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Dalai Lama encourages Chinese to seek solace in Buddhism

by ADRIAN CROFT, The Globe and Mail, Published on the Buddhist Channel, May 26, 2012



LONDON, UK
-- Tibet’s exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, said Monday that China is beset by a moral crisis, widespread corruption and lawlessness, leading millions of Chinese to seek solace in Buddhism.

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Seeking the core of Korean Buddhism
by By Cho Chung-un, The Korean Herald, May 25, 2012
Seoul, South Korea -- For Sem Vermeersch, associate professor of religious studies at Seoul National University, this year means a lot. The Belgian scholar, one of the leading academics in Korean studies, has been studying ancient Korean Buddhism for 20 years, particularly during the Goryeo Kingdom (918-1392) which was strongly attached to the political system of the time.  More

Head monk of Kyoto temple takes Buddhism into the community
By JANE SINGER, Special to The Japan Times, May 26, 2012
Honen-in's Shinsho Kajita attracts new generations through events such as concerts, art exhibitions

Kyoto, Japan -- Climb the stone walkway, stippled with fallen red camellia blossoms, that leads to Kyoto's Honen-in Temple, past a mossy thatched gate and raised platforms of sand combed in tight patterns of waves and chrysanthemums, and you enter a hushed and otherworldly space at the foot of Mount Daimonji.  More


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