Buddhist Answers to Question asked 036 : How do we teach meditation to children

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Published on Oct 3, 2014

Venerable Pasura Dhantamano was born in Thailand and has over 25 years of meditation experience. He studied a master’s degree in International Relations. He is the chief of international relations division, Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Thailand, an organization dedicated to spreading world peace through inner peace.

World Fellowship of Buddhists to table resolution proclaiming full moon day of September (Binara Poya Day) as the ‘International Buddhist Women’s Day’

The Buddhist Channel, Sept 27, 2016 Seoul, South Korea -- At the 28th General Conference of the World Fellowship  of Buddhists (WFB) to be held in Seoul, South Korea from 26-30 september  2016, a resolution has been proposed to proclaim the full moon day of  September (Binara Poya Day) as the ‘International Buddhist Women’s Day’ The resolution, sponsored by Senaka Weeraratna, representing the German Dharmaduta Society, proposes the following:

The Uninvited Guest of This Universe

by Andrew Hinton, syndicated from tricycle.org, Sep 20, 2016

Tashi & the Monk won the 2016 Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Short Documentary. As a tribute to the compassion at the heart of this story, the filmmakers are offering free streaming of the film in its entirety for the next seven days. You can watch it here.

Lobsang Phuntsok is a former Tibetan monk who trained with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and spent years teaching Buddhism and meditation in the West. In 2006, he disrobed and moved back to his native India, establishing a community in the Himalayan foothills for orphans and impoverished children.

Jhamtse Gatsal Children’s Community—“jhamtse gatsal” means “the garden of love and compassion” in Tibetan—is the scene where the 2014 filmTashi and the Monk is set.

Two itches for the price of one

New Buddhist temple opens in Boise

by Alex Livingston, KTVB, September 18, 2016

Boise, Idaho (USA) -- The Vietnamese community now has a place to worship - a brand new temple. The Linh Thuu Temple started in a three-room house on Overland Road back in 1992 to serve the hundreds of Vietnamese immigrants following the Vietnam War.

<< It was a day of celebration for the local Vietnamese community as they opened a brand new temple in Boise.

"The Vietnamese community now has a place they can call their own community center as well as a place for socializing and a place to get in touch with their heritage," said Dan Black with the Treasure Valley Dharma Friends.

It's that heritage that the Vietnamese community hopes to preserve through this new temple - located near the corner of Overland and Maple Grove roads - which boasts an open prayer space as well as an ancestral hall that honors past generations.

Buddhist Answers 035 : Does the current technology hinder the practice of meditation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxurLvb4dE4

Published on Oct 3, 2014

Venerable Pasura Dhantamano was born in Thailand and has over 25 years of meditation experience. He studied a master’s degree in International Relations. He is the chief of international relations division, Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Thailand, an organization dedicated to spreading world peace through inner peace.

Ancient Buddhist scripture discovered in rural Beijing

By Wu Jin, China.org.cn, September 26, 2016 Beijing, China -- The earliest preserved edition of the "Heart Sutra" – a  Buddhist scripture translated by the famous Monk Xuanzang, known for his  fictional role in the classic novel "Journey to the West" – was recently  discovered on a stele in Beijing's rural Fangshan District. A copy of "Heart Sutra" translated by Monk Xuanzang from the stone inscription marks the value of the  stele chiseled more than 1,300 years  ago in Beijing's Rural Fangshan  District. [file photo] Extending its influence over China and  East Asia, the sutra has many interpretations, of which the edition translated by Xuanzang was one of the most credible. The sutra was chiseled on the stele in  661, three years after the Monk’s demise  and was passed down and preserved at  the Buddhist temple in rural Beijing. The massive carving of the Buddhist  sutras on steles in Beijing was initiated  by Monk Jingwan, who worried about the  prospect of Buddhism due to anti-Buddhism  mania in North Wei (386-557) and North  Zhu (557-581) and so preserved the sutras on stone in Fangshan amid Sui  Dynasty (581-618). Following their predecessor’s endeavor, Buddhist monks in the temple have inscribed 3,572 volumes of Buddhist sutras totaling more than 30 million words, ranking as one of today’s biggest and oldest stone libraries.