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Buddhist monk’s role in counter-insurgency

by Janaka PERERA, Lanka Daily News, Aug 31, 2010

This article recalls a little known but very significant non-violent contribution that Ven Dhammananda made to the counter-insurgency operation which the British euphemistically called the `Malayan Emergency’ over six decades ago in then the Federated States of Malaya (now Malaysia) which included Singapore. His role was primarily in defence of Chinese civilians who had little or no part in the uprising

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Sex Scandal Has U.S. Buddhists Looking Within

By MARK OPPENHEIMER, The New York Times, August 20, 2010

New York, USA -- Sooner or later, every traditional faith has to confront sexual impropriety by its spiritual leaders: extramarital sex, or sex with the wrong people (members of the congregation, minors) or, for supposedly celibate clergy, any sex at all.

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Open the gates, for "kusala" sake

by Lim Kooi Fong, The Buddhist Channel, Aug 18, 2010

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia -- Once there was a green sanctuary where laughter, mindfulness and fellowship were found in abundance, just as abundant as the flowers and the neatly pruned shrubs that lined its garden.

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Chinese Communist party demands reforms in Tibetan monasteries

PTI, Aug 16, 2010

Beijing, China -- A fresh purge appeared to be in the offing in Tibet with a top leader of the Communist Party of China calling for reforms in Buddhist monasteries by appointing monks and nuns who are "politically reliable".

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