhist Group in New … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

76. Oct 2, 2005 - [HOME EDITION]. Watched by impassive granite peaks and the suspicious eyes of the North Korean secret police, a Buddhist temple is coming back to life in this most inhospitable terrain. For the last 11 months, South Korean monks and craftsmen have been living in North Korea, ... From THE WORLD; Buddhist Temple Being Restored in N. Korea - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/905340811 ...

77. Oct 5, 2005 - The contest, in the Indian Himalayan resort of Dharamsala, home to many exiled Tibetan leaders, has struggled to find its feet in the face of staunch opposition from conservative Buddhists. Many monks consider that the beauty competitions, in which the participants wear bathing-suits, ... From One 'brave contestant' set to take Miss Tibet's crown - Related web pages news.independent.co.uk/world/asia ...

78. Oct 9, 2005 - By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times | October 9, 2005. MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea -- Watched over by impassive granite peaks and the sullen eyes of the North Korean secret police, a Buddhist temple is coming back to life in this inhospitable terrain. For the past 11 months, ... From Koreas cooperate to rebuild a Buddhist temple - Related web pages www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005 ...

79. Oct 11, 2005 - XINING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A group of 11 Tibetan Buddhists received diplomas Monday in northwest China's Qinghai Province after passing eight days of dissertations on classics of Tibetan Buddhism. The students, who are attending a one-year degree education program launched by China ... From Tibetan Buddhists graduate from advanced institute - Related web pages www.xz.xinhuanet.com/yingwen/2005-10/11 ...

80. Oct 15, 2005 - This year's Ashoka Vijaya Dashami celebrations are rendered special by the fact that the biannual conference of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) is taking place at Nagaloka, a 15-acre Buddhist educational campus just outside the city from October 9 to 16. ... From Remembering Ambedkar - Related web pages www.hindu.com/2005/10/15/stories ...

81. Oct 21, 2005 - DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP -- On a recent Sunday afternoon, approximately 60 members of the Americana Buddhist Temple gathered for a ceremony in honor of two white marble statues of the Buddha that were donated last month. "These statues are very important to the temple," said Abbot Kuan Cheng ... From Buddhist temple remains serene - New statues let Deerfield Twp. shrine … - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DTNB/lib00279 ...

82. Oct 22, 2005 - By Kate Taylor. Alotus grows in the mud, the Eastern spiritual saying goes. But if the proliferation of Buddhist images, icons and language means anything, then it's also thriving in boardrooms, shopping malls and cyberspace. As an unprecedented number of Americans turn to Buddhism ... From More Americans buying into Buddhism - Related web pages seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/faithvalues ...

83. Oct 24, 2005 - In the Bay Area, diversity goes beyond race, sexuality and political philosophy. People of all spiritual and religious persuasions visit the region and call it home -- you never know what type of seeker you might meet on the street. I was having coffee recently at a sidewalk cafe in ... From FINDING MY RELIGION A Tibetan Buddhist Monk talks about joining a … - Related web pages sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/10 ...

84. 11/2005

    Nov 1, 2005 - BANGKOK, Nov. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The fourth World Buddhist Summit opened in Thailand on Tuesday when leaders of the two sects from all over the world meet and exchange views and opinions, seeking cooperation and overcoming differences, with an aim to bringing about prosperity and ... From World Buddhist Summit held in Thailand - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/01 ...

85. Nov 4, 2005 - On November 4, 2005, Professor Jin Y. Park of American University in Washington, DC, gave a talk entitled, "Buddhist and Modernity in Korea: Unraveling the Knots." Jane Lam reports on this talk, which was the third in the 2005-2006 Center for Buddhist ...On November 4, 2005, Professor Jin Y. Park of American University in Washington, DC, gave a talk entitled, "Buddhist and Modernity in Korea: Unraveling the Knots." Jane Lam reports on this talk, which was the third in the 2005-2006 Center for Buddhist Studies Colloquium Series. In her colloquium presentation on Buddhism and modernity in Korea, Professor Jin Y. Park discussed modern Korean Buddhism, beginning in the late 19th century and continuing through the ... Show more Show less From Buddhist Studies: A Look at Buddhism and Modernity in Korea - Related web pages www.international.ucla.edu/buddhist/article ...

86. Nov 5, 2005 - More than 1000 Stanford students and guests got firsthand exposure to the Dalai Lama's senses of peace, pragmatism and humor Friday afternoon in a two-hour question-and-answer session in the university's Memorial Church. The program and a morning meditation session attended by about ... From Dalai Lama brings his brand of Buddhism - Related web pages sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11 ...

87. Nov 6, 2005 - Some 1700 people held their breath Saturday in the presence of the Dalai Lama at Stanford University's Memorial Auditorium. It was not just their eager anticipation to hear the words of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, Tenzin Gyatso. Instead, it was an audience-participation ... From Scientists, Buddhists meet but don't quite reach nirvana Dalai Lama … - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005 ...

