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Meditation helps local Buddhists find their path (Rapid City Journal) The Buddhist prayer flags that hang in Don Jones’ driveway are Tibetan, but the Buddhist meditation that Jones practices in his living room is not. us.rd.yahoo.com
THE MINDFUL CANDIDATE (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news) It is my belief that Barack Obama's successful presidential campaign, which was based on the concept of "change we can believe in," and its underlying message are synonymous with Buddhist self-transformation. In Buddhism, people who are transformed become selfless and dedicated to serving others. us.rd.yahoo.com
Music: Little Man's big 'MIND' (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Everything's zen for Chris Perricelli on the latest CD by his ever-changing but permanently timeless band. us.rd.yahoo.com
Portsmouth area religious services (Portsmouth Herald) Portsmouth us.rd.yahoo.com
In brief: Matters of Faith (Anchorage Daily News) Faith & values us.rd.yahoo.com
Religion notes (Asheville Citizen-Times) Alice Rutland, of Asheville, recently received the Reed & Nancy Freeman Award for Merit from the Very Rev. Dr. William S. Stafford, dean of the School of Theology at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. us.rd.yahoo.com
Calendar blog: Saturday Nov. 8 happenings (The Burlington Free Press) If you go gaga over guitars head to the Phoenix Books and Cafe tonight and catch Robert Shaw, guitar aficionado and art historian. He will present his newest book, "Hand Made, Hand Played: The Art and Craft of Contemporary Guitars." Players, craftspeople, collectors, and those who are simply fans of this popular instrument should head down to check it out. 7 p.m. 872-7111. ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Borrowed blessings (Portland Tribune) You wouldn’t use the flag of a country as a tablecloth – it is the venerated symbol of a nation. Similarly, you wouldn’t construct a coffee table from an altar. Increasingly, however, people are using images of the Buddha as casual décor items. Indeed, statues of the Buddha are ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Sex, lies and the dharma (Metro Times Detroit) It’s a place of meditation and devotion, a source of solace and inner peace, a refuge where we seek a sense of continuity with life. Call it a church, temple or center, we go there to worship or practice in confidence and trust ... or do we? us.rd.yahoo.com
Renowned Kyudo (Zen archery) Master Kanjuro Shibata Sensei to Present in L.A. (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) The Los Angeles Shambhala Center presents a public talk and Zen archery workshop given by Kanjuro Shibata Sensei over the weekend, Oct 30 and November 1st and 2nd. us.rd.yahoo.com
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