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Will Obama Help Change Asia's Racism?

David A. Love | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: India, Hu Jintao, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, President Obama, Obama, Media, Tibet, China, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics, Hip Hop, Indonesia, Yukio Hatoyama, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Buddhism, Asia, African Americans, Colonialism, Asian Americans, China Human Rights, Japan, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Foreign Policy, Tokyo, Human Rights, Advertising, South Korea, Genocide, Hawaii, World War II, North Korea, World News
David A. Love

President Obama's visit to Asia showed how long a journey it's been since the 1955 Bandung Conference, the historic meeting of African and Asian states striving for self-determination.

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"Tokyo Vice" Author Goes To Japan Seeking Enlightenment, Ends Up Writing About Organized Crime (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Jake Adlestein Tokyo Vice, Jon Stewart, Japanese Crime, Tokyo Vice, Books, Organized Crime, New Books, Japan, Buddhism, Jake Adelstein, Books News

Author Jake Adelstein was on Jon Stewart last night talking about his new book, "Tokyo Vice," and the crazier-and-crazier story of how he got mixed up...

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Obama, Hu Jintao Press Conference Held In China (VIDEO): Leaders Talk Economy, Iran, North Korea, Tibet, And Taiwan

AP | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Dalai Lama, Taiwan, Iran, Obama, Business, Obama's Asia Trip, Video, Asia Trip, Human Rights, Beijing, Nuclear Weapons, Trade, Nepal, Press Conference, Buddhism, Censorship, China, World News

(AP) BEIJING President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament ...

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Joe Lieberman, Twitter, the New Yorker, Jews, New Orleans, Dan Baum and Me

Anne Z. Boxer | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Health Care Reform, Religion and Politics, Religion, Buddhism, Jeffrey Goldberg, Judaism, Boulder, Denver News
Anne Z. Boxer

If any of you can think of that word or phrase that is less dramatic than "a perfect storm" but more resonant than "coincidence" please let me know.

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The Nothing That Heals Us

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Connection, Wisdom, Emptiness, Transformation, Buddhism, Nothing, The Inner Life, Living News
Sharon Salzberg

In our human lives, experiencing this kind of profound emptiness means that like a candle flame gets blown out, our separateness and suffering are blown out.

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6 Steps To Quiet The Mind

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Meditation, Unplug and Recharge, Mindful-Meditation, Buddhism, The Inner Life, Wellness, Living News
Therese Borchard

Here is a step-by-step approach to mindfulness or meditation, the basic practices of quieting the mind.

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China To Obama: Dalai Lama Was A Slave Master In Tibet

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Serfs, White House, Han Chinese, Serfdom, Dalai Lama, Tibet, Beijing, Obama, China, Free Tibet, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Black, Asian, Buddhism, Home News

BEIJING — The conviction was clear but the message befuddling: China's Foreign Ministry spokesman was equating serfdom in Tibet to slavery in th...

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Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Suu Kyi

AP | VIJAY JOSHI | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Burma, Typhoon, Obama, Democracy, Myanmar Democracy, General Election, Suu Kyi Release, Association of Southeast Asia, Myanmar, Asia Visit, Myanmar Elections, Asean, Junta, Communism, Military Junta, Barack Obama, Southeast Asia, Suu Kyi, Free Suu Kyi, Buddhism, Us, Burma Elections, World News

SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama on Sunday told Myanmar's junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face i...

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Smiling at Fear: Pema Chodron

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Spiritual Warrior, Fear, Terror, Courage, Swine Flu Vaccine, Terrorism, Self-Confidence, Swine Flu, Buddhism, Confidence, Pema Chodron, Living News
Alison Rose Levy

Whether we seek protection, or try to prove how brave we are, we often miss fear's true opportunity to teach us authentic courage.

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A Book About Nothing, Just Like Seinfeld (VIDEO)

Joan Konner | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Video, Rumi, Wall Street, Nirvana, Columbia, Seinfeld, Buddhism, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Nothing, Books News
Joan Konner

Nothing exists. Nothing is an essential presence in our lives. Paradoxical? Yes. Illogical and irrational? Yes. Yet to ignore Nothing is to deny our road to renewal.

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The Novice: A Book Review

Peter Clothier | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Book Reviews, Buddhism, The Inner Life, Spirituality, Living News
Peter Clothier

At loose ends and casting about for some kind of meaning to his life, he breaks away from family and home, and describes his discovery and embrace of Buddhism.

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Are You A Spiritual Snob?

Sadie Nardini | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Money, Sex, Insomnia, Meditation, Saving Money, Spirituality, Sadie Nardini, Financial Crisis, Buddhism, Feng Shui, Living News
Sadie Nardini

Many people nowadays seem to have turned into unbelievable yoga snobs: they perceive any roll in the mud of our human nature as less than enlightened. And they get downright mean about it.

