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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.
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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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September 28, 2007: Buddhist Monks March in Myanmar
In Myanmar in Southeast Asia, violent clashes between tens of thousands of protesting Buddhist monks and the Burmese military have drawn international attention.
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September 28, 2007: Commentary: Saffron Revolution
Read analysis and commentary on the Buddhist protests in Burma by Patrick Pranke and Donald Mitchell.
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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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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.
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Every year in New York's Central Park, the Buddhist magazine TRICYCLE sponsors a demonstration of Buddhist practices called "Change Your Mind Day."
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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.
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September 19, 2003: Extended Interview Thich Nhat Hanh
Read more of Bob Abernethy's interview with Thich Naht Hanh.
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