Buddhist monks persist in peace walk despite injuries as thousands follow them on social media

A group of Buddhist monks is persevering in their peace walk across much of the U.S. even after two participants were injured ...
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Buddhist Monks Persist in Peace Walk Across the US Despite Injuries and Social Media Support

Buddhist monks persist in their peace walk across the US, promoting activism and gathering support on social media despite ...

‘I’m a Buddhist monk — meditating every day has left me with no stress and more resilience’

December 21 marks World Meditation Day in the U.S. To find out how the centuries-old practice can help shape your wellbeing ...

Ancient meditation practices find new life in modern religious communities across America

Christian, Jewish and other religious congregations across America have in recent years been introducing meditation practices ...
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Buddhist Monks Walk for Peace: A Journey Across America

A group of Buddhist monks is marching across the US to promote peace, despite two members being injured in a road accident. Starting from Fort Worth, Texas, they have reached Georgia, continuing to ...
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Conflict in Buddhism: ‘Violence for the sake of peace?’

For Thailand’s Queen Sirikit, the 2007 attack on a minibus in southern Thailand’s Yala province – in which suspected Muslim militants shot eight Buddhists through the head in broad daylight – was ...
The Independent

Why do we think of Buddhism as peaceful?

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Appreciation or Appropriation? The Fashionable Corruption of Buddhism in the West

Buddhism has a growing visibility in mainstream Australia. Tibetan prayer flags fly from many porches across the inner-city, Bunning's Warehouse sells Buddha statues and water-features and Big W sells ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Buddhism scripture teachers struggling to keep up with demand from state schools

New South Wales public schools are struggling to keep up with demand for Buddhism scripture teachers. Buddhist Council of New South Wales chairman Brian White said there were more than 3,000 public ...
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‘The idea that Buddhism is a branch of Hinduism began in late 1800s’: Writer-historian Douglas Ober

I have been studying the social dynamics of ancient Buddhism for decades now. This religion has irrevocably shaped the shared history and social structures of this subcontinent in ways we haven’t yet ...
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The Violent History of Japanese Buddhism

Nonviolence is one of the basic tenets of Buddhism. But in Japan, where the religion developed without the code of conduct devised by the historical Buddha to preserve order among the community of ...

Why Buddhism is becoming ‘hip’ among South Korea’s Gen Z

At the forefront of this trend is 30-year-old CEO Joo Yeo-jin, who is dubbed the “idol of the Buddhist world.” ...