TCHRD: Torture is Endemic in Chinese Occupied Tibet
Filed Under Human Rights, China | Posted on June 26, 2007
TCHRD commemorates the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
As 26 June 2007 marks the tenth anniversary of the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) commemorates the day in support of victims of torture throughout the world.
Torture is one […]
Sariputra’s Elaboration of the Truth of Suffering
Filed Under Buddhadharma | Posted on June 22, 2007
As we have seen, in the Dhammakakkappavattana Sutta, the Buddha first laid out the first noble truth as:
Now this, O Bhikkhus, is the noble truth concerning suffering.
Birth is attended with pain, decay is painful, disease is painful, death is painful. Union with the unpleasant is painful, painful is separation from the pleasant; and any […]
Mia Farrow and Eric Reeves Announce Launch of Olympic Dream for Darfur Campaign
Filed Under Human Rights, China | Posted on June 22, 2007
NEW YORK - Darfur advocates Mia Farrow and Professor Eric Reeves, a leading expert on Sudan, announced today the launch of the Olympic Dream for Darfur campaign during a telephone press conference. The goal of the campaign is to urge the Chinese government, host of the 2008 Olympics and enabling partner of the Khartoum […]
Beijing Olympics: IOC Called Upon to Act on Abuses in Chinese Olympics Suppliers
Filed Under Human Rights, China | Posted on June 11, 2007
New Report Details Severe Workers’ Rights Violations in Several Chinese Factories
Brussels, 7 June 2007: On the eve of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in London, a new report “No medal for the Olympics on labour rights” released today by the PlayFair 2008 campaign group exposes gross violations of basic labour standards by […]
The Three Marks of Existence
Filed Under Buddhadharma | Posted on June 7, 2007
The previous post made reference to the Three Marks of Existence. Here’s a more complete explication.
The Three Marks are first defined in verses 277 - 279 of the Dhammapada:
277. “All conditioned things are impermanent” [anicca]– when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification.
278. […]
Walking on the Path of the Awakened State of Mind
Filed Under Commentary, Buddhadharma | Posted on June 7, 2007
In February of 2004, I was involved in establishing the Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship of Fayettteville. My primary motivation for creating the group arose out of 1) an intense interest in Buddhism, 2) an almost complete lack of any fundamental knowledge about Buddhism, and 3) the absence of a qualified teacher in the […]
The Buddha Diet
Filed Under Buddhadharma | Posted on June 6, 2007
Who’d have thought that the Buddha was giving weight loss advice?
Donapaka Sutta
King Pasenadi Goes on a Diet
Samyutta Nikaya 3.13
Translated from the Pali by Andrew Olendzki
Once when the Buddha was living at Savatthi, King Pasenadi of Kosala ate a whole bucketful of food, and then approached the Buddha, engorged and panting, and sat down to […]
Colossal Guru Rinpoche’s statue demolished in Tibet: China’s new religious affairs regulations for “TAR” entered into force
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on June 5, 2007
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) received confirmed information from reliable sources that, in mid May 2007 Chinese People’s Armed Police (PAP) demolished a colossal statue of Guru Padmasambava popularly known as Guru Rinpoche of the Samye Monastery and that rubble from the statue’s destruction is being transported to unknown location […]
Buddhism - “light on community compassion”?
Filed Under Commentary, Buddhadharma | Posted on June 2, 2007
Tyson Williams, in a strange little post entitled The Dalai Lama Down Under, cites some criticisms of contemporary Buddhism that he allows to stand unanswered. I thought I’d answer them.
Buddhism has been accused of being the religion you’re having when you’re not having a religion. Some argue it is a philosophy, not a […]
“Free Tibet” Antelope Defects from China’s Olympic Team
Filed Under Human Rights, China | Posted on June 1, 2007
Yingsel speaks out; calls on global community to join Free Tibet 2008 campaign
New York - Yingsel, an endangered Tibetan antelope and one of China’s five chosen mascots for the 2008 Olympic Games announced early this morning that she has defected from China’s Olympic team in order to actively campaign for the freedom of her […]
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