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Taipei Times:
US Lawmakers back Tibetan Quest
ICT:
US
Congress Backs Dalai Lama
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Pema
Chodron is featured on the cover of
Shambala Sun, the feature is titled The Courage To Do Nothing; It's the
antidote to anger and other strong emotions.
Measuring Genuine Progress - Indicators for
Enlightened Society, paper by Dr. Tashi Coleman at the
"Operationalizing Gross National Happiness",
organized by the Center of Bhutan Studies in Thimpu, Bhutan
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Here are some photos from
Quan Am during the Vietnamese New Year Celebration on Sunday 2/15/05:
NEW YEARS CELEBRATION
PHOTOS
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Kingdom of Nepal has
been thrown into major political turmoil. On February 1, 2005 the Nepalese
King seized total control of the government and placed most government
ministers under house arrest. He declared an indefinite state of emergency and
the suspension of all civil liberties. (
read more )
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A new Dharma Memphis page gives
you international Buddhist news, updated daily. It called
Buddhist News,
click here!
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The Dharma Memphis
bookstore is growing! More books, audio, etc. now divided into authors and
topics. click here!
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The Mystical
Arts of Tibet website has information about a a group of monks, from
The Drepung Loseling
Institute in Atlanta, who tour the world performing. This troupe of
Buddhist monks from Tibet, robed in magnificent, colorful costumes are world
renowned for their multiphonic singing and exquisite dancing, playing
traditional long horns, trumpets, drums and bells to promote world healing
through ancient music, song and dance. You can check their
schedule here to see upcoming performances in Alabama and Louisiana.
We are looking into inviting them to Memphis in the future!
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Travel as Meditation
is an article, reprinted here,
by Katherine Robertson. She says "Travel can become a meditation when you
use its gifts to become more present - with yourself, your life and your
world." click here!
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'Scientists
'discover cause of cot death' click here
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Buddhism
Daily
Wisdom By The Dalai Lama
Speech and bodily activities which accompany mental process must not be allowed
to run on in an indiscreet, unbridled, random way. Just as a trainer disciplines
and calms a wild and willful steed by subjecting it to skillful and prolonged
training, so must the wild, wandering, random activities of body and speech
be tamed to make them docile, righteous, and skillful. Therefore, the teachings
of Lord Buddha comprise three graded categories for disciplining the mind: shila
(training in higher conduct); samadhi
(training in higher meditation); and prajna
(training in higher wisdom). More...
The
Simplicity Factor
A Zen master explains the imperative of poverty--and paying for retreats.
Excerpted with permission from "No Other Priorities: An Interview With Abbot
John Daido Loori" by Kathy Fusho Nolan, which appeared in
Mountain Record, Winter 1994. More...
"If Jesus Met the
Buddha on the Road"
A new article on Dharma Memphis If
"IfJesus Met the
Buddha on the Road" reprinted with permission by by Paul A. Laughlin, Ph.D.
is an interesting essay that is both interesting and inspirational. You may
contact Paul A. Laughlin, Ph.D directly from the email link provided.
Meditation
Being Peace
Audio meditations by Thich Nhat Hanh.
Calm
Waters
Using the metaphor of a mountain lake, this meditation focuses on calming turbulent
feelings. Courtesy of Sounds
True. More...
How
to Just Take a Seat
Sometimes the simplest thing to do is the hardest.. By Dinty W. Moore
My first experience with formal Buddhism came some years ago at Zen Mountain
Monastery, an impressive stone structure tucked neatly into the side of Mt.
Tremper, in the Catskills, in eastern New York State. I arrived at the "Introduction
to Zen" weekend with a fair degree of trepidation and almost no understanding
of what to expect. More...
