Buddhist festival returns to Burma’s Schwedegon Pagoda after years of being banned

Buddhist festival returns to Burma’s Schwedegon Pagoda after years of being banned

Buddhist festival returns to Burma’s Schwedegon Pagoda after years of being banned

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 08:00 AM PST

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As the whole world watches to see how genuine new reforms in Burma actually are — last week, for example, we brought you the news that U Gambira, the embattled Burmese activist monk who helped to lead 2007's "Saffron Revolution," has been charged with "repeatedly breaking the Buddhist monks' code of conduct" by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee only weeks after being released from prison — there is another sign that tide may actually be turning in some respects: the Associated Press reports that, after being banned under military rule for years and years, an annual Buddhist festival has finally returned to Schwedegon Pagoda this week. Read the whole story here.

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UPenn students live like Buddhist monastics in unique religious studies class

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 06:00 AM PST

The Associated Press this week reports on University of Pennsylvania associate professor Justin McDaniel's unique religious studies course focusing on Catholic and Buddhist monastic traditions. In order to have a more experiential understanding of what they are analyzing, students in Professor McDaniel's class adhere to specific dress codes, schedules, diets, and relationships as part of the course. McDaniel — an expert on Lao, Thai, Pali and Sanskrit literature; Southeast Asian Buddhist; manuscript studies; and Southeast Asian history — is also the author of the books Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words and The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magic Monk. Read the whole piece here.

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The Pubbanha Sutta - Discourse on Good Morning

The 11th of 11 Maha Paritta Suttass, the Pubbanha Sutta, Recited by Magok Mahanayaka Sayadaw U Sandar Siri of Yangon. All Eleven MahaParittas (72 mins) at www.myanmarnet.co.uk

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Ideas of Peace

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 02:00 AM PST

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Hand Mudra Lessons

Hand Mudra Lessons by Geshela Tenzin Zopa @ Losang Dragpa Centre.

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