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Written by Trăng Linh Thứu
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 17:12 |
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Dharma Dew The Dalai Lama, 75, joins Twitter to become a '21st Century Buddhist'  By Daily Mail, March 4, 2010
Read in Vietnamese Dharmsala, India -- The Dalai Lama has become the world's most senior world religious leader to join Twitter. << The Dalai Lama's Twitter page The Tibetan leader, 75, decided to set up an account on the social networking site after meeting the site's creator Evan Williams during a trip to the White House last month to visit U.S. President Barack Obama. Following the meeting, Williams tweeted: 'Met the Dalai Lama today in LA, Pitched him on using Twitter - He laughed.' |
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Last Updated on Friday, 07 January 2011 22:27 |
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Written by Anthony Kuhn
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Monday, 14 June 2010 12:53 |
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Vermont, USA -- Anyone who has run a marathon knows that feats of endurance require mental discipline -- a way to fuse mind, body and spirit. Perhaps not surprisingly, then, a monk at a Zen Buddhist temple in Japan has walked a great distance -- roughly the equivalent of the Earth's circumference -- as a form of physical and spiritual exercise.  << Endo Mitsunaga
On the side of Mount Hiei, overlooking the ancient capital of Kyoto, the wind whistles around a part of the Enryaku-ji temple complex. Inside, a small congregation of Buddhists recites sutras. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 07 January 2011 22:13 |
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Written by Tâm Hải
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Friday, 04 June 2010 18:13 |
by Kumudini Hettiarachchi and Dhananjani Silva, Sunday Times, May 23, 2010Read in Vietnamese At the age of 19, Karma Lekshe Tsomo set out from America to pursue her dream of becoming a Buddhist nun. This is her story. Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Gentle and soft-spoken Karma Lekshe Tsomo is a Professor by day but the “passion” of her life has been working towards linking Buddhist women around the world for mutual benefit and inspiration. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 07 January 2011 22:14 |
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Written by Jerry Guo
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 12:34 |
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One of the holiest men in Tibetan Buddhism explains how his flock should straddle tradition and modernity Dharmsala, India -- The 25-year-old Tibetan monk known as His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, is a self-professed "Facebook stalker" who exercises using his Nintendo Wii and whose favorite Western movie is Kung Fu Panda (and yes, he's already seen Avatar). |
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Last Updated on Friday, 07 January 2011 22:15 |
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Written by Trăng Linh Thứu
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 13:38 |
By Jennifer Kubo, Nikkei West, 12 November 2009 Read in Vietnamese  Florin, CA (USA) -- The Buddhist Church of Florin celebrated its 90th anniversary on Oct. 25 with the theme “Remembering the Past and Embracing the Future.”
Over 200 people attended the event. Through old photographs, maps and newspaper clippings, attendees reflected on the people and efforts that made the temple what it is today. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 10 January 2011 04:28 |
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