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China Executes 2 Tibetans For The Roles In 2008 Riots

AP | By HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

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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The Form of the Book

Peter Clothier | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Design, Book Reviews, Book Publishing, Buddhism, Books, Living News
Peter Clothier

There is something to be said for a great book. There is even more to say for a nicely made book. And the one I'm currently reading somehow manages to be both.

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UN Touts Afghanistan As Tourist Destination (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Buddhist, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Afghan War, Buddhism, Afghanistan War, World News

If you, unlike me, have ever considered Afghanistan as a potential tourist destination, check out the video below for some helpful advice for a vacati...

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Christopher Hitchens Is Absurd

Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Atheism, Buddhism, Christopher Hitchens, Living News
Matt Browner Hamlin

Only in the western mind does the existence of deity contradict science, and truth be told, not even there. There is nothing in western scientific thought that denies deity.

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A Discussion with a Nobel Laureate: Shirin Ebadi and the Struggle for Democracy in Iran, Part I

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: People Power, Shirin Ebadi, Islam, Nonviolent Conflict, Colorado, Obama, Democracy, Nobel Peace Prize, Nonviolent Struggle, Power, Barack Obama, Peace Studies, Iran, Nonviolence, Islamic Republic of Iran, Human Rights, Muslims, Middle East, Boulder, Buddhism, Naropa, World News
Cynthia Boaz

Ebadi told me that part of her job is to help women interpret Islam "correctly" in order to assert their claim to equal rights. If she is any indication, the Iranian Women's Movement is in extremely capable hands.

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On Sloth and Other Virtues

Amy Hertz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Donald Trump, Sloth, Homer, Slow Movement, The Odyssey, Meditation, Buddhism, Slow, Books News
Amy Hertz

This month, we're celebrating Carl Honore's In Praise of Slowness and throughout The Huffington Post you'll have a chance to see how others are embracing the Slow Movement, of which Carl is the godfather.

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What's Happiness Got To Do With It .. Women, Life and Pleasure? Try the Tantric Approach!

Dr. Elsbeth Meuth | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Feminine / Masculine, Women, Tantra, Pleasure, Tantranova, Dr Elsbeth Meuth, Living, Happiness, Intimacy, Consciousness, Body & Soul, Spiritual Sex, Plum Village, Sensual, Meditation, Sexual, Woman's Wholeness Retreats, Buddhism, Thich Nhat Hanh, Living News
Dr. Elsbeth Meuth

Happiness is a state of being! And how did I arrive at that state of being? For me it occurred through two major life experiences that woke me up.

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10 Pithy Observations About Boulder (Part Two)

Bob Wells | Posted 10.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Hiking, Yoga, Aspen, Boulder, Paul Krugman, Real Estate, Bill Mckibben, Hippies, Buddhism, Naropa University, Denver News
Bob Wells

Yoga studios proliferate. My stereotype of Boulder has had to change. Formerly it was a blonde mom driving a Land Rover and on her cell phone. Now: a 20-something carrying a yoga mat.

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Seeking and Finding

Linus Roache | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: India, Enlightenment, Buddhism, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Living News
Linus Roache

I found what I was looking for in the contemporary teaching of Evolutionary Enlightenment. I experienced first hand the transcendent nature of who we are as spirit first, beyond time and the mind.

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Pema Chodron: How To Do Tonglen, A Meditation Practice For Difficult Times

Waylon Lewis | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Tonglen, Loneliness, Chogyam Trungpa, Relationships, Sad, Suffering, Buddhist, Spiritual, Meditation, Buddhism, elephantjournal.com, Waylon Lewis, Shambhala, Spirituality, Pema Chodron, Living News
Waylon Lewis

I grew up knowing Pema Chodron (the second most popular Buddhist in America, after that Dalai Lama guy). Or, rather, she knew me (I was just a little kid running around not paying attention to anything).

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Redemption Song: Ted Kennedy Through Allen Ginsberg's Eyes

RJ Eskow | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bodhisattva, Buddhism, Redemption, Allen Ginsberg, Catholicism, Ted Kennedy, Death, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Ted Kennedy was a Catholic, not a Buddhist, but his life reads like a Bodhisattvic exercise.

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Summer Vacation? 'Nothing' Doing

Michael Sigman | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Bob Dylan, Robert Wright, Buddhism, Jdate, Meditation, Nirvana, Yoga, Vipassana, Yogi, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Living News
Michael Sigman

Having just attended a silent Vipassana meditation retreat at Spirit Rock in woodsy Woodacre, I can report that sitting still and doing nothing was, in fact, the primary activity on my summer vacation.

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Cutting Through the Narcissistic Ego: Step One is Awareness

Darren Littlejohn | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Zen, Mingyur-Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhism, 12 Steps, Genpo Roshi, Narcissism, Addiction, Meditation, The-12-Step-Buddhist, Buddhism, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Celebrities, Drug Addiction, Recovery, Addiction and Recovery, Alcoholism, Alcoholic, Darren Littlejohn, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Darren Littlejohn

We basically ask to speak to a certain voice and the participant puts on that hat. Some voices used typically have been The Controller, The Skeptic, The Protector, The Victim.

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