Buddhism For The Deaf

Let's learn some terms relevant to Buddhism using sign language.The above video is just a short clip of a Buddhist VCD for the deaf produced by the Dharma For The Deaf Society, Malaysia which was launched last year. More clips are available on Youtu...

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Buddhist Personality : Anh Tuan

Name : Dang Anh TuanNationality : VietnamProfession : Singer ( a member of boyband F5...

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Buddhist Personality : Myokei Caine-Barrett

Buddhist Myokei Caine-Barrett is the first woman of African-Japanese descent, and the only Western woman, to be ordained as a priest in the Nichiren Order. She is the resident priest and guiding teacher for the Myoken-ji Temple, home of the Nichiren Buddhist Sangha of Texas. She talks about her journey to Buddhism in "The Black Pulpit," a weekly series that explores faith in the black community.My journey of faith began at age 11 when I began to...

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Insensitive Or Ignorant ?

Hong Kong people are grieving over the death of several of it's nationals in the recent bus hostage drama in Manila, Philipines. They are also angry and upset at how the Filipino authority mishandled the whole situation resulting in the death of their nationals. To add salt to a wound, the site of the drama was treated like a tourist spot by the locals. To see what happened after the drama was over , click hereI don't know if these people were just insensitive or ignorant...

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Just Photos - Buddha Bar Protest

Earlier this month, about 300 Indonesians gathered at the Buddha Bar restaurant to protest against it's operation. Prior to that, small scale protests were held in diffeent cities by Indonesians who were disturbed by the restaurant. Following are photos of some of the protests which were held recently ( few months ago ) in different places.One of the protests that really caught my attention is this one. Unlike others, this one was not carried out...

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