http://www.mahabodhi.net/ RSS News Feed from Mahabodhi IP en-us http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/12/117_57549.html Korea Times - Was it a case of the personification of karma or an act of Buddhist salvation for others' sins? Perhaps the answer may now be irrelevant but the fact... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/17/vietnamese-buddhists-seek-asylum-france Guardian (UK) - Hundreds of Vietnamese followers of a radical Buddhist leader have called on the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, to grant them temporary asylum... http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iGr1RduvPwLH8WP4KGjwv5dR_lZA AFP - The Shaolin Temple was established in 495 AD. According to legend, prince-turned-monk Bodhidharma from India later came to Shaolin and meditated... http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1128468 eTaiwan News - An angry crowd disrupted a meeting Wednesday between EU representatives and followers of a famous Buddhist monk involved in a tense... http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/2061/no_buddhists_in_washington Religion Dispatches - Buddhism, which has a larger US population than either Islam or Hinduism, has had a sizable and growing impact on American culture. So why no representative on... http://sify.com/news/Buddhist-monks-want-control-of-Bodh-Gaya-temple-news-National-jl1l4dbfghd.html Sify - Buddhist monks want control over management of Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, one of Buddhism's holiest shrines. They have decided to intensify... http://www.examiner.com/x-16501-Buddhism-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Video-evidence-belies-secret-Bhikkhuni-ordination-in-Australia Examiner - In response to the accusations that the Buddhist Society of Western Australia were seretive about the ordination, here is a small sample of the video... http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/11/23/public-wants-ming-yi-to-disrobe-before-going-to-jail/ Temasek Review - Most Singaporeans want Ming Yi to disrobe before serving his jail sentence to prevent bringing disrepute and shame to the... http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,8722,0,0,1,0 Buddhist Channel - In Bara district, where the ‘living Buddha’ meditates, more than a million Hindus are preparing to sacrifice half a million animals during... http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_bc6ed916-d197-11de-85b7-001cc4c002e0.html LaCrosse Tribune - Last week, a man some call a major driving force in Western Buddhism spoke at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. His lecture to more... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/091115/News/nws_19.html Myanmar and Sri Lanka have signed an agreement to promote Buddhism, which includes setting up an exchange programme for students of Buddhism. The... http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=8,8676,0,0,1,0 Buddhist Channel - Kester Ratcliff used to be a monk (known as Bhikkhu Santi) in the Thai Forest Tradition. Here he gives his insight into why it is essential... http://www.examiner.com/x-16501-Buddhism-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Excommunication-fro-Ajahn-Brahm-a-new-era-for-Buddhist-women Examiner - On October 22nd, Ajahn Brahmavamso (or Ajahn Brahm) ordained four women at his monastery in Perth, Western Australia. They are the first... http://www.mysinchew.com/node/30854 Sin Chew Jit Poh - How does politics drive spirituality? What happens when religion is kept out of politics? Is the separation of the church and the state always for... http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091025/jsp/calcutta/story_11653237.jsp Calcutta Telegraph - Even after spending almost four decades studying, teaching and writing on Buddhism, Gombrich remains something of a radical academic... http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Institute-of-Buddhist-Studies-played-a-role-in-pro_2/2909804 Ground Report - Referring to the work being done at the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies(CIBS) at Leh today , the Governor, N. N. Vohra, said that it has played... http://www.upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2009/09/30/monks_morality_important_to_cambodia/3138/ UPI - In Cambodia Buddhism is the state religion, guaranteed by the Constitution, and about 95 percent of the people are Buddhists. However, in recent... http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Technology+Science+religion+mutually+exclusive/2035713/story.html Vancouver Sun - A first glance at Buddhism — most Westerners have had at most a quick glance at this ancient religion — suggests that it has little in common with... http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=105292 UCLA - Donald S. Lopez Jr. of the University of Michigan seeks to explain why some Buddhists and some scientists have been so eager, for a century and a half... http://www.philly.com/inquirer/health_science/weekly/20090216_Balm_for_a_troubled_world.html Philadelphia Inquirer - Mindful meditation, simply, is attending to, being exquisitely aware of the present moment. Its practice, rooted in Buddhism, was meant... http://www.island.lk/2008/09/08/opinion3.html The Island (LK) - Theravada Buddhism had described two Truths; Absolute Truth (Paramatha Sathya) and Conventional Truth (Sammuti Sathya). Nagarjuna... http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorials/Being_more_liberated_than_thou/articleshow/3445840.cms India Times - Religion can be organised in two ways - externally and internally. An external organisation is extremely visible and often obtrusive. It consists of an ancillary system of support structures that is intended to motivate and move the faithful...