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Why Tibet Matters

Bianca Jagger | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Lobsang Sangay, Self Immolation, Human Rights, Templeton Prize, Bianca Jagger, Tibet, Protest, Free Tibet, HH the Dalai Lama, China, Prime Minister David Cameron, Torture, Monks, Religion-and-Culture, President Barack Obama, Cultural-Identity, Vietnam, Un-Special-Rapporteur, World News
Bianca Jagger

2012-05-14-Screenshot20120514at8.39.35AM.pngThe Tibetans are standing up to the vast and expanding power of the Chinese state with nonviolent resistance through religious practice, song, literature and even self-immolation.

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Goodbye Frat Parties! Penn Class Teaches Students How To Live Like Monks

AP | By KATHY MATHESON | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: UPenn Monk Class, Monks, Justin McDaniel Penn, UPENN Monks, Upenn, Justin McDaniel UPENN, College News

PHILADELPHIA -- Looking for a wild-and-crazy time at college? Don't sign up for Justin McDaniel's religious studies class. The associate professor's ...

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5 Years After Egg Farm Debacle, Monks Grow Mushrooms

AP | By BRUCE SMITH | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: South Carolina Monks, Monks Egg Farm, Video, Monks, Mepkin Monks, Trappist Monks, Mepkin Abbey Monks Mushrooms, Mepkin Abbey, Monks Grow Mushrooms, Green News

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. -- Five years after an animal rights group complained about the treatment of chickens at an egg farm run by a Roman Catholic abbey...

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TIbetan Monk Sets Self Ablaze

AP | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Dalai Lama, Monk Self Immolation, Monk Sets Self on Fire, Self Immolation, Monk, Monks, Free Tibet, Tibet, World News

BEIJING — A British human rights group says another Tibetan Buddhist monk has set himself on fire in a protest against Chinese rule over the Him...

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Aging Gracefully: Japan's Self-Mummified Monks

Atlas Obscura | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Atlas Obscura, Monks, Buddhist, Slidepollajax, Asia Travel, Japan, Asia, Halloween Travel, Holiday Travel, Japan Travel, Mummification, Travel News
Atlas Obscura

Not all monks who attempted self-mummification were successful. When the tombs were finally opened, some bodies were found to have rotted. These monks were resealed in their tombs.

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Living The Monk's Life In The Real World

John Backman | Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Christianity, Monastic Order, Monastic Associate, Prayer, Monastery, God, Rule of Life, Monks, Religion News
John Backman

In our post-religious, commitment-optional society, in which "do whatever works for you" is often cited as the cardinal virtue, why would anyone commit to a prescribed set of rules -- especially rules that date back to the Middle Ages?

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When Cats Pray: How Our Feline Friends Uplift The World

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Monks, Nuns, Being, Doing, Cat, Kitty, Spiritual Practice, Jewish, Monastics, Stress, Cats Praying, Religion, Muslim, Cats, Hindu, Meditation, Buddhist, Prayer, Being Happy, Saving the World, Life Balance, Christian, Felines, Spirituality, Catholic, Healthy Living Spirit, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Pamela Gerloff

As I paused to experience the stillness in which Miss Kitty was immersed, an image entered my mind -- an image of a global feline force that daily nourishes and sustains us all.

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Monk Arrested For Trying To Board Plane With Nun's Remains

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monk Nun Remains, Monks, Nuns, Airlines, Monk Airplane, Travel News

File this under the totally bizarre: A Cypriot monk and two accomplices attempted to board a plane at the Athens airport on Monday with remains of a n...

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The Artist And Monk Are One

Sister Joan Chittister, OSB | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, Monks Artists, Art, Monks, Monasticism Artistry, Monasticism Art, Artists, Artistry, Monasticism, Spirituality, Religion News
Sister Joan Chittister, OSB

Basic to art are the very qualities demanded of the monk: single-mindedness, beauty, immersion, praise and creativity. The merger of one with the other makes for great art; the meaning of one for the other makes for great soul.

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Japanese Buddhist Monks Turn To Hip Hop (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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CNN has a great report on the lengths Japanese Buddhist monks are going to attract new followers as temples close across the country. "Forget the chan...

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I Want The Brain Of A Monk!

Priscilla Warner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Alzheimer's, Yoga, Buddhist Monk, The Balanced Life, Relationships, Monks, The Dalai Lama, Heartbreak, Meditation, Calm, Enlightenment, Buddhism, The Inner Life, Happiness, Joy, Healthy Living News
Priscilla Warner

While I've been experiencing hundreds of panic attacks, these men have been meditating so effectively that their pre-frontal brain lobes light up on CAT scans, plumped up like perfectly ripe peaches.

