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50th Anniversary of the self - immolation of Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Thich Quang Duc

by Senaka Weeraratna, The Buddhist Channel, June 16, 2013

Colombo, Sri Lanka -- On June 11, 2013 the world commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the self immolation of Thich Quang Duc, an endeavour that had an enormous impact on world opinion and public perception of the then unfolding events in South Vietnam. It may well be said that it was a moment that changed the course of history of Vietnam, USA and the world at large.

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Buddhist nun professors or none?

By Michaela Haas, The Washington Post, June 7, 2013

Dhramsala, India -- Buddhist women are celebrating a landmark victory: For the first time in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, 27 nuns have gathered in North India at Jamyang Choling Nunnery near Dharamsala and have begun their exams for the Tibetan equivalent of a Ph.D., the so-called Geshe-title. 

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Dalai Lama condemns Buddhist attacks on Muslims in Myanmar, Sri Lanka

May 8, 2013, Associated Press

NEW DELHI, India -- The Dalai Lama has reached out to monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, imploring them to end recent violence towards Muslims in their countries.

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Disturbing Buddhist Trend toward Violence

by Bruce Matthews, Asian Sentinel, 2 MAY 2013

Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Recent incidents of anti-Muslim religious nationalism in Sri Lanka and Myanmar, ostensibly in defense of the Theravada Buddhist faith held by the majority, have opened fresh cultural and political wounds.

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Conflict in Buddhism: 'Violence for the sake of peace?'

By Peter Shadbolt, CNN, April 22, 2013

Hong Kong, China -- For Thailand's Queen Sikrisit, the 2007 attack on a minibus in southern Thailand's Yala province -- in which suspected Muslim militants shot eight Buddhists through the head in broad daylight -- was simply further proof of what she'd been saying for more than three years.

