Life of Zen: Shaolin Buddhist monk passes down ancient teachings

by Esther Kang, Easy Reader News, May 9, 2013

Torrance, CA (USA) -- Sitting with square shoulders inside the cozy tea garden in his Rolling Hills Estates martial arts studio, Shifu Wang Bo pauses to pour jasmine green tea into two cups, about two inches in diameter.

Exterior work nearly complete on Raynham Buddhist temple

by Mike Gay, Taunton Gazette, May 9, 2013

The 185-foot tall Buddhist temple being built in Raynham is nearing completion of major construction.

Raynham, Massachusetts (USA) -- Paul Chapple, project leader for the $60 million Wat Nawamintararachutis Thai Temple and Meditation Center, said that construction at the South Street East site will wrap up in the fall. Chapple said the general contractor for the project, Milford-based Consigli Construction, is nearing the end of its work in the next few months, before artisans from Thailand come to town for interior and exterior finishing work with a September target for completion.

Durham Buddhist center teaches learning to let go

By Monica Chen, The Durham News, May 7, 2013

Durham, NC (USA) -- In the Durham Shambhala Center, a dozen men and women sit in silence, with arms and legs balanced and in comfortable positions.

Corvallis groups hope for Buddhist temple

by Kyle Odegard, Albany Democrat-Herald, May 11, 2013

Corvallis, Oregon (USA) -- Corvallis has about five or six Buddhist groups that meet for meditation and study, but they’re somewhat hidden and scattered throughout town.

Eastern US Tour by Buddhist Teacher and Author Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

The Buddhist Channel, May 6, 2013

Tibetan Buddhist Teacher and Author Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche will give a series of interrelated public teachings in New York, Connecticut, and Philadelphia in May.

New York, USA -- This three-city tour of the Eastern United States is the first tour by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche since the publication of his book, Rebel Buddha: A Guide to a Revolution of Mind (Shambhala), which introduced the Buddhist teachings in the context of an authentic emerging North American Buddhism, free of Asian cultural trappings.

Woman Sues Over Chelmsford Buddhist Monk Sex Tape

By Andrew Sylvia, Lowell Sun, April 28, 2013

Chelmsfold, MA (USA) -- The Lowell Sun reports that a Massachusetts woman is suing five individuals, alleging they illegally distributed a tape of her having sex with monks at a temple in Chelmsford.