http://buddhism.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Buddhism GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-16T13:07:07Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/17/the-karma-of-disaster.htm Did karma cause Cyclone Nargis to strike Burma (Myanmar)? According to Professor Ingrid Jordt of the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, Buddhists of Burma blame Burma's oppressive military regime for Cyclone Nargis.... http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/17/the-karma-of-disaster.htm 2008-05-17T08:31:28Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/16/the-17th-karmapa-in-america.htm His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, arrived in New York yesterday for an 18-day tour that will include public events in the New York City area; Boulder,... http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/16/the-17th-karmapa-in-america.htm 2008-05-16T13:07:07Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/15/in-the-news-oppression-and-partnership.htm I want to call attention to a couple of items in today's New York Times. The first is Nicholas Kristof's column, "The Terrified Monks." Kristof gives us a glimpse of... http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/15/in-the-news-oppression-and-partnership.htm 2008-05-15T14:31:07Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/14/burma-update.htm The Red Cross is estimating the cyclone death toll in Burma (Myanmar) could be as high as 128,000. As many as 2.5 million Burmese remain in desperate need of food,... http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/14/burma-update.htm 2008-05-14T20:48:51Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/13/neural-buddhists.htm In "The Neural Buddhists," New York Times columnist David Brooks discusses developments in neural science and how these developments might impact religion. "In unexpected ways, science and mysticism are joining... http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/13/neural-buddhists.htm 2008-05-13T13:17:17Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/12/the-bodhisattvas-thousand-arms.htm Bodhisattvas sometimes are pictured with multiple arms and heads. I didn't appreciate this symbolism until I heard this dharma talk by John Daido Loori, in which he said, Every time there's... http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/12/the-bodhisattvas-thousand-arms.htm 2008-05-12T20:24:55Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/09/mother-of-the-buddhas.htm Prajnaparamita is Sanskrit for "perfection of wisdom." In Mahayana Buddhism, the word wisdom usually points to "shunyata," or "emptiness." According to this teaching, nothing has intrinsic existence, and all... http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/09/mother-of-the-buddhas.htm 2008-05-09T07:34:27Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/08/is-aid-reaching-burma.htm The military junta that controls Burma (Myanmar) continues to delay and frustrate efforts to bring help to the people of Burma. Although United Nations relief planes now are landing supplies... http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/08/is-aid-reaching-burma.htm 2008-05-08T11:33:28Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/06/alms-for-burma.htm The United Nations estimates that hundreds of thousands of people in Myanmar (Burma) are in desperate need of help. Most news media today reported that 22,500 people died as... http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/06/alms-for-burma.htm 2008-05-06T20:59:04Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/06/aung-san-suu-kyi-honored.htm Today President George Bush signed congressional legislation that awarded Aung San Suu Kyi the Congressional Gold Medal, America's top civilian honor. Yesterday the government of Canada named her an honorary... http://buddhism.about.com/b/2008/05/06/aung-san-suu-kyi-honored.htm 2008-05-06T16:24:42Z