Tag Archives: Buddhism

  • Richard Dawkins and the Dalai Lama are both wrong about religion 14 September 2012 | Andrew Brown This post has no comments yet

    To some extent the distinction between religion and spirituality is clear. ...

  • Dalai Lama says he has “more freedom” to visit Christian and Muslim countries 13 September 2012 | Shreya Roy Chowdhury This post has no comments yet

    A Buddhist leader he may be, but the 14th Dalai Lama says he feels he has "more freedom to visit Christian and some Muslim countries than Buddhist ones." ...

  • Timeline: 51 self-immolations in Tibet since 2009 29 August 2012 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

    Fifty-one Tibetans in Tibet have set themselves on fire since 2009; thirty since 6 January 2012, protesting against the Chinese rule in Tibet. ...

  • Sogyal Rinpoche speaks to Himalayan community in New York 23 June 2012 | Sonam Sherpa This post has no comments yet

    World-renowned Buddhist master Sogyal Rinpoche gave a talk and teaching to a gathering of 300 members of the Himalayan community of New York and New Jersey. ...

  • Terry Reis Kennedy Thanksgiving at Auschwitz | Terry Reis Kennedy This post has no comments yet

    I'd pictured myself alone, on the threshold of some anonymous cell, admitting that the world had learned its awful lesson. Never, no never again, would man's inhumanity to man surface. ...

  • Julian Baggini Why it’s not the Dalai Lama’s job to break the silence on Tibet 19 June 2012 | Julian Baggini This post has no comments yet

    Disappointment in the Dalai Lama tells us more about the unrealistic expectations of the critics than it does the failings of the man himself. ...

  • After 76 years (and 13 reincarnations) the Dalai Lama still draws a crowd 16 June 2012 | Jonathan Brown This post has no comments yet

    In a world which saw a new crisis emerge "nearly every month", he said there remained "genuine" support for the plight of Tibet and that politicians' reservations in dealing with Beijing were "understandable". ...

  • Timeline: Self-immolations in Tibet since 2009 10 March 2012 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

    Twenty-six Tibetans in Tibet have set themselves on fire since 2009; ten since 6 January 2012, protesting against the Chinese rule in Tibet. ...

  • Buddhist Practice in the 21st Century 13 September 2011 | Eydie Dolma This post has no comments yet

    His Eminence Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche is the incarnation of one of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of the 20th Century, Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche. ...

  • An uncommon ally for science 2 August 2011 | Elaine Sedenberg This post has no comments yet

    The Dalai Lama is perhaps less well known for his advocacy for a different kind of peaceful coexistence: that between science and spirituality. ...