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Chiba Day

  By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan.  Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In...

Dalai Lama celebrates 74th birthday, promises to live to 100

On 6 July, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso celebrated his 74 birthday. "Through all your wishes, I will live longer. I do not know whether I can live for thousands years, but I am sure I will stay alive...

Dalai Lama turns 74, says should live to 100

He seems content.  There is almost no chance he will ever have a chance  return to \Tibet. "The Dalai Lama celebrated his 74th birthday Monday in a typically jocular mood, remarking lightheartedly that...

Three Tamils walk from Chicago to Washington, D.C

Three Tamil students in their 20's are walking from Chicago to Washington, D.C. to tell America about rights violations in Sri Lanka.They began their walk on May 26 and will probably finish in October."CHAMPAIGN – Three minority Tamils from the island of Sri Lanka were in...

Footwear store in Geneva uses Buddha statue to hang shoes

An Indian family was horrified at what they witnessed in a shoe shop in Geneva. The sense of respect the Indians have for any religion is admirable and is shared by many Asian countries. " PATNA: Sight-seeing in...

Saint Oniisan, Japan's new Holy Book.

Japan has a new Holy book off sorts, becoming very popular, it is in the form of a comic book and it is called “Saint Oniisan” (聖☆おにいさん [jp], lit. meaning, Saint Young Men) Written by Hikaru...

Opinion: One "Sri Lankan's" Dilemma

So much has been said by so many already about the hypocritical West, its vindictive Media and about the blind and biased Tamil Diaspora. I thought I must have heard it all by now...but there I was chatting to a friend when she turned around and hopped on a fierce and...

Islam! The growing Religion of the 21st Century! Why? (Opinion-Ne

Once the dominant Religion in the World was Christianity mainly due to massif forced conversions at first. Forcing out all other religions through out Europe with barbaric religious War that went on for over 800...

Monk - I saw Thai army shoot monk and people at Din Daeng

A Bangkok monk says claims by the Thailand government that the army only fired blanks at red-shirted pro-democracy supporters at Din Daeng last Monday are not true and that those shot include a Buddhist monk.The...

Full Text: Dalai Lama's 50th Anniversary of Tibet Uprising Speech

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the current and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, delivered a speech in Dharmsala, India on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, on the 50th anniversary the Tibetan uprising against...

Canadian In Thailand Travel Report: Recovery of a Nation

Thailand Nite Life!  Thailand has suffered the extreme Boxing Day - Tsunami the worst natural disaster to ever strike Thailand and still recovering. God Bless. Thailand has been featured a lot recently in...

Proposed Buddhist university lingering without permission

Chairman of Nepal’s proposed Siddhartha University, emphasizing on Buddhist education, Monk Dr. Sunanda Mahasthavir has voiced that the Nepal government has done injustice to his university by not recognizing it even though it has fulfilled almost all the requirements under...

Dalai Lama: my successor may be a girl.

Speaking from India, the Dalai Lama made an unusual announcement. His successor would be a girl chosen during his lifetime. Such selection while still alive would go against traditional Tibetan Buddhism though. It...

China slams upcoming Sarkozy-Dalai Lama meeting

Angered by a planned meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama, China is suggesting "bilateral relations could face a new setback if it goes ahead." "BEIJING (AP) - China on Friday...

Exiled Tibetans gather in India to discuss new way

"  DHARMSALA, India (AP) - It's been almost 50 years since the Tibetan god-king fled across the Himalayas and created his government-in-exile in this hill town. Decades later, the Dalai Lama and his followers...

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