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The battle for Buddha
Save Pali, ancient classical Indian language of Buddhism in India
Is Burma’s Anti-Muslim Violence Led by “Buddhist Neo-Nazis”?
Buddhist text's true author identified as Thai woman
‘Buddhist’ Thugs Make Their Comeback
Sense of foreboding surrounds Tibetan Buddhist leadership
World leaders criticized for silence on tragic situation in Tibet
Iran confiscates Buddha statues from shops
Sex abuse allegations surround L.A. Buddhist teacher
Former Abbot of Zen Studies Society sues for "breach of contract"
Dalai Lama Says Delhi Gang Rapists Should Not Be Executed, Death Penalty Not The Answer
In Rumtek, a Generation of Buddhist Monks Loses Hope
China and India use Buddha for regional Karma
Buddhism And Suicide - Righteous Or Wrong, Tibetans Who Burn Themselves Alive?
Newtown shooting and gun violence: A Buddhist response
I strongly wish self-immolations would stop soon’
Movement Seeks Freedom for Revolutionary Buddhist Monk in Myanmar
Breakaway Tibetan Buddhists threaten the Dalai Lama
International Buddhist leaders urge Burmese to show compassion
Ladakh loses its innocence
Buddhists offended by sexy magazine spread
Briton becomes first Western Tibetan Buddhist monk to die from self-immolation
Buddhist, Hindu Make History With Elections To Congress
India bars Tai Situ from attending World Buddhist Conference in Malaysia
Trouble in Zanskar
Eido Shimano to lead sesshin at Providence Zen Center in 2013?
India keeping Karmapa in virtual prison: Chinese writer
Shaolin Temple’s identity quandary
Authorities Nurture Burma’s Buddhist Chauvinism, Analysts Say
This is racism, not Buddhism
Ashin Gambhira: “Why encourage racism, why create a crisis?”
Statement from the Buddhist Community on the Violence in Myanmar
Buddhists outraged at Buddha's images on shoes
An Open Letter from the Buddhist Community on Islamophobia
In Buddhist Myanmar, Monks Gone Wild
The Arakan Conflict and Nationalist Threats In Burma
The Shimano saga: Selling off to pay the rent?
“Zen Has No Morals!”
Hungarian Buddhists fight discriminatory law
Why Buddhism prospered in Asia but died in India
Mysterious Yoga Retreat in the Desert Ends in a Grisly Death
China 'trained female devotees to poison Dalai Lama'
South Korea Buddhist leaders resign over gambling scandal
Buddhist monks who strayed
Buddhist monks filmed smoking, drinking, playing poker
Buddha's Enlightenment a "non-event" in India
Buddhists come out for equality
Wave of Tibet immolations among history's biggest
Khmer Krom: Vietnam’s Record On Religious Freedom Denounced
Dying as a political act: Centuries-old Buddhist tradition of self-immolation continues in China
Rival Tibetan lamas compete for recognition
Kalu Rinpoche's YouTube confessional sending shockwaves through the Buddhist world
UNHRC Publishes Statement on Discrimination Faced by Tibetans in Tibet
The Tibetan Dilemma
China must face home truths on Tibet
Monk who self-immolated 'called for Dalai Lama return'
Tibetan leader discusses Buddhist self-immolations
Should the Swastika Be Banned?
China's Tibetan Buddhists 'in vicious cycle'
A covering that bares one's faith
Self-immolation and Buddhism
Dalai favours Buddhist solution for Tibetan issue
Return of Buddha
The Dalai Lama Steps Out in India, as China Seethes
The Global Buddhist Congregation, China’s Unreasonable Demands and India’s Stand
Tibetans assail Beijing’s bid to curb Dalai Lama’s activities
Indian President, PM skip global Buddhist meet 'due to Chinese sensitivities'
Video released by Tibetan rights group allegedly shows Buddhist nun burning herself in protest
Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche hits out over Tibetan self-immolations
The Buddhist organisations that are thriving during the debt crisis
The Karmapa's statement on the recent acts of self immolation by Tibetan monks and nuns
Why INEB is THE Buddhist conference to attend
UN experts warn of severe restrictions on Tibetan monasteries in China
China's 'ruthless policy' caused monk immolations: Dalai Lama
The Trouble Brewing Inside Tibet
Waking Up from the Nightmare
Dalai Lama Keeps Firm Grip on Reins of Succession
Why the kung-fu monks are losing their religion
Outspoken Buddhist Monk, Jigme Guri Re-Arrested: Says Rights Group
Himalaya village caught between culture and nature
A Tibetan Monk Goes Up in Flames. Who's to Blame?
Where even Buddhist nun isn't spared
Buddhist monks walk away from sex-abuse cases
Was Dalai Lama upstaged in Washington?
Dalai Lama says he will decide successor
Dalai Lama's greatest challenge: trying to retire
Of course the Dalai Lama's a Marxist
Buddhist Nuns, Monks Arrested for Staging Free Tibet Protests
China’s Guantanamo bay for Buddhist monks of Kirti
Dalai Lama’s historic move
Decision on Dalai Lama's retirement likely Saturday
It's not so strange for a Buddhist to endorse killing
On the death of Osama Bin Laden
Karmapa on recent 'spy' charges
Death of Osama bin Laden was "sad" from Buddhist perspective, says Dalai Lama
Tibetan Exiles Seek Release of Missing Panchen Lama
Dalai Lama urges restraint in Tibet monastery standoff