88. Nov 11, 2005 - The Buddha Sarira, or the finger bone relic of Buddhism founder Sakyamuni, was kept at Famen Temple of Xi'an, where it was unearthed after being ... The enshrinement activity got a special permission from the Chinese government, in response to the request of the ROK Buddhist believers. ... From Buddha Finger Sarira leaves for ROK for enthrinement - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/11 ...

89. Nov 13, 2005 - Buddhist monks have been saying for years that meditation helps increase attention and concentration. The new findings now offer some support for the ... In a study of mostly Buddhist monks, Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin found meditation produced a jump in brain waves ... From Say 'om': Meditation may aid in brain function - Related web pages www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-11-13 ...

90. Nov 16, 2005 - "The Dunhuang engravings are, in a certain sense, the culmination of Buddhist cave art," said Ma De. "Their historical significance is equal to ... Cao Yijin, who took over the Guiyi Army in 924, regarded Buddhism a "sacred power" and believed that developing "devotion for Buddhist ... From Dunhuang engraving research advancing - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/16 ...

91. Nov 17, 2005 - But now, this is where Koreans come to admire the Buddha's sarira, or the remains of a finger bone of the Buddhism founder Sakyamuni. ... Korean Buddhist said: "I appreciate the Chinese government and the Chinese Buddhists for giving me this opportunity to witness the Buddha relic in ... From CCTV-English Channel-Culture Express - Related web pages www.cctv.com/worldcup/program/cultureexpress ...

92. Nov 19, 2005 - Yesterday, Buddhism in Britain received another boost as the international spiritual superstar, the Dalai Lama, arrived in the UK on the latest of his goodwill missions. The exiled Tibetan leader was visiting Scotland where new figures show - in its largest city at least - that the ... From Listen to the voice of Buddha: copy the Scots - Related web pages www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain ...

93. Nov 28, 2005 - With all that's going on in people's busy lives, the Buddhist notion of "staying in the moment" may seem like an admirable but too idealistic goal. "Sounds great," you might say, "but who has time for that?" And yet, taking the time to slow down and focus on what's happening -- right ... From FINDING MY RELIGION Buddhist teacher and author Jack Kornfield on … - Related web pages www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate ...

94. 12/2005

    Dec 1, 2005 - Books on Buddhist history, art, and practices abound. Here are three writers who have attracted a wide readership:. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, ... A major figure on the international stage, he has written many books on the teachings and practices of Buddhism. ... From 3 authors.(PICKS)(Brief Article) - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

95. Dec 1, 2005 - The monks lost, 19-7, but Buddhism is gaining Western followers drawn by its ideals of pacifism, selflessness, and social action. ... Holding on while letting go, cancer patient Suzanne Lewis-Abed receives comfort from her daughter and Robert Chodo Campbell, a Buddhist chaplain, ... From Practitioners at Colorado's Shambhala Mountain Center use color to gain … - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

96. Dec 8, 2005 - I owe my progress today to my dear teachers, particularly Jamyang Gyamco, as well as the broad masses of Tibetan Buddhists and people from across ... The past decade witnessed Gyaincain Norbu grow-up from a child to the leader of Tibetan Buddhism. He has presided over many religious ... From Tibet marks Panchen Lama's enthronement anniversary - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/08 ...

97. Dec 17, 2005 - Dec. 17--During the past 21 years, the Rev. Kenshin Ken Fujimoto watched some church members grow from high school seniors into parents bringing their own children to the Buddhist Church of Lodi. "It's fun remembering how they used to be and how they freak out over how their kids are ... From Walking a new path: Lodi Buddhist minister promoted to San Jose. - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

98. Dec 18, 2005 - 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu, the highest ranking figure of Tibetan Buddhism in China currently, ... The past decade witnessed Gyaincain Norbu grow-up from a child to the leader of Tibetan Buddhism. He has presided over many religious ceremonies in Tibet as ... From 11th Panchen Lama holds head-touching ritual - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/18 ...

99. Dec 26, 2005 - "The past decade has been the best time for the development of Tibetan Buddhism," said the leader of Tibetan Buddhism in an exclusive interview with Xinhua in ... "Each day I see lamas studying Buddhist scriptures attentively and pilgrims flocking in from home and abroad," he said. ... From Panchen Lama: Chinese enjoy religious freedom - Related web pages news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/26 ...

100. Dec 27, 2005 - On December 27, 2005, the Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume ("The Golden Abode of the Buddha Shakyamuni") was opened in Elista, the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. More than 5000 people attended the opening ...On December 27, 2005, the Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume ("The Golden Abode of the Buddha Shakyamuni") was opened in Elista, the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. More than 5000 people attended the opening ceremony, including representatives of Tibetan Buddhist communities from Moscow, Volgograd and Saratov. Show more Show less From Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Related web pages en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhan_Bakshin_Altan_Sume

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