Chef Eric Ripert on How Buddhism Changed the Way He Operates in the Kitchen

By Lauren Effron, ABC News, 7 Sept 2016

Chef Eric Ripert of the famed Le Bernardin in New York City is one of the world’s best chefs, an Emmy-winning cooking show host and a cookbook author. But while Ripert was building a name for himself in the heat and the stress of a fine-dining restaurant kitchen, he also became a practicing Buddhist.

A refuge of monastic discipline in Mandalay

29 Aug 2016 By NYAN HLAING LYNN | FRONTIER Photos TEZA HLAING

Disciplined decorum is a distinguishing feature of a monastery at Amarapura that is well known for requiring its monks and novices to rigorously observe the rules of monastic conduct.

HUNDREDS OF monks and novices are walking side-by-side in a long, silent procession along a wide lane, eyes downcast and clasping black offerings bowls. The lane is lined with tamarinds and other big shady trees common in central Myanmar.

The current abbot of Mahagandayon, Nayaka Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Eindra Basabivansa. (Teza Hlaing / Frontier)

About 100 tourists of all ages and nationalities have gathered under the shade of the trees. Nearby, on tables at the entrance of a dining hall are large aluminium tubs of food. As the monks and novices quietly accept their late morning meal, offered by donors, the tourists take pictures.

Obama, in Laos, highlights the strength of Buddhist faith

BY SAM LITTLEFAIR| SEPTEMBER 7, 2016, Lion's Roar

In an address to the people of Laos, yesterday, President Obama stressed the strengths of the Buddhist faith. Obama was in the country for the East Asia Summit, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Laos. From his speech:

Buddhist Answers to Question asked 017 : How can meditation lead to world peace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9FJFyOKXeE

Published on May 4, 2015

Buddhist Answers to Questions Asked presented
by Venerable Sander Khemadhammo
Master's degree in Psychology from Radboud University-Netherlands, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Thailand.

Dhammapada 5

Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ

Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.

Hatred never ends through hatred.
By non-hate alone does it end.
This is an ancient truth.

- Gil Fronsdal

Lord Buddha and Wakkali Thero

"Pamojjabahulo bhikkhu
pasanno buddhasasane
adhigacche padam santam
sankharupasamam sukham."

The bhikkhu who frequently feels joy and is devoted to the Teaching of the Buddha will realize Nibbana  the Tranquil, the Unconditioned, the Blissful. (~ Dhammapada )

See Things Clear Through

BY THANISSARO BHIKKHU| SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

In this practical and pointed meditation instruction, Upasika Kee Nanayon, the foremost woman dhamma teacher in twentieth-century Thailand, shows us how to combine concentration and clear-seeing to penetrate the “mass of deceit” that is the mind.

Photo by Sean Brown.