Showing posts with label Buddhism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buddhism. Show all posts
Monday, 26 September 2022

Tree is granted membership in Manitoba Buddhist Temple

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Spiritual buffoonery isn't restricted to New Agers, charismaniacs, or liberal "Christians." As reported by John Longhurst of ...
Friday, 9 October 2020

40 years ago: Pope John Paul II meets the Dalai Lama

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On October 9, 1980, Pope John Paul II held a private audience with the Dalai Lama at the Vatican. While this blogger is unaware of what was...
Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Rabbi in Toledo presents lecture on "Jewish Mindfulness"

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Mindfulness is a practice rooted in Buddhism that's being increasingly promoted in Western society. As Ray Yungen stated , mindfulnes...
Saturday, 17 November 2018

"Secular" Oasis community incorporates practices from various religions

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The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God... Psalms 14:1a (also Psalms 53:1a) Having a form of godliness, but denying the power the...
Monday, 22 October 2018

Buddhist and Roman Catholic nuns hold their first inter-religious meeting in Taiwan

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It comes as no surprise to this blogger that the link that unites Buddhist and Roman Catholic nuns is the practice of contemplative spiritua...
Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Recent articles from the Daily Telegraph document Britain's--and Western society's--increasing insanity

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Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:.. ...Woe unto them that call evil good, and goo...
Monday, 10 September 2018

Contemplative spirituality links various religions at syncretistic event in Little Rock

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Can two walk together, except they be agreed? Amos 3:3 Associated Press expresses a dim view of unauthorized republication of its artic...
Sunday, 4 February 2018

Chinese government officials are accused of taking over a Tibetan Buddhist monastery

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Christian churches aren't the only religious institutions facing persecution from China's Communist government, but they will do wel...
Friday, 12 January 2018

Japanese Buddhist priest charged with theft of women's lingerie

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An old item that I recently discovered, as reported by Casey Baseel of SoraNews 24 , August 26, 2015 (originally reported by Sankei News , ...
Tuesday, 31 October 2017

And now--robot priests

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Robot clergy might be acceptable for a religion that consists of empty ritual, but not for a true faith in the living God. As reported by S...
Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Beware of the Simplicity Institute

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The Simplicity Institute , which appears to include some people who are ostensibly Christians, also seems mostly composed of woolly-headed i...
Sunday, 12 February 2017

Buddhist monk in Myanmar arrested while in possession of four million methamphetamine pills

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As reported by Associated Press , February 7, 2017 : YANGON, Myanmar -- A Buddhist monk has been arrested in Myanmar after authorities fou...
Wednesday, 28 October 2015

50 years ago: Pope Paul VI promulgates Second Vatican Council's Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate)

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There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Proverbs 14:12 (also Proverbs 16:25) Can two w...
Friday, 17 July 2015

Newspaper "Religion Calendar" items offer an interesting snapshot of the current scene

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From the Edmonton Journal 's Religion Calendar , July 11, 2015 (bold in original, links inserted by blogger): Summer Silent Directed ...
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Friday, 21 February 2014

25 years ago: Violent Islamic protests over The Satanic Verses contrast with peaceful Christian protests over The Last Temptation of Christ

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On February 14, 1989, Iran's Supreme Ruler, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa --a legal judgment--encouraging Muslims to kill ...