Institute to propagate Buddhist activities

by Jayampathy JAYASINGHE, Sunday Observer, Sept 5, 2010

Colombo, Sri Lanka -- A Dharmasasana International Buddhist Research Trust have been set up under the Public Trustee's Office to establish a training institute to propagate Buddhist activities, the Chief Incumbent of the Stockholm Buddhist Viharaya, Kiridigalle Dharmaratana Thera who spoke to the Sunday Observer, said.

Somewhere between nature and the mind

by Maike Winters, The Island, September 4, 2010

A visit to the Nilambe Buddhist Meditation Centre

Kandy, Sri Lanka -- It takes more than an hour by bus from Kandy, a very rocky tuktuk ride up a mountain and exposure to blood-thirsty leeches to get to the Meditation Centre.

Malaysians scale Himalayas to help Ladakh flood victims

Bernama, August 31, 2010

LEH, Ladakh (India) -- It was total self-sacrifice by several Malaysians who scaled the rugged Himalayan mountains to bring cheer to traumatised families and children in the remote Ladakh area, distressed by a recent cloudburst.

Kalon Tripa Inaugurates Prayer Halls at Sera Jey Monastery School

Tibet Custom, August 25 2010

Bylakuppe, India -- After inaugurating two newly built prayer halls of the Tibetan Secondary School at Sera Jey Monastery, Kalon Tripa Prof Samdong Rinpoche said "the school must include courses on Buddhist treatises in its curriculum".

Dalai Lama gives sermon at Nyingma Monastery in Manali

ANI, Aug 22, 2010

Manali, India -- Hundreds of Tibetan Buddhist monks and devotees participated in a religious congregation addressed by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama here on Sunday.

Dalai Lama says there is no gender bias in Buddhism

Sify News, Aug 21, 2010

Dalai Lama celebrates birthday with supporters

Lahaul, India -- Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul district on Friday, there is no gender bias in Buddhism and nothing prevents a woman from becoming his successor.

Legacy of over 2000 years of Buddhist worship

The Sunday Times, Aug 22, 2010

Colombo, Sri Lanka -- The first copies of the two volumes of the books on the Dalada Maligawa – The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, written by the late Professor Anuradha Seneviratna were presented to President Mahinda Rajapaksa last week by Chairman of Vijitha Yapa Publications Vijitha Yapa.

Afghan archaeologists find Buddhist site as war rages

Reuters, Aug 17, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Archaeologists in Afghanistan, where Taliban Islamists are fighting the Western-backed government, have uncovered Buddhist-era remains in an area south of Kabul, an official said today.

Time short for Ladakh flood victims as winter looms

By Beatrice Le Bohec, AFP, Aug 16, 2010

LEH, India -- Winters come harsh and early in India's Himalayan region of Ladakh, where the waning summer spells more hardship for thousands left homeless by devastating flash floods.

Sri Lanka convenes an international Buddhist congress to mark the 2,600 Sambuddha Jayanthi anniversary

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corp, 14 August 2010 21:00

Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Prime Minister D.M.Jayaratne says the government has arranged a wider programme to propagate Buddhism throughout the world from Sri Lanka in the same manner Buddhism was propagated by India in the history.