Fire at 300-Year-Old Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiruZUc1o7-OUkD40dtQ4bBuPAzpGALfgCdVJIomn94KEVEWeAN08uHdh7mHyq4novFHv9EVa1855TB9Z3mx84vOAzPv9IUhoVjHERnWU5PnbSPzyFTmOsUkfc4at87DOCHvA1KRkV2o/s1600/2012072014383855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiruZUc1o7-OUkD40dtQ4bBuPAzpGALfgCdVJIomn94KEVEWeAN08uHdh7mHyq4novFHv9EVa1855TB9Z3mx84vOAzPv9IUhoVjHERnWU5PnbSPzyFTmOsUkfc4at87DOCHvA1KRkV2o/s1600/2012072014383855.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NNN--- Items of worship, including a Buddha statue dating back hundreds of years, were reduced to ash on 17 July 2012 when a fire broke out at an 18th-century pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Buddhists were preparing for a ceremonial offering at Hoi Son pagoda when the power went out and they discovered the fire in the nave of the pagoda, according to Venerable Thich Thien Hao. Extinguishing the fire was difficult because the pagoda is on a hill. Investigation of the fire cause is ongoing. The pagoda was listed as a national architecture relic in 1993. Photo courtesy baomoi.com---NNN<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Fire at 300-Year-Old Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City

NNN--- Items of worship, including a Buddha statue dating back hundreds of years, were reduced to ash on 17 July 2012 when a fire broke o...

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Discovery of Buddhist Stupa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A Buddhist Stupa site was discovered in Munjuluru Village, Bantumilli Manda, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh by the State Department of Archaeology, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh in 2010 consisting of a hemispherical mound about 10 meters height with rectangular projections at the base on four cordinal directions found in the Village Munjuluru in an extent of 43 cms. The brick size measures 27x23x7 cms. in the surrounding areas of the mound noticed black and red ware, buff along with conch shells. Broken Ayaka Pillar of lime stone and pitha datable to 5th – 6th century A.D. were also noticed.<span class="apple-style-span"> ---PIB<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div>

Discovery of Buddhist Stupa

A Buddhist Stupa site was discovered in Munjuluru Village, Bantumilli Manda, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh by the State Department of A...

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2 More Monks Self-Immolate in Southwestern China

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">China</span></st1:country-region><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> says a former Tibetan monk has died after he and another man set themselves on fire in southwestern <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> - the latest in more than a dozen self-immolations by Tibetan Buddhists in the region in less than a year. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The Xinhua news agency, in a report Sunday, said the incidents occurred Friday in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sichuan</st1:place></st1:state> province near the flashpoint Kirti monastery.  The report said an 18-year-old died after setting himself ablaze in a hotel room near the monastery, shortly after another man was hospitalized after a similar incident at a nearby crossroads.  It said the man at the crossroads survived and later admitted the two incidents were planned together.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">At least 14 Tibetan Buddhists have set themselves on fire in the province in the past 10 months, since a young monk protesting Chinese rule died after self-immolating outside the monastery in March.  That death sparked months of protests by monks and nuns and triggered a major Chinese crackdown that included the arrests and disappearances of hundreds of monks.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">China</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> insists the self-immolations were carried out by lawbreakers.  Sunday, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying the burnings were carried out by people who had "previously been punished for their wrongdoings, such as visiting prostitutes, gambling, burglary or deep debt."   <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The U.S. State Department in November urged <st1:city w:st="on">Beijing</st1:city> to address its "counter-productive policies" in Tibetan areas of <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sichuan</st1:place></st1:state> province.  A spokeswoman said <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s policies have created tensions which threaten the unique religious, cultural, and linguistic identity of the Tibetan people.<span class="apple-style-span"> ---VOA News<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div>

2 More Monks Self-Immolate in Southwestern China

China says a former Tibetan monk has died after he and another man set themselves on fire in southwestern China - the latest in more tha...

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Russian Buddhists want Dalai Lama to visit

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: .1in; margin-left: 36.6pt; margin-right: .1in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: left; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-overlap: never; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: .05pt;"><tbody> <tr style="height: 418.0pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td colspan="3" style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 418.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 294.0pt;" valign="top" width="490"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Happiness-10th-Anniversary-Handbook/dp/1594488894?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living" height="320" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1594488894&tag=widgetsamazon-20" width="202" /></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1594488894" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />ELISTA (RIA Novosti) - Buddhists in Russia's Kalmykia region have asked the Foreign Ministry to allow the Dalai Lama to visit the country, a representative of a Kalmyk central temple said.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Russia has consistently refused to allow the Dalai Lama to visit.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kalmykia, on the Caspian north coast, is European Russia's only <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stages-Meditation-Dalai-Lama/dp/1559391979?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Buddhis</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1559391979" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />t-dominated region.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Earlier this year the Dalai Lama announced his retirement as Tibetan political leader and said he would hand power to an elected successor.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959, has repeatedly said he seeks autonomy for Tibet rather than independence from China.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beijing accused the Nobel Peace Prize winner of orchestrating the March 2008 unrest in Tibet, which left 19 people dead and 623 injured, according to official Chinese reports. The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Exile-Autobiography-Dalai-Lama/dp/0060987014?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Dalai Lama</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0060987014" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> has denied the allegations.</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 145.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 145.2pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.35in;" valign="top" width="162"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 145.2pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 96.6pt;" valign="top" width="161"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 145.2pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 100.2pt;" valign="top" width="167"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table></div>

Russian Buddhists want Dalai Lama to visit

ELISTA (RIA Novosti) - Buddhists in Russia's Kalmykia region have asked the Foreign Ministry to allow the Dalai Lama to visit ...

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