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Shutting its doors on the Dalai Lama - The UN's Millenium peace summit of spiritual leaders. World Tibet Network News story.
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Suite 101: Buddhism - Articles and discussion of Buddhism.
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To rebuild paradise: The Afghan Buddhas - Afghan sculptor Amanulah Haiderzad returned to Bamiyan from New York to oversee the reconstruction of the Buddha statues, at the Karzai government's request.
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Buddhist News Network - A Buddhist News Network established by Upakara Kalyana Mitta Buddhist Association (UKMBA), as a platform for news relevant to all Buddhists.
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Tricycle: Asleep at the Wheel - Criticizes Tricycle, Buddhism's leading magazine and the face of the religion to outsiders, to fact check its articles.
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Buddhism summit wraps up with plea against war in Iraq - Buddhist clerics called on U.S. President George W. Bush not to wage war against Iraq as they wrapped up a three-day international meeting.
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Celebrity Buddhist priest convicted of forgery - Temple head and TV personality Mudo Oda was dealt a suspended prison sentence Thursday after a court found him guilty of fraudulently attempting to take over a religious organization.
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Fourteen letters discovered in Nagoya attributed to founder of major Zen sect - Fourteen letters discovered at a temple in Nagoya (Japan) last year were written by Eisai a group of researchers said Wednesday. Eisai was the founder of the Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist sect.
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