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Graduate students from the Harvard Buddhist Community (HBC) met with 12 students from the College yesterday in an effort to expand undergraduate involvement in Buddhism on campus through meditation, discussion, and education. Alan G. Wagner, a 6th year graduate student in Chinese Buddhism and a board member of HBC, said that currently, the HBC does not have a strong influence within the undergraduate community. He described the meeting as an “open forum to talk about Buddhism and about what a Buddhist presence in the College might look like.” Adam S. Lobel, a second year...
...psychotherapy can make people aware of the thought patterns that give rise to emotional problems, but it rarely helps people change them. Changing habits of thought requires conscious effort and practice and often outside help. The best sources of help I have found are innovative forms of psychotherapy and Buddhist psychology...
...fact, a vibrant international destination for families and individuals from across Thailand and around the world. Gone are the days of catering to American G.I.s and in are the days of honeymooners, independent backpackers, and families of all cultures. With water parks, shopping malls, nearby tropical islands, sailboating, zoos, Buddhist temples, water sports and several world-class 18-hole golf courses, there is little doubt why the young European family I met the other day has returned on four different occasions...
Like every shopkeeper and hotel manager on the Buddhist trail, Yadav complains that the government could be doing more: although India's central and state governments insist that promoting the Buddhist trail is a priority, most of the connecting roads are poor, trains don't run on time, tourists who face problems won't get any help from the police and finding foreign exchange is often impossible...
...deer park and preach for the first time. By daytime the deer park is unimpressive. As the sun sets, though, the brick ruins of the monasteries glow incandescently amid the lush green grass. Just beyond the park's walls, a peacock climbs the roof of a Burmese Buddhist monastery to watch the sunset. In the other corner, near a statue of the Buddha preaching to his first five disciples, visitors gather around a monk who starts reciting the master's first sermon. As you listen, it is as if 2,500 years have been rolled back and you are hearing...