Another Buddhist Monk Tortured Over 2008 Tibet Protest Dies
Soka University of America Is a School On a Hill
Dalai Lama to resign as Tibetan political leader
Dalai Lama steps down as Tibetan political leader
Nalanda Without Buddhist Participation?
A tempest in Tibetan temples
The Politics of Reincarnation
An Open Letter on Journalistic Integrity and the Shambhala Sun
Kanzeon Zen Center's founder Genpo Merzel Roshi admits affair, leaves center
India Clears Tibetan Buddhist Leader of Money Laundering Charges
Succession of Karmapa could impact India
'New Chinese law aimed at wiping out Tibetan identity'
Indian authorities clear Karmapa in money probe, report says
Slandering the Karmapa
Lineage Delusions: Eido Shimano Roshi, Dharma Transmission, and American Zen
Statement from Karmapa Office of Administration
The Karmapa mystery
China denies Karmapa links, Tibetans express anger
The Karmapa story: Right intentions, bad accounting
Followers come out in support of Karmapa, refute allegations
Tibetan Buddhists in shock at claims the Karmapa is a Chinese spy
The Karmapa and the Cash
Buddhist Federation of Norway protests depiction of Buddhist women in television program
Why is the Chief monk of Malaysia and Singapore not in his robes?
An open letter to The Directors of Zen Studies Society
Warning Issued Against New Buddhist Center in Israel
Pressure mounts on Zen Studies Society to suspend and expel Eido Shimano
“Water drunk by the snake becomes venom, water drunk by the cow becomes milk”
Letters from Zen Teachers to the Zen Studies Society
No honorable exit, stop protecting Mr. Shimano
Why Buddhism?: Violations of Trust in the Sexual Sphere
Mr Shimano, please stand down
An Open Letter from Founder of Upaya Zen Center
Sex and the Sangha: Letters and Leadership
Tibetan Religion, Culture, Environment in Danger: 17th Karmapa
Nirvana yes, clean water no
The Karmapa is caught in a political game
The world may see a second Dalai Lama
Released Buddhist Nun in Serious Health-Condition
Dalai Lama hints at full retirement within a year
Western Buddhist teachers implores President Obama to press Burma on crimes against ethnic nationalities
Aung San Suu Kyi is free — but what happens now?
Tibetan Buddhist nuns take a page from Catholics
International Buddhist College flooded, appeals for humanitarian help
Tibet: China to Tighten Control over Buddhist Monasteries
Buddhists under threat to embrace Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh
Forceful Religious Conversion of Buddhists into Christianity at Changlang Distt. Of Arunachal Pradesh and nexus of such activists with underground Militants
The Worst of Both Worlds: The "Shimano Problem" Underscores Clash of Cultures When Buddhism Spread to West
Sangha Convergence
An Interfaith Buddhist Response to the Ground Zero Protests
Why we need Bhikkhunis as dhamma teachers
Dalai Lama joins campaign against battery hens
Buddhist monk’s role in counter-insurgency
Buddhism and the Japanese Internment
Sex Scandal Has U.S. Buddhists Looking Within
Open the gates, for "kusala" sake
Chinese Communist party demands reforms in Tibetan monasteries
Dalai Lama sounds alarm over global warming amid floods
"I will do it"
Sex and the Sangha: Zen Studies Society Statement
Dalai Lama: My Reincarnation Will Appear In Free Country
The Dhamma way to deal with Buddha Bars
A Tibetan puzzle hanging on a golden urn and three dough balls
Dalai Lama: New Reality calls for a more Holistic Approach
Unholy Shoes
Sex and the Sangha: Forgiveness, Retribution or Justice
What happens when the Dalai Lama dies?
Dalai Lama and the Russian Card
Out-of-Context Quotes Used to Smear Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama reaches out to Chinese followers on Twitter
Burmese monks who fled to U.S. a vanishing breed
Petition to Save Lumbini, the Birthplace of Buddha
An Elephant in the Closet of American Zen Buddhism
Panchen Politics: Can Beijing win Tibetan hearts?
Buddhism and the Romani
Human Rights Abuse against Indigenous People in Bangladesh
‘Simple Buddhist monk' causes quite a stir
To live and let live, one must let go
“A collective awakening?” - Buddhist reflections on Copenhagen
Wat Pah Pong's response to article on “Monks Target Western Clergy”
Thai Monks target Western clergy
Did Christ come to India to study Buddhism, Vedas?
The Gathering of Elders, Dec. 2009
Imprisoned Tibetan Buddhist nun dies
Dalai Lama says climate change needs global action
Where We Are Now
Tawang: A town with a tale to tell
Buddhists and animal rights activists against Hindu sacrifice to Gadhimai
Bhikkhuni and Western Sangha split
Bhikku Bodhi's letters on the nun ordination in Perth
The Buddhist Channel: Why the imposed "silence" on the Wat Pah Pong / Bhikkuni Ordination issue
Open Letter To All From Ajahn Brahm On His Exclusion by Wat Pah Pong
Why Ajahn Brahmavamso was excluded from the Wat Pa Phong Sangha
Notification of the Wat Nong Pah Pong Sangha decision to revoke the status of a branch monastery
Ajahn Brahm excommunicated for performing Bhikkhuni Ordination in Australia
Calls to remove Buddhist statue from Bridge on the River Kwai
