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Wow, China is Pissed, Huh? Good.
China is learning this week that the rest of the world doesn't care what they say. As I blogged previously, His Holiness The Dalai Lama is coming the US to be awarded a Congressional Medal this week (tomorrow, in fact). China has a whole team of peop...
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Oct 16, 2007
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Buddha : The Movie
I just read a movie about the life of Buddha will be coming out in 2008. Apparently the Dalai Lama is some sort of adviser to the project which does not have any mention of Keanu Reeves or Richard Gere.
The movie will be based on the book Old Path Wh...
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May 29, 2007
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Mental Floss on Trees
Normally I wouldn't blink twice at this article from Mental Floss on A Few Of Our Favorite Trees, but the first tree is Sri Maha Bodhi, believed to be grown from a sapling of the original Bodhi tree where The Buddha attained enlightenment.
And I thi...
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Mar 22, 2007
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Karma, defined.
Blow up Buddha statues, get killed.
...Separately, an assailant gunned down an Afghan lawmaker who, under the former Taliban regime, oversaw the destruction of two Buddha statues carved into a cliff.
Maulavi Mohammed Islam Mohammadi, who was the Tal...
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Jan 26, 2007
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