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The Thomas Merton Book 'They' Don't Want You to Read

Mark Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kerouac, Censorship, Grisham, Zola, Hemingway, Henry Nouwen, Mark Shaw, Merton Love Affair, Catholic Church, Rowling, Merton, Amazon, Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, Monks, Ruether, Gethsemani, Books News
Mark Shaw

Every author risks unfavorable review when he or she writes a book. Hemingway received poor reviews and contemporary writers have also not been immune to such undesirable reception.

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China Executes 2 Tibetans For The Roles In 2008 Riots

AP | By HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Monks, Tibetan Minority, Olympics, Tibet, Xinhua, International Campaign for Tibet, Han Chinese, Executions, Human Rights Watch, Han Majority, Buddhist, Executed, Death Penalty, China Riots, Arson, Buddhism, Migrants, Buddhist Monks, China, Xinjiang, Lhasa, World News

BEIJING -- Two people have been put to death for their roles in deadly protests last year in the Chinese-controlled region of Tibet, the first known e...

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Shaolin Temple's Monks Prepare For IPO

Telegraph | Malcolm Moore in Shanghai | Posted 05.25.2011

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The 1,500-year-old Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of kung fu, is preparing for a 1bn yuan (£85m) initial public offering (IPO), government sources ha...

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HuffPost Reviews: Bob Dylan - Together Through Life / Playing For Change - Songs Around The World

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Americana, Windham Hill, The Huffington Post, New York City Subway, Bono, Native Americans, Grateful Dead, Donny Herron, Sun Records, Higher Octave, Dublin Ireland, Mark Johnson, David Hildago, Blues Rock, The Buena Vista Social Club, George Recile, Oliver Dahan, Reggae, Six Flags, Carmine Street, Monks, Chess Records, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, The Knitting Factory, Willie Dixon, Playing for Change, Bob Dylan, Blues, Los Angeles, New York, Keb' Mo', Roger Ridley, Hulu, World Music, Jackson Browne, New Age, Robert Hunter, The Band, Mike Campbell, Tony Garnier, Soca, Narada, Himalayan, Bob Dylan Review, Huffpost Review, Music Review, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Together Through Life is a tonic whose pace is moderate, music is organic, lyrics are intelligent, and feel is refreshingly human.

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Sex Scandals Shake Monasteries

Bangkokpost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monastery, Monks, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Sex, Buddhism, Gay Monks, Paedophilic Monks, Sex Monastery, Monks Sex, World News

We used to be shocked by sex scandals in the clergy. Given the endless stream of those wrongdoings, we no longer are. Heterosex has also become old ne...

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Monks Brawl At Christian Holy Site In Jerusalem

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks ...

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Chill Out: Seeing With New Eyes

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Awareness, Monks, Personal Health, England, Reflection, Nature, Living, Wonder, Spirituality, Self-Help, Healthy Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

A monk asks, "Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?" The master replies, "Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature." -- An...

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Tibetan Monks Storm Chinese Embassy In India To Protest Games

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Olympics, Tibet, China Tibet, China, India, Monks, Tibetan Monks, Beijing Olympics, Home News

NEW DELHI — More than a thousand Tibetan exiles held protests in pouring rain Friday in New Delhi, chanting anti-China slogans and demanding fre...

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Chinese Police Fire Into Crowd Of Protesting Monks And Nuns

Times Online | Jane Macartney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Police Shoot at Monks, Tibet and China, Monks, Nuns, Dalai Lama, Chinese Police Fire on Monks, Chinese Police Fire Into Crowd, Riots in China, Tibet, Tibet Protests China, China, Home News

Hundreds of monks, nuns and local Tibetans who tried to march on a local government office in western China to demand the return of the Dalai Lama hav...

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Myanmar Junta Continues To Arrest Scores Of People

Reuters | Aung Hla Tun | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Junta, Myanmar Crisis, Myanmar, Monks, Home News

Despite gradually easing its iron grip on Myanmar's main city on Thursday, the junta continued to round up scores of people and grill hundreds more ar...

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Junta Threatens Myanmar Monks

The Guardian (U.K.) | Ian MacKinnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Junta, Myanmar, Monks, Protests, Home News

Burma's military rulers last night threatened to "take action' after up to 100,000 demonstrators protesting against the regime flooded the streets of ...

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Myanmar Buddhist Monks Spearhead Largest Protests Against Junta In Two Decades

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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About 20,000 protesters led by Buddhist monks and nuns on Sunday mounted the largest anti-government protest in Myanmar since a failed 1988 democratic...

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