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    Thailand lurches toward Chaos Paid Member

    Posted by tricycleblog on 21 Mar 2007
    Bad news keeps piling up in Thailand. Three (Buddhist) women were shot in what some headlines call an "ambush" yesterday in (80% Muslim) southern Thailand. They were in a truck travelling to work. As a response the (Buddhist) government has sent security forces south, and where there are troops there will be abuses. The government denies it is "disappearing" Muslims and blames the mess on the previous government. Human Rights Watch is keeping an eye on this situation. More »
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    Buddhist chaplain thrown out of jail Paid Member

    Posted by tricycleblog on 26 Feb 2007
    Buddhist chaplain Frank Tedesco was kicked out of the Pinellas County Jail recently for allegedly breaking jail rules and bringing contraband behind bars. (Pinellas County is in the Tampa Bay area and contains the city of St. Petersburg, Florida.) From The St. Petersburg Times: Tedesco, 60, an unpaid volunteer, thinks the blowup stems at least in part from a Christian bias. Prison authorities disagree, claiming Tedesco tried the patience of prison personnel and flouted the rules. Among his offenses were bringing in a calligraphy pen and books that were considered contraband. Tedesco, who got interested in Zen as a teenager, was described as "annoying" and "problematic" by those he worked with. He also wrote obituaries for the Clearwater desk of the paper that printed this story. Now that's an interesting job. More »
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    Railway brings "huge surge" of visitors to Tibet Paid Member

    Posted by tricycleblog on 15 Feb 2007
    The People's Daily Online reports that the rail link to Lhasa allowed many more Buddhist pilgrims to attend the December 27th Sera Bengqin Festival at Sera Monastery than in previous years. As the People's Daily put it, "Tibet ended its history without a railway in July 2006," but the railroad has brought more concern than jubilation for Tibetans, who understandably would rather diminish than strengthen their ties with "mainland" China. When the railway first opened I read about the Tibetan plateau's fragile ecosystem, home to several unique species, and rather like an island in biological terms. More »
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    The Soul as a Rainbow Paid Member

    Posted by tricycleblog on 07 Feb 2007
    The Christian Post, a website providing daily coverage of Christianity all around the globe, is preparing its readers for the Dalai Lama's upcoming U.S. visit with an article called, "How to Evangelize Tibetan Buddhists in the West," by Michelle Vu. "'The Dalai Lama’s visit to the U.S. this spring is certain to heighten awareness about Buddhists,'" says David Householder, author of Jesus in a New Age, Dalai Lama World. (Householder writes under the nom de plume Marku Tsering. More »
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    Dalai Lama says new rail link bringing trouble to Lhasa Paid Member

    Posted by tricycleblog on 31 Jan 2007
    Speaking in Mumbai on Wednesday, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama reportedly said the new rail link to Lhasa was bringing prostitutes and beggars to Tibet: Beggars and the handicapped are coming to Lhasa in huge numbers. China is also forcing prostitutes to go to Lhasa, leading to the increased danger of AIDS. More »
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    Dalai Lama tells India and China to just get along Paid Member

    Posted by tricycleblog on 17 Jan 2007
    Speaking in Kolkata, the Dalai Lama called for improved relations between China and India. Calling himself India's "longest guest" (he's fast approaching the 50-year mark) the DL said friendship between India and China would benefit not only the nations themselves and the rest of Asia, but the entire world. China and India are important trading partners, but are engaged in a long bitter struggle to fix their mutual border. More »