Buddhist MonksNews and information about Buddhist monks.Remembering a great son of Lanka - Sri Lanka Sunday Times- September 13, 2008 The birth centenary of one of Sri Lanka's great sons, Angarika Dharmapala was celebrated 44 years ago on September 17, 1964. He was born at a time when Buddhists with renewed interest and energy following the Buddhist Christian controversies ...http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080914/FunDay/fundaytimes_2.html Monks on the road for peace - Toledo Blade- September 13, 2008 Seven Tibetan Buddhist monks from Indias Gaden Shartse Monastery have been touring the nation, including a stop in northwest Ohio this week, and say they keep running into the same problem everywhere they go: No one wants us to leave. They say ...http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080913/NEWS10/809139914/-1/NEWS Prayers for pets are taxable business, court rules - Big Pond News- September 12, 2008 Saying a final goodbye to pets at a funeral is a special moment for owners, but the monks involved must still cough up money in taxes, Japan's top court has ruled. The Supreme Court ruled against Buddhist monks who argued that Japan's growing trend ...http://bigpond.com/news/offbeat/content/20080912/2363419.asp Giant Buddha statue unearthed in Afghanistan - Reuters- September 11, 2008 KABUL (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a 19-metre (62-foot) Buddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues destroyed by the Islamist Taliban seven years ago. The team was ...http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSISL34253320080911 Buddhist leader to be cremated in outdoor ceremony - Indianapolis Star- September 11, 2008 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Mourners from around the country filed through the Tibetan Buddhist temple here Wednesday to bid farewell to a man they described as a friend, a freedom fighter and a high lama. Now they await his reincarnation, which they expect ...http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080910/LOCAL/80910056 |