1991 Wat Promkunaram murders retrial to allow cameras in court
1991 Wat Promkunaram murders retrial to allow cameras in court |
- 1991 Wat Promkunaram murders retrial to allow cameras in court
- Tibetan Parliament in Exile pens letter to Hu Jintao
- Courtauld Institute of Art and Ho Family Foundation to launch international Buddhist Art Forum
- Community cares for Fr. Patrick Hawk, Roshi in late stages of terminal illness
- From the new Shambhala Sun magazine: “Taking the Measure of Mind”
| 1991 Wat Promkunaram murders retrial to allow cameras in court Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:00 AM PST  Doody's mugshot In late January we reported that Jonathan Doody is being retried for the 1991 Wat Promkunaram murders that left nine dead. His conviction was thrown out by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, who found that his confession (which the case was largely built upon) had been coerced. In the latest development in this case, presiding Judge Joseph Kreamer has decided to allow cameras in the courtroom, overruling a motion filed by Doody's defense team to disallow them during the proceedings. Fong Miller, a relative of two of the victims, faced the defendant in court this Tuesday before breaking down and leaving the courthouse. According to this report, Miller said after, "It made me cry. I had to leave." Read More @ SourceNhất Tâm Niệm Phật - Thanh Ngân 
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| Tibetan Parliament in Exile pens letter to Hu Jintao Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:00 AM PST
27th Jan 2012 HE Hu Jintao Your Excellency, On behalf of all the Tibetans inside and outside Tibet, the Tibetan Parliament in Exile wishes to express our deep anguish and concern at the prevailing critical situation inside Tibet. As a human being, we are sure you will very much understand why people resort to extreme measures such as self-immolation. However, the harsh and brutal repressive measures adopted by your government on the peaceful demonstrators leave us in no doubt that your government has no value for fundamental human rights, dignity or lives. As President of PRC, you have professed harmonious relationship between nationalities as one of the cardinal principles for nation building. However, what you said and what is implement is self contradictory. You very well know that Harmony can be built only through mutual understanding and trust and not through brute force and repression. China has grown economically and militarily over the years and is considered a world power to reckon with. China's growing influence globally has turned itself into a brash and arrogant monster with no regards for other's sentiments and welfare. Material wealth alone does not bring happiness. Development has to go hand in hand with respect for human freedom and human dignity. We have heard your leaders, over and over again that the western world does not treat China on an equal footing. And may we ask, do you treat your nationalities on an equal footing? Your leaders quote Confucious 'Do not do unto others what you do not want others to do to you'. But do you apply the same principles to the Tibetans, Uighurs, Inner Mongolians, Manchurians and others? As a world power, you have to earn respect by respecting others but not through force. You can earn this moral power only by granting basic human rights and resolving conflicts through dialogue. That is for the long term benefit of China as a nation and Tibetans and others as people. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration have for several decades taken a very pragmatic, mutually beneficial, long lasting solution to the Issue of Tibet by not asking for separation. But your leadership has always turned a blind eye; stalled dialogue on flimsy grounds and expected the Tibet issue to die a natural death. By now, you must have realized that the Tibetan spirit remains indomitable and it shall remain till a mutually agreeable solution is found. Every time, Tibetans manifest their frustration by way of peaceful protest, instead of looking into the causes of these incidences, your government has always chosen to clamp down violently. Any human rights violations by the State are cloaked under national security barring transparent and independent investigation. For the larger and long term interest of China and Tibet, we urge you to undertake the following: 1. Withdraw the large reinforcement of military to reduce tension immediately and take measures to give due consideration to the aspirations of the Tibetan people. 2. Allow independent, non-partisan fact finding delegations to ascertain the ground realities. If you have issues with that, allow a Tibetan fact finding delegation to visit Tibet. 3. Stop the policies and programs aimed at destroying the identity of the Tibetan people. Provide religious freedom and undertake reconciliation measures to assuage the hurt sentiments of the Tibetan people. 4. Stop sedentarization of Tibetan nomads and include Tibetan participation in environmental stewardship by using their centuries old wisdom of having lived on the Tibetan Plateau. 5. All developmental activities in Tibet must give due consideration to Tibet's fragile environment and should accrue due benefit to the native Tibetans. 6. Release all political prisoners including Panchen Rinpoche Gedun Choekyi Nyima, just as Burma did so to create more trust between the people and the government. 7. Resume dialogue with the Tibetans with the commitment and conviction to seek a lasting solution to the Issue of Tibet, and peace and stability in the whole geo-strategic region. Given the present day realities and the interdependence of the globalized world, it is high time that your government give serious consideration to a peaceful transformation of China that provides freedom, respect and dignity to all. Otherwise, the day may not be far when the Chinese nation and its people become victims of its own creation. That will be the saddest moment in Chinese history. We express the above sentiments with hope in our hearts that positive sense will prevail over you and your colleagues and immediately respond to the legitimate concerns. failing which you and your government will be held solely responsible for any adverse consequences if the matters are not addressed in a humane way. Sincerely, Tibetan Parliament in Exile Read More @ Source
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| Courtauld Institute of Art and Ho Family Foundation to launch international Buddhist Art Forum Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:00 AM PST London's Courtauld Institute of Art has announced that it will be organizing the Buddhist Art Forum — a major international conference intended to be "the first time that a representative group of those with a stake in Buddhist art — monks, artists, art historians, archaeologists, conservators, curators, and officials – have come together to consider these issues." The forum will be sponsored by the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, who recently gave You can find more information about the Buddhist Art Forum here. Read More @ SourceTheBuddha.2010.SubEsp.1-2.PBS.2010.avi 
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| Community cares for Fr. Patrick Hawk, Roshi in late stages of terminal illness Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:00 PM PST
Over the years Hawk has received various courses of treatment which helped manage his condition, but this metastases has led to a diagnosis from his doctor that he has only a few months left to live. He is being kept as comfortable as possible by his religious community and has retired from teaching as of January 18, 2012. Please hold prayers and services in your sanghas that he remain comfortable during this time. We will continue to update our you as more news becomes available. This post originally appeared at Sweeping Zen. Read More @ Source
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| From the new Shambhala Sun magazine: “Taking the Measure of Mind” Posted: 07 Feb 2012 11:00 AM PST  Photo: Krakora Studios "The Buddha," writes Barry Boyce in his editorial from our new magazine, "was a fresh-question-asker, a scientist. He wanted to get to the bottom of suffering, so he kept investigating. This spirit is still alive in the Zen principle of not-knowing, which causes one to keep looking. At Richie Davidson's Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM) in Madison, Wisconsin, they keep looking. They ask, 'Are we so sure what the human mind is capable of? How far can it go if we train it?'" In addition to the editorial, Barry wrote the issue's profile of Davidson and the CIHM. It's called "Taking the Measure of Mind," and you can now read its first two sections online. The rest, you'll find in the magazine, along with "Scientific Minds Want to Know," a short piece that shows what questions scientists are asking about meditation, and the surprising results they're finding. Also in the issue: "The New Science of Mind," Jill Suttie's report on the growing field of contemplative science, "Living Proof" — which introduces four people who say meditation has made a huge difference in their lives, a "Mind Science Timeline," and the Dalai Lama's "First Person Science." Browse the March 2012 Shambhala Sun here. Read More @ Source
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