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.

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.

Local Buddhist, meditation groups look forward to Zen master’s visit

By Anne Neville, Buffalo News, April 8, 2013

Lectures, workshops and retreat planned for four-day visit

Buffalo, New York (USA) -- Buffalo’s Buddhist community is anticipating a rare visit from the abbot of a Buddhist monastery later this month, which will involve six events, all open to the public, including instruction on the basics of meditation.

Monk fights UK university over inheritance

The Buddhist Channel, March 30, 2013

Sedgwick, Maine (USA) -- A Zen Buddhist priest, longtime social justice advocate and author of a leading manual on prison chaplaincy, has come to legal blows with the University of Nottingham, claiming in a U.S. court that the U.K. institution wrongfully used duress to convince his father to bequeath the entirety of a $3 million estate to the school while leaving the priest and his two disabled children with $5,000.