Monks

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• St. Stephen the Younger, November 28

  
  The Black Cordelias — Authority: 135
  St. Stephen the Younger, Monk, Eastern Martyr Constantinople, 715 – November 28, 764 A Monk of the East, he lived in the eighth century, during the iconoclast period, of which he was a victim and Martyr. Born in Constantinople in 715, Stephen began at first under the direction of a hermit, then entered the ...
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• A Burmese video journalist has released a secret video from inside a hospital revealing maltreatment of Monks sent there on the grounds of mental heath.

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  A hidden camera has provided a rare glimpse inside Burma’s mental health system, used to incarcerate opposition figures and politically active monks. At one hospital where activities were filmed by a Burmese video journalist, there are hundreds of patients, and not enough supplies to go around. The head nurse ...
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• Buddhist monks want control of Bodh Gaya temple

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Patna, Nov 27 (IANS) Buddhist monks want control over the management of the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, one of Buddhism’s holiest shrines. They have decided to intensify their agitation as the Bihar government is not paying heed to their demands.For a long time Buddhist monks have been demanding total control ...
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• Bye bye MTV, hello MediaMonks

  
  Jordi Romkema — Authority: 104
  Most people probably already know this but I hadn’t really officially announced it yet: After almost four and half years at MTV Networks I have decided that it’s time to go somewhere else. It truly has been a great time with great and innovative projects. I started as an intern there and gradually worked my way ...
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• Of monks, mama-sans, sex tourists and balconies

  
  Andrew Drummond — Authority: 413
  This is a blog only Oh dear, I had a ‘little twitter’ this morning.  No not the internet thingy, but one of those little spasms of laughter enjoyed by the late British camp comedian Frankie Howerd. This morning Geoffrey Giuliano , formerly known as ‘Ronald Macdonald’, sent me a clip with his latest ...
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• A war on monks is still underway in Burma, revenge for the monk-led peaceful mass demonstrations in 2007.

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  A war on monks is still underway in Burma, revenge for the monk-led peaceful mass demonstrations in 2007. The military junta continues to put pressure on monks and their family members, place bans on preaching the Dhamma and impose travel restrictions. Ashin Thavara, the secretary of the India-based All Burma ...
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• Silhouette of Tibet

  
  Travis Morgan — Authority: 112
  “Silhouette of Tibet” features the peaceful sounds of Tibetan peace bells, chanting monks, Tibetan bowls, temple gongs, and more to create that unique Tibetan tranquil feel. However, the track is also carefully riddled with chaos to disturb the peace… to reflect and compliment the struggle of Tibet and the ...
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• Monk opens plane’s emergency exit for fresh air

  
  Precious Metal: the blog — Authority: 122
  OOOPS! From New Straits Times A Buddhist monk who opened the emergency exit of an airplane just before take off because he wanted some fresh air forced the plane to delay its flight for almost seven hours at Kolkata airport yesterday morning. As result of his action, the airport authorities evacuated all the ...
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• တၛဲက်ာ္ေဇှာ္အၥာတၜဥတၲမမဟာေထရ္ စုတိစဵအာသြဝ္ ေပင္ ၃ သှာံ

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
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• Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 135
  There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...
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• Metal Monk Quits Music

  
  The Sly Oyster | culture, entertainment, liberal arts, shenanigans — Authority: 444
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• A spiritual gift

  
  Gender Masala — Authority: 112
  Patriarchal in all senses. By M. Sayagues What drives a 17-year-old girl to enter a monastery? Today she is 30, and still happy about her choice. Her eyes sparkle and her laughter comes easy. She exudes peace. I will call her Gabra (gift, in Amharic), for our conversation was private. I met her at a monastery ...
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• Buddhist monks preach non-violence in Maoist-hit villages

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Patna, Nov 23 (IANS) A group of Buddhist monks in Bihar are on a new peace mission — preaching Lord Buddha’s message of non-violence in the Maoist affected villages of Gaya district.Five Buddhist monks Sunday visited Saidpur, a village affected by Maoist violence near Bodh Gaya, where the Buddha attained ...
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• "Commit to Sit": meditating a month at home

  
  Blogtrotter — Authority: 118
  Perhaps you share my unease lurking within. You want to get away from it all. But bills must be paid, commitments fulfilled, and timeclocks punched. How can those of us not blessed with an inheritance or a calendar free of obligations find time to listen to ourselves, in peace and quiet? Our spirits keep knocking at ...
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• Tibetan exiles to attend meet on environment

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Dharamsala, Nov 22 (IANS) Tibetan exiles of India, Nepal and Bhutan will participate in a two-day conference on environment in Haryana from Monday, a spokesperson for the Tibetan government-in-exile said here Sunday.The department of religion and culture of the Central Tibetan Administration has been organising the ...
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• phyu-sayadawgyi by Niknayman

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
  ေက်းဇူးေတာ္ရွင္ နိဳင္ငံေက်ာ္ဓမၼကထိက ျပည္တြင္းျပည္ပသာသနာျပဳ ျဖဴးဆရာေတာ္ဘုရားၾကီး ဘဒၵႏၱနရပတိ သည္ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ၊ ...
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• Present Tibetan history to world: Dalai Lama tells students

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) With more and more people across the world getting interested in Tibet, especially in the current political scenario, this is the right time to research Tibetan history and reveal the truth to the world, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama told students at the Delhi University (DU) ...
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• Buddhist monks pray for world peace in Bodh Gaya

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Bodh Gaya (Bihar) Nov 21 (ANI): Buddhist monks from various parts of the globe offered prayers for world peace here. Scores of monks participated in the prayers that began under the sacred Bodhi tree, where Gautam Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment on Friday.“We are offering these prayers for the world ...
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• A Hypocrite

  
  Wisdom Buddha Dorje Shugden Blog — Authority: 104
  Here is another excerpt from the new Western Shugden Society book, A Great Deception, taken from the fourth chapter, A Hypocrite Although the Dalai Lama talks constantly about love and compassion, his own actions have brought and continue to bring misery and unhappiness. Since 1996, this false Dalai Lama has ...
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• Act Normal: The making of…

  
  Wildmind Buddhist Meditation — Authority: 121
  Robert T. Edison was born and raised in Nottingham, England. When he was fourteen years old he began to practice Buddhism. At eighteen he became a monk and went to Thailand where, for a decade, he spent his time in monasteries as Bhikkhu Dhammanando. He became the first Buddhist monk in Iceland when he moved there ...
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