This Week in the Press: Stories of interest to Shambhala Sun readers

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This Week in the Press: Stories of interest to Shambhala Sun readers Posted: 08 Jul 2012 07:00 AM PDT If you're following the Shambhala Sun on Facebook, you know that we share interesting stories from around the web there all week long. But not everyone's on Facebook, so here's what we posted in the past week. NPR reports on Aung San Suu Kyi's potentially difficult return to Burmese politics after her recent tour of Europe The wave of self-immolations and suspicious deaths in Tibet continues The first class of Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns has graduated from a five-year science education program Daeung Sunim, the Korean Buddhist monk cycling through the Americas, had some of his possessions stolen in Toronto; the volunteers who have been helping him along his trip are trying to raise funds to replace them His Holiness the Dalai Lama turned 77 on Friday; Time has a slideshow of photos from the birthday celebrations And if you're not already following us on Facebook, like our page so you don't miss anything else. You can follow us on Twitter, too. Read More @ Source

When Things Break Posted: 07 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT A posy for Annette This is but a brief post to acknowledge the work done by Annette at the web hosting company where Jademountains lives. She toiled away for hours today to fix a problem with the site. Some of you might have noticed that the left hand side of the site had disappeared. Anyway it is heartening for me to know there is a friendly person who I can rely on to patiently get on and deal with problems. Mean while, down at the station the platform serves as a handy table for lunch. A break from oiling, polishing and generally titivating this fine specimin of a steam engine. All ready to go to work tomorrow. And it is not every day I get to sit on a bench, on a platform, in the sun, eating lunch and drinking tea. In fine company with a steam engine, gently belching and hissing! I once asked Mike, pictured, why people get so worked up about steam engines and he said with (kindly) force, It is your heritage my dear! How quickly we forget. Today I remembered, not only our age of steam heritage but also the late Iain Robinson who died almost a year ago. The railways were his passion. Read More @ Source

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