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Buddhism

                   

Let's go to Leh in north India

ioltravel.co.za
Oct 8, 2008
        

Leh is 3 505m above sea level. Leh's main square is ringed with square, three-storeyd Tibetan buildings, either white-washed or beige. They are strangely beautiful The Royal Palace, also known as Leh Palace, overlooks the...

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New "goddess," 3, faces years of loneliness

denverpost.com
Oct 8, 2008 5 related
        

KATMANDU, Nepal — Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday. Matani Shakya, the new "kumari," was carried from her...

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Lecture uncovers the oasis of Dunhuang

thetraveleronline.com
Oct 8, 2008 1 related
        

The Asian Studies Program will present a Buddhist workshop entitled "Medieval Prayers for the Buddhist Lantern Ritual from Dunhuang." The lecture will feature visiting professors Huaiyu Chen and Houbin Liu. "The Asian Studies...

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examiner.com: Matani Shakya, 3, newly appointed 'kumari, examiner.com

Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess

washingtonpost.com
Oct 7, 2008 48 related
        

The Associated Press Tuesday, October 7, 2008; 9:59 AM KATMANDU, Nepal -- Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in...

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Baby, It's All In Your Mind

popsci.com
Oct 7, 2008 9 related
        

In the August 15th issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry, Gregory Miller, PhD, and his colleagues released the results of a preliminary study in which they found that stress impacts the body at the genetic level. read more

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Dharma lessons by visiting abbot

thestar.com.my
Oct 7, 2008 1 related
        

THE Buddhist fraternity can look forward to the four-day visit of Khenrinpoche Lama Lhundrup (pic), the abbot of Kopan Monastery in Nepal, to Penang from Oct 19. Organised by Chokyi Gyaltsen Centre (CGC), Penang, the visit will...

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Serene beauty carved in wood

thestar.com.my
Oct 6, 2008
        

FOR two years, Yu Shih Chin, 45, and a team of workers carved wooden statues of Guan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy. “From the block of wood to the finished product, there are nine steps and different people working on each...

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Seven temples awaiting land titles to relocate

thestar.com.my
Oct 6, 2008
        

SEVEN temples in Puchong are awaiting land titles in order to relocate. Awtar Singh, special assistant to Seri Serdang assemblyman Datuk Dr Mohd Satim Diman, highlighted the plight of the Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist temples...

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A cup of tea, a cup of spirituality...

hindu.com
Oct 6, 2008 1 related
        

NEW DELHI: Doctors, health workers and an assortment of other invitees joined world renowned Zen master and international peace-maker Thich Nhat Hanh and other senior monks at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here on...

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Lived realities of the oppressed

hindu.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER; CLAIMING POWER FROM BELOW: Manu Bhagavan and Anne Feldhaus — Editors; Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 625 each. The two volumes of essays under ...

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