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Prince Ea and Glenn Beck Talk Buddhism and Hip-Hop | Green Couch Interview
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The Story Behind "Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions"
Ven. Chodron tells the tale of the conception and long gestation of her latest book with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions."

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It started under a fig tree on the other side of the world thousands of years ago, but the words and practices of Buddhism have filtered down through the centuries, touching the lives of countless people, finding a growing audience in the United States - and inspiring a new centre for worship and meditation in Central Massachusetts.

Some three million Americans have now embraced Buddhism and its ancient approach to ending human suffering. Thousands more find themselves attracted to a Buddhist way of life based on love, kindness and meditative practice.

Buddhist teachings stretch way back to the fifth century before the Christian era. The story began in today's Nepal where Prince Siddartha was born into a royal family and expected to eventually become ruler of the Shakya clan. Shielded from the trials and tribulations of the world for the first 29 years of his life, the privileged prince one day came face to face with the normal reality of human suffering. That personal confrontation with worldly pain and dissatisfaction so upset the young prince that he left the royal life in search of a way to overcome the misery of human suffering.

Four Noble Truths

Six years later, while sitting under a fig tree which is today known as the Bodhi tree or the "tree of enlightenment," Siddartha achieved his goal of transcendence, and he was thereafter known as the Shakyamuni Buddha, the "awakened one."

Happiness can be achieved, taught the Buddha, by cultivating the mind in a variety of ways. It begins with an awareness of Four Noble Truths, which follow a pattern. For life is often filled with suffering, pain and beset with sorrow and trouble. Even at its best, life is never completely fulfilling because people always seek more happiness and less pain.

This leads to a craving that itself becomes problematic because people cling to selfish attachments in search of ever more pleasure. Yet, this is also never completely fulfilling. However, while people continue to search for still more pleasure and less pain, Buddhism breaks the circle of human frustration by teaching that it is possible to be completely released from such attachments through the discipline that comes from following a Noble Eightfold Path, which leads to Nirvana and the utter eventual extinction of the pain of existence.

For the next 45 years, the Buddha wandered the northern part of India, teaching freedom from suffering, until he died at the age of 80. Then, after his death, a number of Buddhist schools of thought developed which attracted adherents within the borders of India. In the third century the Emperor Ashoka of the powerful Mauryan dynasty decided to rule his kingdom according to Buddhist principles and sent missionaries to promote Buddhism beyond India.

The mission to Sri Lanka met with particular success. Even today, Buddhism is dominant with 70 percent of Sri Lankans practicing Buddhism.

It is also from Sri Lanka the Buddhists came to Framingham and have now moved to Grafton, where they have established the New England Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Centre on a wooded estate at 162 Old Upton Road.

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A comparison of the differences between the traditionalist approach to Buddhism, and what is now regarded as secular Buddhism in the West.

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Service to celebrate 125 years of Buddhism The Garden Island The Garden Island Newspaper |

The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii will celebrate 125 years of Shin Buddhism in Hawaii with two events for the Kauai District.

A free movie, Dolphin Tale, will start at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at the West Kauai Hongwanji, Hanapepe Temple.

People are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs, blankets or straw mats to sit on. Snacks will be provided.

The Kauai District Commemorative Service will be held at the Kapaa Hongwanji Mission on Nov. 16. The Affirmation Rites will be at 8 a.m., followed by the Commemorative Service at 10. Lunch follows at noon. The public is welcome.

Anyone interested in getting a Buddhist name should contact Rev. Kazunori Takahashi at the Lihue Hongwanji Mission at 245-6262.

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Culture Club singer Boy George discussed his spirituality in an intimate interview published Wednesday.

The singer-songwriter was raised in the Catholic faith but says he embraced Buddhism a few years ago.

"I've been practising Nichiren Buddhism for about four years," he told Huffpost Live. "What it does is it gives me a period in the morning and in the evening to really focus on what I want to do, and how I want the day to go."

One of the main practices of Nichiren Buddhism is chanting mantras, primarily "Nam-myoho-renge-kyo," or "I devote myself to the Lotus Sutra."

