| Ven. Udakendawala Siri Saranankara, The legendary freedom-fighter by W. A. Abeysinghe http://www.sundayobserver.lk |
The life of Venerable Udakendawala Siri Saranankara is inseparable from the history of the world peace movement. His service to mankind as a peace champion, disciple of the Buddha and an internationalist is remarkable.
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| The Monk Diet by E. Raymond Rock, November 11, 2007 http://rafaeliahuppert.blog.com |
When I was living as a Buddhist monk in the backwater jungles of Thailand, I learned many important lessons that have made my life much easier. One of them was how to handle food. The rules of a Theravada monk include eating only once a day, and that is in the morning.
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| Conference explores mind, happiness by The Buddhist Channel, Nov 16, 2007 |
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia -- Three Buddhist organisations are joining forces for the second time to organise the Fifth Global Conference on Buddhism.
The conference, organised by the Buddhist Gem Fellowship (BGF), Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia and Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM), will be held at the Sunway Convention Centre on Nov 17 and 18. It is also supported and co-sponsored by 11 other Buddhist organisations in Malaysia.
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| Buddhist temples rising all over Western Pennsylvania by Arthur L. Clark, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 15, 2007 |
"When you take up ordaining, then you're saying this practice is very important, and that you want to transmit it to other people," Ott said. "There doesn't seem to be many people stepping up to do that. And if I'm needed to be helpful in that way, I want to be."
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| How To Be A Monk 101 by http://amymayagapyear.blogspot.com Thursday, November 15, 2007 |
“Be like a spider. If something comes into your web, do not rush to it… inspect it, look at it. Is it edible? Decide what you must do, and then do it. Always return to the center.” She paused, and then added, “Yes, but do not be like the Spiderman… he jumps from building to building and catches people in his webs!”
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| Foreigners seek serenity at Yangon meditation centres by Phyu Lin Wai http://www.mmtimes.com |
Daw Vajiranani is a 50-year-old American who became a Buddhist nun in the United States in 1991. Since 1993 she has lived and meditated in Myanmar, and now practices as a nun at Panditarama Shwe-Taung-Gon Sasana Yeiktha in Bahan township and at its branch, Hse-Main-Gon Forest Meditation Centre on the Yangon-Bago Road, about 65 kilometres from Yangon.
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| A New Breed of Monk Rises in Myanmar by The Wall Street Journal |
Mr. Sitagu Sayadaw was born in 1937 in a small town in central Myanmar, then known as Burma. At age seven, he entered the local monastery to study, and by 20 years old became a Buddhist monk, taking the formal name Ashin Nanissara. He later studied Pali scripture, in which he is considered an expert, at Mandalay University.
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| 2nd century “future Buddha” sculpture discovered at ancient site near Taxila by APP, June 20, 2008 |
WAH CANTT, Pakistan -- The archaeologists team of the Federal Department of Archaeology and Museums found a statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya made of black shiest stone belongs to second century AD at the Buddhist monastery locally called Badal Pur situated about 13 km north-east of Taxila Museum.
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| Korea’s Buddhists in Revolt by Shim Jae Hoon, Asia Sentinel, September 2, 2008 |
Korean Buddhists, fired by allegations of religious bias from the Lee administration, take to the streets but the real reason lies much deeper
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| Buddha's Caves by The Daily Star, July 7, 2008 |
The first cave at Mogaoku was carved in A.D. 366 by an itinerant monk named Yuezun who said that one night he saw flame-like lights pulsing across the cliff face and took them as a sign: Here you must stay. So he cut a hole in the sandstone wall and moved in.
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