http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia/ Religious and Spiritual News en leonid@spirithit.com admin@spirithit.com Copyright © 2005 SpiritHit.com hourly 2 2005-05-17T21:51:01-05:00 http://news.spirithit.com/images/rss/spirithit.gif http://news.spirithit.com/ 137 24 Seoul, South Korea -- Almost anywhere you go in Korea these days you are likely to see brightly colored lanterns festooning streets and neighborhoods and other areas where a Buddhist temple… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia/more/buddhas_birthday/ 2005-05-11T22:13:01-05:00 Gangtok, Sikkim (India) -- In his Sikkim sermons the 14th Dalai Lama stressed on inner development, compassion and universal responsibility. This was the Dalai Lama’s fourth visit… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia/more/dalai_lama_develop_mind_and_heart/ 2005-05-02T17:31:00-05:00 Dharamsala, India -- On the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the Tibetan People's Uprising, I convey my warm greetings to my fellow Tibetans in Tibet and in exile and to our friends… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia/more/the_statement_of_the_dalai_lama/ 2005-03-10T19:04:00-05:00 A decade ago, a six-year-old boy was named by the Dalai Lama as a spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was . http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia/more/tibets_missing_spiritual_guide/ 2005-05-17T21:51:01-05:00 Dharamsala, India -- Tibetan Buddhism, at the receiving end of alleged repressive Chinese policies for decades, may now be an instrument of positive change in the strained Sino-Tibetan… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia/more/dalai_lamas_spiritualism_softening_chinese_hearts/ 2005-05-16T18:40:00-05:00 Uzbekistan -- President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan has blamed Islamic militants for violent clashes that reportedly left up to 500 people killed when troops opened fire on protestors in… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia/more/uzbekistan_blames_islamic_radicals_for_violence/ 2005-05-16T16:12:01-05:00 Bangkok, Thailand -- The proposed World Visakha Bucha celebration is unlikely to materialise after irreconcilable differences between the Sangha Council and the elements it characterised… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia/more/world_buddhism_event_falls_apart/ 2005-04-25T18:11:00-05:00 Seoul, South Korea -- The Chogye Order, the nation’s largest Buddhist sector, is embroiled in a relay of internal illegalities and irregularities and is tainting its transcendent… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia/more/corruption_scandals_rock_nations_largest_buddhist_order/ 2005-04-22T00:43:01-05:00 Tamil Nadu, India -- It's a Buddhist sage, and in mid-December the 5in figure was, like so many in rural Burma, placed in a little decorated kiosk, strapped to a crude bamboo raft… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia/more/tsunami_carried_bronze_buddha_across_the_ocean/ 2005-04-21T23:17:00-05:00 Bangladesh -- US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Asia Foundation have launched a program to “enhance the role of imams” in Bangladesh, The Daily Star reported… http://news.spirithit.com/index/asia/more/us_funds_imams_training_in_bangladesh/ 2005-04-18T19:09:01-05:00