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  • August 2008

    • 50 Years On, Tibet's Secret War Simmers

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 30, 08 2:23 PM CDT

      50 Years On, Tibet's Secret War Simmers

      (Newser) - The little-known Tibetan resistance struggle after China's 1950 invasion still affects its politics today, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dalai Lama's brother played a vital role in the CIA-backed armed movement, largely made up of Buddhist monks, and Chinese suspicion still lingers over how much the spiritual leader himself was involved. More »

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      China  • CIA  • Tibet  • Dalai Lama  • Tibetan independence  • Buddhist monks  • Buddhism  • Tibetan monks

    • Dalai Lama Cancels Trips Due to 'Exhaustion'

      Associated Press  |  Aug 27, 08 1:53 PM CDT

      Dalai Lama Cancels Trips Due to 'Exhaustion'

      (Newser) - Citing "exhaustion," the Dalai Lama has canceled plans to travel, the AP reports. A spokesman said the Tibetan spiritual leader would not go to Mexico and the Dominican Republic, and instead would rest and undergo medical tests for the next three weeks. The 73-year-old has had an intense few months since the Lhasa protests in March, and he recently finished an 11-day trip through France. More »

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      China  • Mexico  • Tibet  • Dalai Lama  • Dominican Republic  • Buddhism  • Mumbai  • exhaustion

  • July 2008

    • Buddhism Faces Bleak Future in Japan

      New York Times  |  Jul 14, 08 2:40 AM CDT

      Buddhism Faces Bleak Future in Japan

      (Newser) - Buddhism, once a significant element of Japanese culture, is beginning to decline in both popularity and influence, reports the New York Times.   Buddhist rituals are even fading from funerals, where the religion once had a near-monopoly, as the Japanese increasingly rely on funeral homes, or skip funerals. If something doesn't change soon, the religion will "die out," predicts one priest. "We can't afford to wait. We have to do something." More »

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      Japan  • religion  • Buddhism

  • June 2008

    • Dalai Lama's Advice Runs to Earthier Tones

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 9, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Dalai Lama's Advice Runs to Earthier Tones

      (Newser) - Driven by questions both spiritual and secular, more Westerners are heading to the Dalai Lama's headquarters-in-exile, the Wall Street Journal reports. Humble despite being proclaimed a “God-King,” Tibet's spiritual leader has sought “opportunities to be interactive” in the Indian town of Dharmsala—seeing a wide variety of visitors and dispensing wisdom on career choices and broken relationships … as well as religion. More »

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      India  • Dalai Lama  • Buddhist monks  • relationship  • Tibetans in exile  • Buddhism  • Tibetan monks  • Dharamsala

  • March 2008

    • World's Holy Days Converge

      Time  |  Mar 21, 08 8:51 AM CDT

      World's Holy Days Converge

      (Newser) - This Good Friday is not simply the most solemn day in the Christian calendar but a convergence of movable feasts that doesn't occur more than once in a century. March 21 is also the first day of the Jewish festival of Purim and the celebration of the birth of the prophet Muhammed. The three holidays have fallen on the same day only nine times in 800 years, Time reports. More »

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      religion  • Islam  • Christianity  • Judaism  • Buddhism  • Hindus  • Good Friday

    • Nepali Goddess Retires at 11

      Associated Press  |  Mar 3, 08 12:35 PM CST

      Nepali Goddess Retires at 11

      (Newser) - Sajani Shakya, one of Nepal's living goddesses, is officially retiring at age 11, the AP reports. Religious leaders briefly stripped the Kumari of her divine status last year after she defied custom and traveled abroad, but her premature retirement isn't related to the controversy, officials say. She has "come of age," an official put it delicately. Kumaris are worshiped only until puberty. More »

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      religion  • Nepal  • Buddhism  • Hindu  • Hinduism  • Buddhist

  • February 2008

    • Sri Lanka Bus Bomb Kills 20

      AFP  |  Feb 2, 08 9:53 AM CST

      Sri Lanka Bus Bomb Kills 20

      (Newser) - A bomb suspected to be the work of Tamil Tiger rebels detonated on a crowded bus in Sri Lanka today, killing at least 20 and leaving more than 60 seriously burned or otherwise injured. The parcel bomb ripped through a private bus carrying Buddhist pilgrims that had stopped at a station en route to a pilgrimage town, AFP reports. More »

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      bombing  • Sri Lanka  • Tamil Tigers  • Buddhism  • bus bombing  • religious pilgrims

  • October 2007

    • Burma Protests a 'Success,' Says Buddhist Leader

      Time  |  Oct 14, 07 7:07 PM CDT

      Burma Protests a 'Success,' Says Buddhist Leader

      (Newser) - Revered Buddhist spokesman Thich Nhat Hanh, famed for enlisting Martin Luther King's help against the Vietnam War, is supporting his spiritual brethren in Burma on a US tour. The monks' struggle against Burma is "already a success," he told Time , "because if monks are imprisoned or have died, they have offered their spiritual leadership." More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Dalai Lama  • Vietnam  • military junta  • monks  • Buddhism  • meditation

    • Dubya Will Meet With Dalai

      BBC  |  Oct 12, 07 3:17 AM CDT

      Dubya Will Meet With Dalai

      (Newser) - President Bush will meet with the Dalai Lama next  week before the monk is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Not so delighted with the Washington love fest are Chinese government officials, and the meeting is bound to infuriate them further. Beijing has already blasted the US for “using the Dalai Lama to interfere in China's internal affairs." More »

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      George W. Bush  • China  • Dalai Lama  • peace  • Buddhism  • Medal of Honor

  • September 2007

    • Junta Issues Curfew to Stem Protests

      BBC  |  Sep 25, 07 6:02 PM CDT

      Junta Issues Curfew to Stem Protests

      (Newser) - Burma issued a dusk-to-dawn curfew and warned it will crack down on any large meetings, but protesters still marched by the tens of thousands today. The junta also sent out armed troops and declared it time to "take action," raising fears that it will repeat its 1988 crackdown, in which soldiers killed 3,000 people, the BBC reports. More »

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      Burma  • democracy  • junta  • Buddhist monks  • Burma protest  • Buddhism  • Rangoon  • Mandalay  • Buddhist nuns

    • Monks Hold Burmese Officials Hostage

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 7, 07 2:18 PM CDT

      Monks Hold Burmese Officials Hostage

      (Newser) - Hundreds of angry monks have released Burmese government officials they held hostage for over 5 hours yesterday, the Guardian reports, in protest of the military regime’s fuel price hikes. Reading Buddhist scriptures, nearly 500 monks burned the officials’ cars, locked them inside a monastery, and surrendered the prisoners only when a senior abbot intervened. More »

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      Burma  • hostage  • Asia  • Buddhist monks  • monks  • Buddhism

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