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Report: Buddhist temples in Bangladesh attacked over Quran Facebook photo Report: Buddhist temples in Bangladesh attacked over Quran Facebook photo Posted: 30 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT In Bangladesh, Buddhist temples and homes have been attacked in a wave of arson and violence perpetuated by area Muslims angered by what is said to be an image of a burning Quran. A young Buddhist local is responsible for the image, they say, having posted it on Facebook. The Associated Press has a report. (Via HuffPost.) Read More @ Source You are subscribed to email updates from BuddhaRocks ☸ Buddhist To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now . Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610

From The Under 35 Project: Hope to Faith From The Under 35 Project: Hope to Faith Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Karmapa’s enthronement Watch a new documentary on the Tibetan self-immolation phenomenon From The Under 35 Project: Hope to Faith Posted: 28 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project, by Chris W . It was actually a Vietnamese heroin dealer who introduced me to Thich Nhat Hanh. Thay had done a retreat for refugee families, including his, when he was a child, and he had fond memories of going his first few summers in America. He and I spent a lot of time chatting about Meditation, philosophy, and culture while we were waiting for more drugs, talking about all the things we were going to do someday, but usually those days all we ever did was just more drugs. If there is one thing that all of the addicts I've met have in common, both active and sober, is an awarene...

The Rubin Museum: “Where the Deities Live” — and you can learn to paint them The Rubin Museum: “Where the Deities Live” — and you can learn to paint them $100,000 Wallace Stevens Award goes to Gary Snyder September’s Sipress Sitting Up A report from Amnesty International’s D.C. Town Hall Event with Aung San Suu Kyi (with video) The Rubin Museum: “Where the Deities Live” — and you can learn to paint them Posted: 28 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT A White Tara by Carmen Mensink The Rubin Museum of Art in New York City will be hosting a Tibetan thangka painting workshop from October 19–21. The workshop is just one of many great events the Rubin Museum, which focuses on Himalayan art, has hosted since it opened in 2004. See " Where the Deities Live ," our profile of this treasure of a museum, to learn more about it. The workshop's participants wi...

Inside the September Shambhala Sun: What’s wrong with boredom? Inside the September Shambhala Sun: What’s wrong with boredom? His Holiness the Dalai Lama Meets Vietnamese Group for the Second Time DIY Indiana Jones would love this new Buddhist statue story Haiku: Sudden Shower InsightLA to Celebrate 10th Anniversary with Dr. Jack Kornfield and Actress Sandra Oh Kelaniya University’s Professor W.S. Karunatillake, scholar of linguistics, passes away Inside the September Shambhala Sun: What’s wrong with boredom? Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT "One time," writes Karen Maezen Miller , in "Booooring…" , found in our current issue, "I was interviewed by a radio host about meditation, and she seemed alarmed, even offended, by the idea. Staying put runs contrary to the religion of self-gratification. "'It seems to me you're telling people to settle,' she...