To live and let live, one must let go

by Sanitsuda Ekachai, The Bangkok Post, Jan 28, 2010

Bangkok, Thailand -- Is it just for show, a ritualistic action one must perform to assert authority and to contain future female ordination? Or is it sheer vindictiveness?

“A collective awakening?” - Buddhist reflections on Copenhagen

by David R. Loy, Shambala Sun Space Blog, Jan 6, 2010

Author, Zen Buddhist practitioner/teacher, and professor David R. Loy on how a “new understanding of the self” is what will be required of us in order to turn our planet’s climate crisis around.

Cincinnati, Ohio (USA) -- “We need a kind of collective awakening. There are among us men and women who have awakened, but it’s not enough; most people are still sleeping… If we awaken to our true situation, there will be a change in our collective consciousness. We have to do something to wake people up. We have to help the Buddha to wake up the people who are living in a dream.” — Thich Nhat Hanh, in A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency

Wat Pah Pong's response to article on “Monks Target Western Clergy”

The Administrative Committee of Wat Nong Pah Pong, Source: Dhammalight.com, Jan 2, 2009

Bangkok, Thailand -- On 28th December 2009, a representative delegation of senior monks from the Wat Nong Pah Pong Sangha held a press conference in response to various articles in the major Thai newspapers released earlier between the 20th to 24th December.

Thai Monks target Western clergy

The Bangkok Post, Dec 30, 2009

Bangkok, Thailand -- The forest monks of Wat Nong Pah Pong want the Council of Elders and the Office of National Buddhism to impose stricter controls on Western monks to stop them from ordaining women.

Did Christ come to India to study Buddhism, Vedas?

By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, December 25th, 2009

New Delhi, India -- The spotlight is back on Jesus Christ and his India connection as the world celebrates Christmas Friday. Some historians believe he spent 17 years of early life - from the age of 13 to 30 - in India learning Buddhism and the Vedas.