South Asia

Buddhist monk gets driving licence

by Wasantha Ramanayake, Lanka Daily News, Oct 23, 2004

Colombo, Sri Lanka -- The Court of Appeal yesterday issued notice on the Commissioner of Motor Traffic in the writ application compelling the commissioner to issue a driving licence to a Buddhist monk.

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Buddhist nuns break rules for a cause

by Renu Kshetry, The Himalayan Times, October 21, 2004

33-year-old Ani, two others to act in documentary on life of nuns.

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Dalai Lama to visit SA in November

Mail and Guardian Online (Sapa-DPA), 26 October 2004

New Delhi, India -- The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will visit South Africa in November, it was announced on Tuesday.

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His Holiness Graces TCV's 44th Anniversary

TibetNet, October 25, 2004

Dharamsala, India -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday graced the 44th anniversary celebrations of Bhuso Khang (nursery for Tibetan children) or the Tibetan Children?s Village school as it is called now.

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65,000 people embrace Buddhism in Nagpur

Sify News, 23 October, 2004

Nagpur, India -- As many as 65,000 people have embraced Buddhism at Deeksha Bhoomi in Nagpur on 'Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din' on Friday. 

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Five day Tibetan Buddhist conference ends

ANI, Oct 22, 2004

Dharamshala, India -- A five-day-long conference on Buddhist teachings and science presided over by the Dalai Lama concluded in Dharamshala on Friday.

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Former Nazi soldier fights to save Nepalese monastery

Indo-Asian News Service, Oct 14, 2004

Kathmandu, Nepal -- At the age of 93, a former Nazi soldier has taken up a new battle -- fighting to restore a 200-year-old Buddhist centre in Nepal ravaged by time, nature and human hands.

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Vietnam shows keen interest in Indian Buddhist sites

Press Information Bureau (India), Oct 18, 2004

New Delhi, India -- Vietnam has shown keen interest in Indian Buddhist sites. To facilitate visit of Vietnamese in larger groups, both the countries will consider possibilities of direct airlink and other measures required.

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