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6 Aug 2009, 9:00 pm
(By the way, although the nazis adopted the ancient swastika symbol, in the East the swastika has long had positive connotations, including in Hinduism and Buddhism. [read post]
Why are Buddhist monks and nuns learning about science? What do Westerners learn when teaching them?
31 Jul 2009, 8:03 am
The Dalai Lama has often remarked that isolation from the world only aided Tibet's fall to China.Lhakdor sees similarities rather than contradictions between science and Buddhism. [read post]
25 Jul 2009, 2:11 pm
Last week the New York Times and AP reported that Russian President Medvedev had announced that an experimental program will offer preteen students the opportunity to take courses on Russian Orthodox Christianity, which is the country's dominant faith, Islam, Buddhism,... [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 12:05 am
Erik Curren, who began practicing Buddhism over a decade ago, is the Democratic candidate for the 2oth District seat in Virginia's House of Delegates. [read post]
22 Jul 2009, 12:00 am
Yesterday's Fresno Bee reported that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has announced a program under which schools will offer several choices: a course in one of the four traditional religions (Russian Orthodoxy, Islam, Buddhism or Judaism), a course presenting an overview of all four faiths, or a course in secular ethics. [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 2:50 pm
To try to present Jainism in a blog essay would result in a trivial description that could not possibly do justice to an incredibly rich spiritual tradition that predates both Buddhism and Hinduism and is surely one of the world’s oldest spiritual traditions. [read post]
28 Jun 2009, 4:59 pm
In fact, when it comes to expanding the circle of moral consideration, he argues, religions like Buddhism have sometimes “outperformed the Abrahamics. [read post]
21 Jun 2009, 9:00 pm
Buddhism covers non-attachment through non-dualism, including the concepts of no birth/no death, no coming/no going, and no increase/no decrease. [read post]
17 May 2009, 1:43 pm
Here's part I of the Obama Notre Dame Speech YouTube Video (sorry about the intro footage). [read post]
15 May 2009, 2:14 am
Buddhism teaches that life is suffering, partly because when you obtain the object of your desire, you worry about losing it. [read post]
25 Apr 2009, 9:10 pm
The first line of the Buddha's last words depicted above is significant both to Buddhism and the t'ai chi Chinese martial art that I practice. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 8:34 am
The book covers Estate Planning issues like living trusts, wills, medical directives, long-term care insurance and life insurance on many religions including Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity (10 denominations and branches), and 12 more religions from Roman Catholic to Judaism to Zoroastrianism. [read post]
18 Apr 2009, 9:00 pm
Enso - Japanese symbol of Zen Buddhism. [read post]
15 Apr 2009, 11:53 am
My friend Ignota has a long-term illness. [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 7:44 pm
Buddhism and Hinduism also have strong traditions of vegetarianism. [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 8:59 am
Buddhism is less a religion than it is a philosophy of life and prescription for living it. [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 6:52 am
The exact date seems to vary by the ethnicity and brand of Buddhism, somewhat, since the article explains that it may be the full moon of the 4th, 5th or 6th lunar month, depending on which calendar one is following. [read post]
4 Apr 2009, 2:41 pm
It includes representatives of Russia's four "traditional" religions-- Russian Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 7:03 am
Chinese life is now bereft of its traditional ideas -- known to academics as the syncretic tradition of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism -- and within China, not much available to replace it (or better said, allowed to replace it). [read post]
17 Mar 2009, 12:25 am
In the Malaysian state of Penang, the Sharia Appeal Court has issued one of the rare decisions permitting a woman to renounce Islam and convert back to Buddhism. [read post]
