Buddhist Vesak Day forum spreads message of peace

                   
buddhistchannel.tv     May 17, 2008            

Hanoi, Vietnam -- Vietnamese Buddhists will strive to put the wheels of peace in motion, a meeting during the second working day of the United Nations Day of Vesak 2008 heard yesterday. A scene from the conference titled Buddhism and Conflicts and Wars Prevention in the framework of the UN Day of... [read full story]                

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Book on Buddhist temples published to welcome Vesak

buddhistchannel.tv     May 16, 2008          

VietNamNet Bridge, May 14, 2008 Hanoi, Vietnam -- Vietnam has especially published an English language version of the best selling book “Buddhist Temples” to welcome the UN Day of Vesak, which is slated to begin in Ha Noi on May 14. << Xa Loi pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City The book features 52...                

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Dalai Lama absent as Vietnam hosts Buddhist festival

buddhistchannel.tv     May 16, 2008          

Hanoi, Vietnam -- But two prominent Buddhist congregations were absent: the Dalai Lama's Tibetan Buddhist sangha, and the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, or UBCV, which opposes the official government-affiliated Vietnam Buddhist Sangha. In an interview in April, the vice head of the...                

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Spectacular UN Vesak Celebrations Begin in Hanoi

buddhistchannel.tv     May 16, 2008          

By Dr. Manpreet Singh, The Seoul Times, May 15, 2008 Hanoi, Vietnam -- The much awaited United Nations Day of Vesak celebrations in Vietnam which began today were an amazing spectacle of religious and ritual festivity at Hanoi, with thousands of Buddhists from the world over gathering at the...                

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