Category: Features
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Free School Opens in Delhi: Good News Network
A Dehli police officer who managed to crawl his way out of the city slums as a child is now giving back to poor children who live the lifestyle of skipping school and working odd jobs. With his free school, when class is in session in the parking lot of the famous Red Fort, Than…
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WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER
A Buddhist Peacemaker Born in Vietnam in 1926, Thich Nhat Hanh has been a peacemaker since his ordination as a Buddhist monk at the age of 16. During the Vietnam War, he helped villagers who were suffering as a result of bombing. He opposed his government’s policies and as a consequence was exiled from his…
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NEURODIVERSITY AND CREATIVITY
Dr Kai Syng Tan is an artist, curator, researcher, and consultant who lectures at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is known for her interdisciplinary/intercultural approach to making interventions in the world around her. She was diagnosed with ADHD in 2015 and since then has become an advocate for the notion of neurodiversity. She initiated a major…
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LIVING AND DYING IN PEACE
Dealing with life, death and beyond
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NEW LIFE THAILAND
AN INTERVIEW WITH JULIEN GRYPE We’re sitting in a little room at the end of a row of units used as accommodation for the volunteers and residents of New Life Thailand. This room is commonly used for counselling, life-coaching and therapy. Julien sits across the table looking calm despite his busy schedule as a meditation teacher…
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Bodhicharya Caribbean
Rinchen came to the Caribbean from England when he was 22 and lived in the Leewards during the ’70s and ’80s working in the islands – and living the life of a lay Buddhist.
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The Practical Buddhist: Coming Home
Teachings on The Joy and Comfort of Buddhism, of Finding Yourself _____________________________________________ NEW Video Series Based on posts from ThePracticalBuddhist.com, this video series by Hanh Niêm, Ronald Hirsch, presents both an easy to understand overview of Buddhist thought on why we suffer and the path to end suffering, and practical techniques on helping you reach that…
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Mindful Heroes – stories of journeys that changed lives
Mindfulness is well recognised as an effective way to deal with the challenges of modern life. So many people have experienced for themselves the power of allowing things to get better by not making them worse. But hopefully the story doesn’t end there. Might the mindfulness journey also prove to be an expression of a…
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Bullying: A New Approach
In almost every school, there are posters and there are assemblies that address a problem that 20% of kids face every day, bullying. Kids who are bullied “are at increased risk for depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, lower academic achievement, and dropping out of school.” (Pacer.org) It is these effects that make bullying an important issue…
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Positive News
Like many seaside towns in the UK, St Austell has suffered from changing holiday habits (even before the pandemic) and the decline of the fishing industry. A new arts project aims to reverse its fortunes – and that of the bee
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The Teachings of the Buddha
A double-edged question. The local ruler, called Abhaya, went to Nataputta, a monk who belonged to a community hostile to the Buddha. Nataputta said to Abhaya: ‘If you were to defeat Gautama, whom they call the Buddha, in public debate, your reputation would be hugely enhanced,’ Abhaya said: ‘How can I defeat Gautama in debate? …
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The Birth of a New World
How can I speak of hope when so many have died? The tragedy is that those who have passed are all the beloved of someone who lives to mourn them. Many innocent lives cut short. The sun continues to rise. As Francesca Melandri wrote, in A Letter from Italy, “We are witnessing the birth of…
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Prayer of Samantabhadra
Bodhicharya Winter Teaching 2020 – LIVE Teaching by WANGDU on NOVEMBER 26, 2020 in EVENTS, NEWS, RINGU TULKU, TEACHINGS. Prayer of Samantabhadra (Kunzang Mönlam) 14th – 21st December 2020 Daily at 2:30pm (GMT/UTC) Rinpoche has very kindly accepted our request to give a teaching on the ‘Prayer of Samantabhadra (Kunzang Mönlam)’. This direct and important text is not only an aspiration prayer, but also…
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THE UNIVERSAL WAY OF AVALOKITESVAR BODHISATTVA
AVALOKITESVAR SHRINE A Place to Pray to and Meditate on the Grace and Great Compassion of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva The Universal Way of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva- A Public Domain Translation of Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra Preface The Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Chapter of the Lotus Sutra is perhaps one of the most efficacious Dharma Doors ever…
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IN SEARCH OF MEDICINE, BEYOND CLOUDS
In NATURAL MEDICINE by Kate Roddick I felt on top of the world, with my letter of introduction to the Dalai Lama, in my pocket, close to my heart, we tickeled tocked, tickeled tocked, into the train station at Patankot. The mist had fallen onto the paddy fields, and plains left to right of the old sleeper…
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HONEY MORE EFFECTIVE THAN OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINES…
The following extract concerning the increased use of antibiotics for the treatment of colds and associated ailments is from the magazine Positive News. Honey could offer more effective treatment for some respiratory infections than prescription medicines, according to a study The pharmaceutical industry has developed a host of treatments for sore throats, blocked noses and coughs,…