Dalai Lama condemns Buddhist attacks on Muslims in Myanmar, Sri Lanka

May 8, 2013, Associated Press

NEW DELHI, India -- The Dalai Lama has reached out to monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, imploring them to end recent violence towards Muslims in their countries.

Disturbing Buddhist Trend toward Violence

by Bruce Matthews, Asian Sentinel, 2 MAY 2013

Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Recent incidents of anti-Muslim religious nationalism in Sri Lanka and Myanmar, ostensibly in defense of the Theravada Buddhist faith held by the majority, have opened fresh cultural and political wounds.

Conflict in Buddhism: 'Violence for the sake of peace?'

By Peter Shadbolt, CNN, April 22, 2013

Hong Kong, China -- For Thailand's Queen Sikrisit, 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 simply further proof of what she'd been saying for more than three years.

The battle for Buddha

by Anne Kingston, Macleans, April 21, 2013

Buddhist mindfulness goes corporate, and the purists aren’t pleased

Toronto, Canada -- When Janice Marturano conducted the “mindful leadership experience” workshop last January at the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland, she was hoping for an audience of 20 - at most. “I was prepared for one or two,” the founder and executive director of the Washington-based Institute for Mindful Leadership admits. She needn’t have worried.

Save Pali, ancient classical Indian language of Buddhism in India

by Prof. Dr. Siddharth Singh, The Buddhist Channel, Apr 16, 2013

New Delhi, India -- The Government of India has recently removed Pali - an ancient classical language - as a subject from the main examination of the Civil Services (popularly known as Indian Administrative Services i.e. IAS) of India, 2013, which were  under the purview of the UPSC (Union Public service Commission).