Reading for March 10

Being Nobody
by Ajahn Sumedho
How many of you feel you have a mission in life to perform? It’s something you’ve got to do and some kind of important task that’s been assigned to you by God or fate or something. People frequently get caught up in that view of being somebody who has a mission. Who [...]

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In Buddhist news

clipped from www.newsweek.com

An Ancient Glory Rises

One of the great schools of antiquity—Buddhism’s Nalanda University—is being rebuilt in India.

Over the decades, Nalanda declined in prominence. In the 12th century it was destroyed by Turkish-Muslim marauders who all but pushed Buddhism out of India. But now, centuries later, political leaders from throughout Asia have joined forces with [...]

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In Buddhist news

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Big Trouble Under The Banyan Tree

The holiest site in the Buddhist world has become mired in corruption, mismanagement and crime.

For thousands of years, a certain spot under a huge tree in a sleepy village in northeast India has drawn Buddhists from around the world. Here, some 2,500 years ago, a wandering monk named [...]

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In Buddhist news

This is an interesting article about the growing political power of certain Buddhist groups in several Asian countries.

clipped from www.newsweek.com

Armies of the Enlightened

Throughout Asia, Buddhism is growing fast, playing an increasingly political—and, in some spots, militant—role.

In recent years, massive groups of fervent believers have taken to the streets of Asia with angry political demands. [...]

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