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Retreat with monk attracts over 700
- Sunday, 15 April 2012 05:36
- Anne Lucey
MORE THAN 700 followers of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh (85) have taken over a well-known convention centre and most of a hotel in Killarney this weekend for a private retreat of mindfulness and meditation.
Buddhist Art and its Conservation: New MA programme at The Courtauld Institute of Art
- Wednesday, 11 April 2012 01:59
- Viên Minh
LONDON.- The Courtauld Institute of Art announced the creation of a new MA programme in Buddhist Art: History and Conservation. Generously funded by an endowment of £2.5 million by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation of Hong Kong, the programme will operate in collaboration with School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
The father of mindfulness
- Tuesday, 10 April 2012 02:14
- Sylvia Thompson
Thich Nhat Hanh, the 86-year-old Vietnamese Buddhist, is in Ireland to help us transform our lives through small acts of daily life
Vatican cardinal hails Buddhist wisdom
- Friday, 06 April 2012 15:18
- Staff
VATICAN CITY - A Roman Catholic cardinal on Tuesday praised Buddhism for instilling the values of wisdom, compassion and non-violence in young people in a message to mark the Buddhist feast day of Vesak.
Kalu Rinpoche's YouTube confessional sending shockwaves through the Buddhist world
- Monday, 12 March 2012 01:22
- Mary Finnigan
He is 21, a handsome, charismatic Tibetan who describes being a lama as his job. He is passionately keen on music, he raps, break-dances and parties in capital cities around the globe. Kalu Rinpoche chronicles his moods, his existential angst, his activities and philosophical insights on Facebook – and he recently broke the most profoundly entrenched Tibetan Buddhist taboo with a confessional video that received more than 23,000 hits on YouTube.
Buddhist revival attracts Russian Buryats to India
- Wednesday, 01 February 2012 17:08
- Ajay Kamalakaran
India is now looked upon as an inspiration for Buryats looking to return to being practising Buddhists. Buryat students of Buddhism study at Tibetan monastic universities and bring their knowledge back home.
A wondrous Buddhist tradition resurrected in Kalmykia
- Sunday, 30 October 2011 14:29
- Anna Nemtsova | Special to RBTH
Kalmykia, Russia -- “Let all our wishes come true! Let all living creatures be free of suffering, of danger, of diseases and sadness! Let peace and happiness govern on Earth!”