When the killing hour arrives
At the prison gate, step aside
How to free Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi
Baby jumbos, Buddhism and baloney
Karmapa facing exile within exile
Gay Marriage: What Would Buddha Do?
Buddhism under siege from within
Whereabouts of Tibetan monk arrested last year remain unknown
My job is too big for one man: Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama encourages democratic leadership
Disunity threatens the Dalai Lama’s timeless authority
Monk suicides on the rise in Buddhist Tibet
China creates spectre of duelling Dalai Lamas
Boy chosen by Dalai Lama turns back on Buddhist order
Nando's Karma ad raises hackles
Launching The Endgame
Chinese Buddhists and the Dalai Lama: Friends or foes?
The Time to Act is Now
7th century Buddhist structures in Kashmir face destruction
The Bhikkhuni question
Tensions running high in Tibet over trial of Lama Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche
More women are taking to Buddhism: First woman master
Are Buddhists Violent?
Distrust in Tibet
The Dalai Lama's Thank You India Address on the Occasion of 50 Years in Exile
Tibet Marks 50th Anniversary of Lhasa Uprising
The CIA's Buddhist affair
One Year After Protests, An Enforced Silence on Tibet
'Murder in the Snow'
Damned if they're monks; damned if they're gay
Chinese forces surround Tibetan monastery after protest
Tibetans forgo New Years celebrations in protest
Lessons in Buddhism from an iconoclastic scholar
Whose Buddhism and Which Science?
Bishop Elected in Episcopal Church Holds Buddhist Ordination
Chinese court sentences 2 nuns over Tibet protests
Buddhism's allure fading for some young Tibetans
Buddhist principles can revolutionize news and journalism
Fake Dalai Lama back from Twitter exile
Loving Darwin and Divinity
Dalai Lama Not Retiring After Hospitalization
Now Taleban erasing the Buddhist past of Pakistan
Valentine's day belittles Makha Bucha
Views of the Fifth Buddhist Summit
Can You Choose Your Reincarnated Successor?
Reflections on Gaza and the Ritual of Mutual Destruction
When Jesus met Buddha
Riding the Atheist Bus
Torture widespread, routine in Tibet
The Dalai Lama blames “greed” for financial crisis
HIs Holiness The Dalai Lama's Address to the plenary session of the European Parliament
Young Buddhist leader waits in the wings
Euthanasia and the society
Dalai Lama seeks India’s help in resolving Tibet issue (Lead)
Tibetans Look to Future, Without Dalai Lama
Tibetans plot future after Dalai Lama admits failure
Sex, lies and the Dharma
Dalai Lama's 'middle way' leading nowhere
Nonviolence Is The Right Choice - It Works
Mahabodhi Temple: A Twist of Faith
Tibetan Exiles to Reassess Middle Way Towards China
Tibet unrest looms in post-Dalai Lama era
Buddhism and Abortion
South Korea: Who’s Really to Blame for Religious Bias?
Are Dalai Lama's critics backed by China?
Korean government cannot afford to alienate Buddhists
Buddhism and Homosexuality
The Dalai Lama's demons
The Dalai's Lama's Impossible Choice
Intelligent people 'less likely to believe in God'
Dalai Lama challenged by new generation of Buddhist activists
Proposed Power Line Will Detract From Monastery's Tranquility
A plea for forgiveness
Buddha in Suburbia
The Dalai Lama's Buddhist Foes
Rapid reforms could have led to riots in Tibet
Paradise lost
Asia's angry monk syndrome
Religious leaders ask the G8 for freedom of religion for Tibet and Myanmar
Tibet talks resume, but with few hopes for breakthrough
Study finds contradictions among Americans' religious beliefs
Lhasa's monks all but vanish in Chinese crackdown
Black Market Tigers Linked to Thai Temple, Report Says
Faith and education, a potent mix
I am an honest friend of China: Dalai Lama
Dalai distances himself from Sharon Stone's comment
Selling Tibet to the world
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Advice Concerning Dolgyal (Shugden)
Stoned: What is karma?
Tibet's second betrayal
Dalai Lama says Tibetans losing faith in talks
His Holiness the Dalai Lama express concern for Tibet's fragile environment
Avert commercialization of Vesak
Karma chameleon: He charms the West, but can the Dalai Lama save Tibet?
Belief in God 'childish,' Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter
Australian Monk Protest Letter to Vietnamese Prime Minister on UN Vesak 2008, Hanoi
Buddhism and its place in Tibetan protests
Unholy goings-on at Buddha Gaya
Buddhism studies profs say religion affects gender ideals
Dalai Lama: An Appeal To All Chinese Spiritual Brothers And Sisters
When Buddhist monks cheat in exams
Zenkoji faced tough choice on Olympic relay
In Tibetan Monasteries, the Heavy Hand of the Party
Dalai Lama reiterates resignation threat over Tibet
Panel Explores Conflicting Meanings of Swastika
An exercise in futility to denounce Dalai Lama
Pulitzer for Reuters journalist for Rangoon photograph
After the Dalai Lama: Tibetan Buddhism's next leader?
From Shangri-La to Angry-La
Saffron revolutionaries
Dalai Lama's threat shakes Buddhism
Monk-Led Protests Show Buddhist Activism
Only the Real Truth Can Solve the Tibet Crisis
Politics keeping Lanka from helping Tibet