"One of the most important things about chanting is that you're constantly praying for peace, and you're praying for the happiness of other people even people that you're in conflict with," Boy George explained. "If there's anyone that you have a problem with, put them in your prayers. It's amazing what it does. It kind of dissipates any of that kind of negativity."

The Grammy Award-winner said that spiritual people have had a strong influence on his life through his 53 years.

"I've always been fascinated with spirituality, religion... I always say I'm Catholic in my complications, and Buddhist in my aspirations. I was raised a Catholic, so I have a Catholic sensibility..."

"Catholic guilt," host Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani interjected.

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President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday released a commemorative postage stamp on Anagarika Dharmapala, a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and writer, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

"The release of the commemorative postage stamp on Anagarika Dharmapala will contribute towards further strengthening the bilateral ties between India and Sri Lanka and bring the two nations closer," said President Mukherjee.

He was confident that the relations between the two countries will continue to further strengthen in the coming years to the mutual benefit of our two peoples.

"This stamp release on one of the apostles of Buddhism, once again reminds us to work relentlessly and collectively to ensure an era of peace, stability and friendly bilateral and multilateral ties in order to create an enabling environment for the rapid socio-economic development of the people," he added.

The President paid his humble homage to Anagarika Dharmapala on the occasion and congratulated the Department of Posts for bringing out the Commemorative Postage Stamp on Anagarika Dharmapala.

Anagarika Dharmapala was born on September 17, 1864 and died on April 29, 1933. He was a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and writer. He was one of the founding contributors of non-violent Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism and Buddhism. He was also a pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in India after it had been virtually extinct there for several centuries, and he was the first Buddhist in modern times to preach the Dharma in three continents: Asia, North America, and Europe.

Along with Henry Steel Olcott and Helena Blavatsky, the creators of the Theosophical Society, he was a major reformer and revivalist of Ceylonese Buddhism and an important figure in its western transmission.

In the latter stages of his life, he entered the order of Buddhist monks and was known as the Venerable Sri Devamitta Dharmapala. He worked selflessly all his life with a missionary zeal to propagate Buddhist ideals and to restore the glory of Buddhism.

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This is the video of my chat with a monk in Chiangmai, on Buddhism and Meditation. Visit my website and full post at: http://dewiragi.com/chat-monk-meditation-buddhism-chiangmai-introduction-buddh.

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Myanmar and Sri Lanka are ancient and prominent Theravada Buddhists countries. The Buddha preached 'Eva Balawa', anybody can come and ascertain for themselves, what Buddhism is.

Ven Ashin Wirathu Thera, emerged from Myanmar as a protector of Buddhist rights in that country. Most Ven Ashin Wirathu Thera the founder of the '969' and the leader of that organization, and was in Sri Lanka recently on an invitation of the Bodu Bala Sena, to address the Maha Sangha Samuluwa held at the Sugathadasa Stadium on September 28.

According to Wirathu Thera, he dedicates his services to eradicate inhumanity, cruelty and all bad influences against Buddhists and Buddhism. Buddhists countries such as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia face problems based on cultural and religious.

Q: What is the meaning of '969'?

A: '969' are the virtuous qualities of the Triple Gem. It includes the 24 virtuous qualities of the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. It enlists the first nine of the Buddha's virtuous qualities for being the Buddha, six Dhamma's virtuous qualities for the Dhamma and nine Sangha's virtuous qualities for the Sangha.

Q: Why did you found '969'?

A: I was determined to unite Buddhists. Actually, my target was the progress of the Buddhasasana. It is directly linked with the protection of pristine levels of my Buddhist country and our innocent Buddhists.

Q: What are the obstacles you faced when you launched your work through the '969'?

A: Yes, we had to face a number of difficulties in the past. I know those problems have not been eliminated. In the future too, we will have to face many difficulties from outsiders. Whatever it may be, we have to dedicate ourselves to protecting the purity of the Buddhasasana.

Even though Muslims try to create some unnecessary problems in our country, we feel that they have some fear and doubts about '969'. The other important thing is we have understood that outside forces who have not developed kindness, love and compassion fear the people who have developed such noble qualities.

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