They were legendary warriors, and martial discipline or "action meditation" is their path to spiritual enlightenment.
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January 30, 2009: Shaolin Fighting Monks
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The Dalai Lama, who turned 73 last Sunday, leads one of the four schools, or denominations within Tibetan Buddhism. The 23-year-old Karmapa Lama, leads another. His supporters believe he may one day succeed the older man as Buddhism's leading international voice.
Posted: Jul 11th, 2008 Comments: 0 Views: 4,460
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Read more of the Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly interview with Tu Weiming, professor of Chinese history and philosophy and Confucian studies at Harvard University.
Posted: Jun 27th, 2008 Comments: 0 Views: 2,047
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June 27, 2008: China, Tibet, and Buddhist Ethics: An Overview
Buddhist teachings do not rule out the use of force to relieve a greater suffering, although the Buddhist tradition is rightly known for the systematic practice of nonviolence, its first ethical precept.
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June 27, 2008: Political Buddhism
We have a special report today on the plight and paradox of Tibetan Buddhists. They teach nonviolence, but their demonstrations against the Chinese have sometimes become violent.
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November 9, 2007: Religion on Campus
Several studies recently have addressed the religious interest, or lack of it, of young adults. We wondered how religion is faring on college campuses. Lucky Severson visited Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island to find out.
Posted: Nov 9th, 2007 Comments: 0 Views: 1,013
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November 9, 2007: Janet Cooper Nelson
Read more of Lucky Severson's interview with the Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, chaplain of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
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July 20, 2007: Buddhist Ash Interment
A segment about the Chinese Buddhist tradition of honoring deceased family members at the place where their ashes are interred. Harry Leong of New York City was our guide as he and his mother remembered his late father at the Chuang Yen monastery in Carmel, New York.
Posted: Jul 20th, 2007 Comments: 0 Views: 490
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March 30, 2007: Thailand AIDS Refuge
Thailand's Prabhat Namphu Buddhist monastery is an unlikely combination of two things: AIDS hospice and tourist attraction. Amid a display of cadavers, visitors -- including many school kids -- observe what HIV does to the human body.
Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 Comments: 0 Views: 2,386
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...FEATURE . Karma Zen Capitalism
A story now about business executives and would-be executives who want to be not only rich and powerful, but happy too.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2007 Comments: 1 Views: 2,297
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