China’s ‘cultural genocide’ erodes Buddhist way of life
German group says Buddhist monasteries denied food in Tibet
Who is the Dalai Lama, and why is he the focus of protests over Tibet?
Buddhist Peace Fellowship Statement on the Uprisings in Tibet
The Word of the Buddha or the Disputations of his Disciples?
Are Buddhist monks flirting online?
Irreverent use of Buddhist symbols at Rio Carnival
Survey: US Religious Landscape in Flux
Newtown court case: Abusing their Religion
Dharamsala Diary: The Right to Be Reborn Denied
Zen for Sale
Ladakh: Faith in numbers
Simplicity: "We Have Met the Enemy..."
The Jewel in the Ballot Box: Electing a New Dalai Lama
My successor could be a woman: Dalai Lama
Two Dalai Lamas?
Dalai Lama offers his flock a vote on whether he should be reincarnated
Shameful, Criminal, Disgraceful: Swat Militants Attack Buddha Carvings and Relics
In India, a Tibetan Can Only Wait
Killing the Buddha in Pakistan’s Swat Valley
Are Scientists Playing God? It Depends on Your Religion
Pasta monster gets academic attention
Disrobed, Deported, Detained: The Story of a Khmer Monk
How Buddhism Became Force for Political Activism
UN studies sustainable religious tourism
Monks vs the muse
Bush and Dalai Lama meet despite China's opposition
Congress to bestow its highest award on the Dalai Lama, angering China
Protests and demonstrations not sitting well with all Buddhists
Thailand: A Threat to Religious Freedom?
Prayer Flags Aflutter In A Chill Wind
Bangladesh: Indigenous peoples living on the edges of riots
China's ban on Dalai Lama images in Tibet still in force
Chinatown Turtle Tug of War Felt in Central Park
In China, Dharma Confronts the Dollar
A faith in dire need of reform
South Thailand: A Shattered Trust
Repression of Freedom of Religion in Tibet Continues Unabated
Gujarat plans to implement controversial Religious Freedom Act
Why Hiroshima Day Events Matter
Reincarnation Red Tape
Commercialising religious art
Festival-goers ordered to wear fur or face fines as China flouts Dalai Lama’s ruling
Bhikkhuni says she is glum on future of ordination
Reviving Nalanda: Where money talks
More Religion, Less Religious Freedom
An open letter to readers of the Buddhist Channel
"Monk" with unconfirmed credential runs website rife with plagiarized material
Handling a cult situation
Internment Camp Diaries Shine Light on American Buddhist Experience
How to spot a Buddhist cult
Shambala: A mythical land in Himachal, or is it in Tibet?
Sacred relics not being given enough respect
The changing shades of 'Edo Shonin'
Teachings of Some Christian Churches Drive Some Converts to Buddhism
What now for the Dalai Lama
Research dispels falsehoods about pioneering German Buddhist monk
Buddhist countries not so peaceful after all
Buddhism, Peace and Development in Sri Lanka
Karma, War and Inequality in Twentieth Century Japan
An unprecedented phenomena
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima the XIth Panchen Lama turns 18: Still disappeared
Statement by Tashi Lhunpo Monastery on the 18th Birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama
Is Religion a Barrier to Truth?
Dalit Buddhists killed because of their caste
Stop Forced Religious Conversions!
Where will Buddhism be without the Dalai Lama?
A human being, first and foremost
The sorry state of Thai Buddhism
Prison Dharma on the Edge
Was the Lord Buddha a sexist?
Looking for Peace in the Peace Movement
Chinese Buddhism re-emerges as major global force
Beware of Ole Nydahl and his Diamond Way sect
The Despair of Tibetans
China: Buddhism As An Image Booster Or Social Stabilizer?
Untouchability - an unethical practice by Ladakhi Buddhists
Post of UN Secretary-General: Why not a Buddhist this time?
Buddhism and young Tibetans
A Buddhist's curse to Islamists' bigotry
Thailand: Is the government serious about eradicating poverty?
Was Buddhism driven out of India?
Tibet campaign may boil over after Dalai Lama
Religious revival fills a void in China
Bhutan's future
Thailand: Spiritual impoverishment leads only to hardship
Are All Religions the Same?
Debating death row
For a casteless resurgence
Ahimsa is the key to peace
Fists fly over living god's crown
The Kagyu Sect: Tibetan Buddhism struggling with exile and feuding
Buddha, the feminist
The selling of spirituality misleads people
China struggles with Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhism and Christianity: Is there compatibility?
Religion and same-sex marriage
A Fourth Turning of the Wheel?
Authoritarianism of the holy kind
Thailand and the Miss Universe pageant
The next tsunami coming to Sri Lanka will be a religious one
Ananda's role in Buddhist education
Can Ven. Rathana Thero?s defiant act set off a chain reaction?
Anna and the retarded education
Monastic feud could lead to a schism
Measuring Buddhist Influence in America
After the Dalai Lama
Narcissism and Spiritual Materialism: The New Age Legacy
Materialism Drowns Out Young Cries for a Free Tibet
The saga of the first Buddhist school
Education for sustainable development
Not just by name

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