-- "Thus with mind composed, quite purified, quite
clarified, without blemish, without defilement, grown soft and workable, fixed, immovable,
I directed my mind to the knowledge and recollection of former habitations: I remembered a
variety of former habitations, thus: one birth, two births, three..., four..., a
hundred..., a hundred thousand births and many an eon of integration - disintegration;
such an one was I by name, having such and such a clan, such and such a colour, so was I
nourished, such and such pleasant and painful experiences were mine, so did the span of
life end...
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Buddhist Masters and Their Organisations: Somdet Phra Maha Ghosananda
Basic information on Maha Ghosananda and his Dharma center in Phnom Penh, from Buddhanet.net
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No fat Buddhas: Durham council condemns restaurant name as discriminatory
When people complain about "political correctness gone mad," I usually stop listening. But this seems like the real thing. A Chinese Buddhist opens a restaurant called "Fat Buddha" in Durham (UK), and the city council declares the name offensive and deman
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Saffron-clad Buddhist monk kicks some serious ass
Think Buddhist monks are all about tea ceremonies, breathing meditation, and "present moment, wonderful moment"? Wrong. Check this photo out.
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Thich Chon Thien - Personality - 1-2
Contains excerpts from the narrative describing the events of the night of Siddhartha Gautama's enlightenment.
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Interactive Tour of the Buddhist Wheel of Life (flash movie)
An interactive explanatory graphic of the Wheel of Becoming, created around a spectacular modern Bhutanese painting.
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Steven Segal is a reincarnated Tibetan lama (tulku)
Peculiar ... a statement by a Tibetan lineage head explaining the circumstances surrounding his recognition of Steven Segal as a tulku, i.e. a reincarnation of 17th-century Tibetan "hidden treasure revealer" Chungdrag Dorje.
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Surge of religious belief in China
On the resurgence of religion in modern-day China. Religious practice (of the five "authorized" faiths: Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism and Islam) is increasingly public, though still subject to draconian restrictions and limitations.
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Paintings of Tibet
Amazing paintings by Robert Powell. Most are "documentary" -- i.e., they are simply faithful captures of what he saw -- but some are imagined scenes.
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Why I ditched Buddhism. - By John Horgan - Slate Magazine
A criticism of Buddhism. Sort of a peculiar little article. Might be useful in teaching.
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As the Dalai Lama visits, Buddhism is now the fourth-largest religion in the U.S.
From the Christian Science Monitor, an article on the "Americanness" of American Buddhism. A generally positive piece that praises the Dalai Lama and his Western admirers.
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Karma Chakra ~ The Board Game ~
A Buddhism-based, Parcheesi-style board game in which you travel around the board rolling dice and collecting cards in order to get a better rebirth.
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Wired 14.02: Buddha on the Brain
An overview of the science that inspired the invitation by the Society for Neuroscience's speaking invitation to the Dalai Lama: meditation physically changes the brain.
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The Blog | Sam Harris: A Contemplative Science | The Huffington Post
Sam Harris participates in a week-long silent retreat at Insight Meditation in Barre, Mass.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/27/2003 | Towering faith to take shape
A note on the founding of Wat Mongkoltepmunee, a Thai temple, in Bensalem, PA. From 2003.
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The Zen Society
A Dharma center in southern NJ, with Zen orientation. Sounds interesting, if a little cultish (esp. w. regard to the supposedly nonsectarian teacher veneration).
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Won Institute of Graduate Studies
A local school granting masters-level degrees in three programs (meditation, ministry, and acupuncture) related to Won Buddhism. Not yet accredited.
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The University of Chicago Martin Marty Center
A U. Chicago Divinity School assistant professor on Buddhism and neuroscience, occasioned by the flap over the 14th Dalai Lama's planned address to the Society of Neuroscience.
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