" Thai police say they have found the remains of more than 2,000 foetuses, thought to be from illegal abortions, hidden at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok. The remains were discovered in the temple's mortuary in containers usually used for bodies awaiting cremation. Police were...
A delegation of Thai monks, who are currently visiting Pakistan, visited the Peshawar Museum in troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of the country and appreciated the art pieces of the standing and seated...
created by hussain | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1026 views | 18 recommendations | 2 comments
Religion is a dicey subject. Along with politics it is known to be one of the two big no no's when trying to keep dinner conversation peaceful and civil.For most, the word religion means buildings (churches, temples, and mosques), beliefs, books (like the Bible, the Qur'an or...
opinion by Frank Kaufmann | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 116 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
By, Uwe Paschen. Tokyo is one of the greatest cities on this planet with some of the best museums, parks and attraction one can imagine, it also has one of the World best universities; an impressive...
opinion by Uwe Paschen | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 2810 views | 129 recommendations | 40 comments
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has asked the U.S to stay away from it's internal matters after the U.S. Congress presented Dalai Lama the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, an award, which was in honor...
created by Mritunjay | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 237 views | 61 recommendations | 11 comments
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...
created by Uwe Paschen | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 854 views | 88 recommendations | 40 comments
Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change ~Sign the Buddhist Declaration~ 'The time has surely come when we must speak out as Buddhists, with firm views of harmony as the Tao.I suggest that it is also time for us to take ourselves in hand…This would be engaged Buddhism...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 101 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
CWN.org - Buddhist mobs attacked several churches in Sri Lanka two weeks ago, threatening to kill a pastor in the southern province of Hambanthota and ransacking a 150-year-old Methodist church building in the...
created by B12N | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 903 views | 10 recommendations | 11 comments
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...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1245 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
By, Uwe Paschen. Today is Hinamatsury, here in Japan. This is the Japanese Doll Festival (雛祭り Hina-matsuri), or Girls' Day, Hinamatsuri is held on March 3, the third day of the third month. A Platforms with a...
created by Uwe Paschen | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 680 views | 63 recommendations | 5 comments
A Buddist Temple inthe northeast of Thailand has been built using only recycled beer bottles. The Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple got their bottles from the nearby community and they had already built shelters in this...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 951 views | 33 recommendations | 10 comments
" By Dr. Perwazekhudi Dispute on this issue has been going on throughout the world, especially since 9/11. The world’s leading Scholars, thinkers and politicians, have not yet; come UP with a one Single most definition of terrorism or terrorist which will be acceptable to...
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"KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A Buddhist leader said two statues at Missouri's Kansas City Zoo that sparked a complaint from a patron are not images of Buddha, but of a pot-bellied Ho Tai. Lama Chuck...
created by Barbara Mathieson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 193 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments