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by KAZUHIRO NAKATA, Asahi Shimbun, January 26, 2015
KOYA, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan -- In sub-zero temperatures in this mountainous region, Buddhist followers prayed Jan. 25 for the safety of hostages held by terrorist groups in their annual ablution ceremony in frigid waters here.
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by Frank Langfitt, NPR, January 2, 2015
Shanghai, China -- China today is a whirlwind of competing trends: authoritarianism versus personal freedom; pollution versus environmentalism, and self-interest versus spirituality.
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by Evie Lundevie Lund, RocketNews, Jan 12, 2015
Tokyo, Japan -- Here’s a familiar saying: “In Ancient Egypt, cats were worshipped as gods; they have never forgotten this.”
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by He Huifeng , South China Morning Post, 12 December, 2014
Henan, China -- Plans by a Chinese university to give an honorary title to the abbot of a Buddhist temple have been criticised by social media users on the mainland.
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By Charles Pulliam-Moore, Towleroad.com, Dec 7, 2014
Kyoto, Japan -- The Shunkoin Temple in Kyoto, Japan has become the first zen Buddhist temple offering to officiate symbolic same sex weddings within the country.
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By Loa Iok-sin, Taipei Times, Dec 8, 2014
Taipei, Taiwan -- Buddhist Master Shih Chao-hwei has written an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping urging the release of Buddhist Master Shi Shengguan, a Chinese citizen, who was arrested in May in China and has been in detention since then.
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Economic Times, Dec 3, 2014
NEW DELHI, India -- While transgressions by Chinese soldiers in Ladakh in September and the resultant standoff were widely reported, an incursion of another kind shrouded in mystery is said to have taken place in Tibet at around the same time.
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Kyodo, Nov 25, 2014
NAGASAKI, Japan -- Four South Korean men were taken into police custody Monday on suspicion of stealing a Buddha statue from a temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, local police said.
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BBC, 4 November 2014
Koyasan, Japan -- A fashion show starring Buddhist monks as catwalk models has been held in Japan, it's reported.
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The Nation, 2 November 2014
The following is the resolution adopted by delegates of the World Fellowship of Buddhist at the 27th General Conference held in China.
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