Tibetan man dies in self-immolation protest
- Tibetan man dies in self-immolation protest
- Burmese Buddhist mobs torch mosque, Muslim school
- “Getting a Handle on Scandal” at this year’s Buddhist Geeks
- Evan Brenner to Perform “The Buddha Play” at Zen Mountain Monastery’s Sangha House, Sunday, July 14th
- Upaya Sangha of Tucson now a Zen Peacemakers affiliate
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Posted: 29 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT
In reports coming out of Tibet, a man self-immolated in protest of Chinese occupation in the Adril region of Eastern Tibet on Monday. Tenzin Sherab, 31, died at the scene. His body was confiscated by Chinese police but returned to his family the next day.
Phayul reports that Sherab had spoken about China's human rights abuses in Tibet a few days before his immolation. "We can no longer bear to live under China's constant torture and repression," he reportedly told his friends. He is survived by his parents and four siblings. At least 118 Tibetans have self-immolated in protest of Chinese occupation since 2009. Click here to see all of Buddhadharma News' coverage of the protests. Read More @ Source |
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Posted: 29 May 2013 07:00 AM PDT
Mobs of Buddhists torched a mosque, a Muslim school and Muslim-owned shops in the northern Burmese city of Lashio on Tuesday. On Wednesday, bands of young Buddhist men were reportedly still roaming the city on motorcycles, throwing rocks and wielding sticks and metal rods.
A government spokesman said he did not yet have any information about casualties. The violence started after a Muslim man reportedly attacked a female Buddhist shopkeeper. When the man was detained by police, a crowd of Buddhists, including many monks, gathered at the police station, and became violent when police would not hand him over. Sectarian violence in Burma began last year between Buddhists and the Muslim Rohingya minority in the country's western Rakhine state, but has since spread to other areas of the country. Click here for all of Buddhadharma News' coverage of the violence. Read More @ Source |
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Posted: 28 May 2013 05:00 PM PDT
The third annual Buddhist Geeks conference is coming on August 16–18 in Boulder, and this year's conference features a discussion on scandals in the Buddhist world.
Facilitated by Diane Musho Hamilton with panelists Shinzen Young, Sofia Diaz, Kenneth Folk and Michael Zimmerman, this discussion will use the recent allegations of sexual abuse leveled against Joshu Sasaki Roshi as a jumping-off point for not only identifying the contributing factors that make scandals more probable, but will also help illuminate potential ways to work with this complex territory of sexuality and spirituality. You can read more about the discussion here. Early-bird tickets are for the conference are on sale through this Friday, May 31. Click here for a full schedule of events at the conference, and click here to register. Read More @ Source |
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Posted: 28 May 2013 02:00 PM PDT
As the inaugural event at the Monastery's new Performance Hall, Evan Brenner will perform his moving and illuminating one-man play, Buddha: Triumph & Tragedy in the Life of the Great Sage on Sunday, July 14th at 7pm. Framed in a most unusual and personal context, writer/performer Evan Brenner brings selections from original Buddhist sutras to the stage, unchanged, to enact the extraordinary life of the Buddha from start to finish. Brenner workshopped the play for two years before premiering it at Boston Center for the Arts in 2009. Following the Boston production, Brenner has toured with Buddha to performing arts venues around North America including New York, Pittsburgh, and Denver. The Performance Hall of Zen Mountain Monastery's newly opened Sangha House will be used to offer an ongoing series of musical performances, dance, plays, talks, and movies, including events related to Zen and the Zen arts, environmental education, and other arts of interest to the community in the Hudson Valley. In addition, the Monastery will work with local arts organizations and presenters to use the Performance Hall as a venue for other local and regional events. The space has been designed for maximum flexibility for a variety of performances. For more information, or to purchase tickets: The Buddha Play at ZMM. Read More @ Source |
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Posted: 28 May 2013 11:00 AM PDT
Sensei Al Genkai Kaszniak leads the Upaya Sangha of Tucson, which is now an affiliate of the Zen Peacemakers Sangha, as well as Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Kaszniak is a member of the Lay Zen Teachers Association and the White Plum Asanga. He received jukai and dharma transmission from Roshi Joan Halifax, and serves as President of the Board of Directors of Upaya Zen Center. He writes about spiritual and clinical issues in geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care, and also works with the Mind and Life Institute. Read more at the Zen Peacemakers website.
The Upaya Tucson Sangha meets on the first and Saturdays of each month, from 10 am – noon at the Tucson Community Meditation Center, 1231 East Edison Street. For more information, email Al at kaszniak [at] u.arizona.edu or call 520-331-7875.
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