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The Dalai Lama's "Rider"
The "rider" is a document often associated with musicians that dictates what sort of amenities they demand backstage. Some classics include things like "a big bowl of M&Ms with no yellow ones".
The Dalai Lama's requests are a little more humble.
He p...
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Jun 13, 2007
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Video : Buddhist Mandala Destroyed by Small Child
Update: Hooray, I'm famous - BoingBoing.net used my link :). Well, acknowledged that I pointed out the video link. Close enough :).
When I first heard about this in passing I didn't think much of it. I didn't realize that there is video. This is th...
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May 30, 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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Buddhist Mandalas
Only one picture, but a good story about what goes into making the Buddhist "mandala" (sand art), including details about the sorts of tools used, the symbolism and colors, and what happens when a child accidentally walks across one.
Google actually ha...
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May 26, 2007
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His Holiness apparently digs veal?
What to serve the Dalai Lama? Veal, apparently.
I wish this story had gone into more detail about how and why the Dalai Lama is cool with being a meat eater. I'm not saying that I'm a vegetarian by any stretch, but neither am I the spiritual and poli...
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May 16, 2007
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The Dalai Lama to Retire?
Wow.
I suppose that's not a complete surprise, the man is 71 and has done nothing but travel around the world constantly for nearly 50 years. There are some important things to note, however, for the confused:
The Dalai Lama is both the religious lead...
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May 15, 2007
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Buddhist Sand Art
If you haven't ever seen or heard of Buddhist sand "mandalas", they are really something to behold. They spend hours making a very finely detailed work of art entirely out of colored sand. Then they destroy it (with associated ceremony). One of the ...
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Apr 4, 2007
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Giving The Buddha A Bath
In this case it's The Great Buddha of Nara, a statue in Japan almost 50ft tall and weighing 500 tons. He is cleaned once a year by 230 priests, all dressed in white, who climb all over him and carry away dust by the bucketful.
Make sure to read the co...
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Mar 21, 2007
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A Christian, a Muslim and a Buddhist all go to Congress...
Normally I don't blog politics, but I think this story's got a punch line that's right up my alley. You may have heard the who big issue with Rep Keith Ellison (D-MN) taking his oath on a Quran instead of a Bible. Even better, it was a Quran once own...
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Jan 6, 2007
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Buddha Boy returns
Buddha Boy has returned. This is the story of a 17yr old boy who sat down to meditate and apparently didn't eat for 10 months. This prompted people to claim miracle, and start speaking of him as the reincarnation of the Buddha. Then, he disappeared....
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Dec 27, 2006
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