China Must Realize Tibet And Tibetans Are A Reality – Analysis

By Bhaskar Roy, Eurasia Review, February 14, 2013

Beijing, China -- The Chinese authorities, that is the Communist Party of China (CPC), must realistically admit that its minorities especially the Tibetans, Uighurs and Mongolians are flesh and blood people.

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No pension for Eido Shimano

The Buddhist Channel, Feb 14, 2013

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- In Zen teachings, one is taught to note “the coming and going of nothing”. Just as the sound that leaves the wooden fish the moment the paddle hits the block, Dharma learners are taught to relinquish any notion of permanence at any point which it arises. Like the sound that meanders away as the gong is hit, or the smoke that rises and disappears when incense is lit. They are taught to be aware of traces, and that too inherently will disappear.

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On self-immolations in Tibet

By John Whalen Bridge, Exclusive to The Buddhist Channel, Nov 26, 2012

DHARAMSALA, India -- I've just returned from the Special International Meeting of Friends of Tibet in Dharamsala and the number of self-immolations had been spiking up in November.

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An Opportunity for Aung San Suu Kyi, President Obama…and You

By Rev Danny Fisher, http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dannyfisher/2012/11/an-opportunity-for-aung-san-suu-kyi-president-obamaand-you/, November 17, 2012

This past week, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi – the leader of Burma’s parliamentary minority party the National League for Democracy, iconic Engaged Buddhist leader, and Nobel Peace laureate – broke her long and much-criticized political silence over the violence between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state, encouraging the government to take action to stabilize the region. She also added within the last day or so that the unrest is “an international tragedy.”

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Religions and Worldviews – the intimate connection

by R Chandrasoma, LankaWeb, Nov 16, 2012

Colombo, Sri Lanka -- The word ‘worldview’ (in German Weltanschauung, in Sinhala Chinthanaya) denotes the fundamental orientation of a society or civilization in dealing with the problems and challenges of the world – its basic attitudes on how man ought to interact with his fellows and the world so as to ensure general beneficence for the living and protection for the environment that supports him and his fellow-creatures. In translating this professed lofty ‘philosophy’ into practical action, what is deemed good for some may multiply misery for others. This is the great challenge for mankind in our current age.

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