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...discovered 9 months ago, a multinational team of archaeologists has announced that the rooms prove that ancient inscriptions claiming the site is Buddha's birthplace are true. The inscriptions were found on a pillar at the ancient Maya Devi temple erected by Ashoka, an Indian king who converted to Buddhism and spread the religion to East Asian nations more than two thousand years ago. Japanese Bhuddists have already announced plans for a new temple in Lumbini, and Nepal plans to turn the town into an international tourist attraction...
...next event is a speech by Professor Lin Yun, the Supreme Leader of Black Sect Tantric Buddhism, on Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the Yenching Lecture Hall at 2 Divinity Avenue...
Naomi S. Stern '97, the organizer of the event, explained that the forum was a result of collaboration between the Catholic Students Association (CSA) and Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel. Representatives of Secular Humanism, Catholicism, Judaism and Zen Buddhism accepted the invitation to address students on the philosophy of their respective religions...
Charles A. Goodman '97 spoke last on Zen Buddhism. According to Goodman, Zen acknowledges the perfectibility of humanity. He argued that people have perfection within them "just as ice is really already water." Zen, he suggested, provides a methodology for unearthing that perfection
Five panelists and the keynote speaker, Secretary-General Gertrude Mongella, spoke before an audience of about 50 people at "Beijing and Beyond." Individual panelists addressed topics including Islam, Buddhism, freedom of expression, leadership and women in the workforce...