| Thich Quang Duc statue to be erected at historic protest site by VietNamNet Bridge, Nov 7, 2007 |
His action made a significant contribution toward the uniting of followers of all religions in the country to struggle for peace, independence and reunification.
"The Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc's marvelous flame had a strong spiritual power, making Vietnamese people wake up to hostile repression and stirring the conscience of the people.
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| UN studies sustainable religious tourism by IMTIAZ MUQBIL, Bangkok Post, Nov 5, 2007 |
Bangkok, Thailand -- With millions of people now on the move for "religious tourism," the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has begun to turn its attention towards studying and analysing the issues related to its sustainability.
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| Palm-leaf manuscripts throw new light on ancient kingdom Mon by Subhatra Bhumiprabhas, The Nation, Sept 24, 2007 |
Bangkok, Thailand -- Mon has become the forgotten kingdom and the Mon have for centuries had no place to call home. The history of the Mon, however, as one of the most powerful nations of Southeast Asia has been told through the generations.
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| China's Ancient Sculptural Sites Suffer Damage by The Epoch Times Sept 5, 2007 |
Shangxi, China -- Chinese experts in the field of cultural relics state that statues in China's three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites, including the Longmen Grottoes (Dragon's Gate Caves) in Luoyang City of Henan Province, the Yungang Grottoes in Datong City of Shanxi Province, and the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang City of Gansu Province, have suffered serious water percolation and erosion.
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| 20 Reasons Why You Need Inner Peace and Tranquility by http://28118.blogspot.com , Monday, November 5, 2007 |
Inner peace is not reserved only to yogis, hermits or monks, sitting alone in a far off place, praying or meditating all day long. It can also be attained by people living an ordinary life, who have a job, married and with children.
Inner peace is a state of being emotionally and mentally at peace and strong in the face of discord or stress. It is the opposite of being stressed or anxious.
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| Rare protest as Tibetans attempt to save Buddhist statue from demolition by International Campaign for Tibet, November 1, 2007 |
Mt Kailash, Tibet (China) -- New eyewitness accounts have revealed that local Tibetans attempted to prevent the demolition of a statue of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) near Mt Kailash in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) on September 28.
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| Buddhist heritage in Pakistan under threat by Yassin Musharbash, Spiegel Online, Nov 8, 2007 |
Swat, Pakistan -- When the Taliban destroyed two Buddhist statues in Afghanistan in the spring of 2001, there was an international outcry. But similar incidents are now occurring in northwest Pakistan, where radical Islamists recently blew up a sculpture of Buddha in broad daylight.
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| Thai political party plans a B9bn (US$ 250 mil) Buddhism fund by PONGSATORN SINGNOY, The Bangkok Post, Nov 8, 2007 |
Bangkok, Thailand -- The Puea Pandin party is leading its election campaign with a promise to set up a 9.999-billion-baht Buddhism fund to heal social, economic and political ills. The fund is one of its nine flagship policies, deputy party leader Juthamas Siriwan said yesterday.
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| Disrobed, Deported, Detained: The Story of a Khmer Monk by 2007-11-09 http://www.unpo.org |
Disrobed, deported, detained. Khmer Krom Buddhist Abbot Tim Sa Khorn has had his name displayed on thousands of placards all over the world since his arrest and disappearance four months ago. A prominent Khmer Krom religious figure and human rights defender, Tim Sa Khorn had fled Kampuchea-Krom in 1979 to acquire Cambodian citizenship and settle in the southern city of Phnom Den
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| What does Alms mean? by HMECDM http://hmecdm-wod.blogspot.com November 9, 2007 |
In Theravada Buddhism, many monks (Pāli: bhikkhus) go on a daily almsround (or pindabat) to collect food. This is often perceived as giving the laypeople the opportunity to make merit (Pāli: puñña).
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