Commentator Donald W. Mitchell, a religious studies professor at Purdue University, writes about the protests in Myanmar and "socially engaged Buddhism."
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September 28, 2007: Commentary: Donald W. Mitchell
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.
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.
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.
Every year in New York's Central Park, the Buddhist magazine TRICYCLE sponsors a demonstration of Buddhist practices called "Change Your Mind Day."
September 19, 2003: Thich Nhat Hanh
In the U.S. and Europe, the other best-known Buddhist leader, besides the Dalai Lama, is the renowned Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh. He, too, has been on a U.S. tour, ended this past week -- promoting his latest of more than 75 books, Creating True Peace.
September 19, 2003: Extended Interview Thich Nhat Hanh
Read more of Bob Abernethy's interview with Thich Naht Hanh.




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