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The Moment of Peace
What are you doing Saturday night? Here's an idea: don't do anything. Be silent. Do this for one hour. This Saturday night, June 18th, at 8:00pm in your local timezone, people from around the world will join together for "The Moment of Peace," the brainchild of Dean Crabb. The goal is to get one million people to participate in mindful silence together. Crabb, like many of us, feels that the world is much too busy most of the time and believes that a moment of peace together could be a powerful symbol to help alleviate the world's suffering. What will you do during that quiet hour on a Saturday night? Well, that's up to you. You could meditate, pray, or just sit there. The important part is that you're silent. Read more about "The Moment of Peace." More » -
BuddhaFest: Fire Under the Snow starts today!
Fire Under the Snow tells the powerful story of Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan Buddhist monk arrested by the Chinese Communist Army in 1959. He spent the next 33 years in prisons and labor camps for the "crimes" of peaceful demonstration and refusal to denounce his apolitical teacher as an Indian spy. While in prison, Palden Gyatso was tortured and forced to live in dehumanizing conditions. His courage and resilience, however, is a testament to the human spirit.Sign up for the Tricycle BuddhaFest Online Film Festival, and watch Fire Under the Snow today.Watch an interview with Makoto Sasa, director and producer of Fire Under the Snow. Trailer: More » -
Memorial Day Lantern Floating Ceremony
If you happen to be in the Honolulu area today, be sure to head to Ala Moana Beach Park for the annual Memorial Day Lantern Floating Ceremony, hosted by the Japanese Buddhist organization Shinnyo-En. From LanternFloatingHawaii.com: More » -
Sweetcake Enso at San Francisco Zen Center 4/29-5/29
The traveling art exhibiton Sweetcake Enso, which visited several New York-area centers in the fall of 2010 before heading to the Village Zendo in January 2011 (when the area received a record three feet of snowfall, on top of nearly two feet that fell on December 26th) is setting up shop at San Francisco Zen Center tomorrow, April 29th until May 29th. The Artists' Reception will be tomorrow night from 7 PM to 9 PM. Read more about this month-long exhibition here. More » -
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Awake in the World: Forgiveness
(Left to Right: Helen Whitney, Reverend Petero Sabune, Donald Shriver, Sensei Nancy Mujo Baker, Helen Tworkov) More » -
Robert Thurman on the Dalai Lama's Retirement: An Interview
Robert Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, and co-founder and President of Tibet House US. A personal friend of the Dalai Lama for over 40 years, his latest book is Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet and the World. Recently we were able to chat about the Dalai Lama's retirement, the future of Tibet, his relationship with HHDL, and the importance of putting practice into action. This interview was conducted over email, as Thurman is currently "inbetween things" while traveling in Bhutan. He will be teaching at InsightLA on April 30. —Sam Mowe More »















