Two Buddhist brides married in Taiwan

Two Buddhist brides married in Taiwan

Two Buddhist brides married in Taiwan

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:00 AM PDT

Two Taiwanese women were married this past weekend in the country's first same-sex Buddhist wedding. The brides, Huang Mei-Yu, a social worker and Yu Ta-Ting, have been together for seven years. Buddhist master Shih Chao-hwei, a professor at Hsuan Chuang University, officiated at the ceremony.

The brides said they hoped the wedding would encourage acceptance of same-sex marriage in Taiwanese society. Taiwan is considered to be the one of the more gay-friendly countries in Asia, though it has yet to legalize same-sex marriage. A bill to do so was introduced in 2003, but it has yet to be passed into law.

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Seeing Fresh: Contemplative Photo of the Week

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 06:00 AM PDT

Here's the photo of the week from seeingfresh.com, Andy Karr's site dedicated to contemplative photography.

Contemplative photography is a method for working with the contemplative state of mind, seeing the world in fresh ways, and expressing this experience photographically. Each week we choose an image that's been submitted to seeingfresh.com that really exemplifies this practice.

This week's photo is by Kelsang Rinzing, a regular, outstanding contributor to seeingfresh.com. It's a luscious image of color and texture in a reflection on still water, and a fine example of fresh seeing.

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Distilled Impressions

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 01:00 PM PDT

There is something distinctly clean and clear about this kind of poetry - Haiku. These are reflections of our time together as a sangha last week. Thank you so much to all who came along and walked. We walked and we walked and made it back to our starting point. Three dogs included.

Thursday:
august moorland
conversations interrupted
by mud

Friday:
forty toes
dipped in the brook
all kinds of sounds

in gassho,
Fred

I'm quite busy at the moment and for the next few days as well. As is my custom at such times I will endeavor to post some short poems (not original ones like the haiku from Fred) along with a photograph from my library. That should satisfy my wish and intention to keep posting. Field of Merit, the project and website, are calling for my attention as well as other things. All good stuff.

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Tibetan Youth Congress plans hunger strike

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 12:00 PM PDT

via thetibetpost.com

On Sunday, the Tibetan Youth Congress decided to organize an indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi to support their brothers and sisters inside of Tibet during the unprecedented wave of self-immolations. Three executive members of the Tibetan Youth Congress will participate in the strike scheduled for September 3, 2012 — Vice President Dhondup Lhadar, Organizational Secretary Penpa Tsering, and Cultural Secretary Jigme (Sholpa). Tibet Post International has the full story.

Earlier this year, the Tibetan Youth Congress organized a hunger strike outside United Nations headquarters in New York. The protest lasted for a month.

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