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Bangladesh Finalizes Agreement to Build Buddhist Monastery in Lumbini, Nepal

Design based on the revered Sompura Mahavihara in Bangladesh

Lumbini , Nepal-general- , Nepal , Bangladesh , Kathmandu , Bagmati , Dhaka , Bangladeshi , Salahuddin-noman-chowdhury , Alamgir-islam-khan , Dipen-barua , Sheikh-hasina

From Bangladesh to Hong Kong: Connecting Buddhist Cultures through the Tradition of Annaprashan

Bangladeshi Buddhist ritual takes root in Hong Kong's Buddhist community

Bengali , Bangladesh-general- , Bangladesh , Hong-kong , University-of-hong-kong , Hong-kong-general- , Sri-lanka , Bangladeshi , King-bimbisara , Khuddaka-nikaya , Tijil-barua , Tirokudda-sutta

Facing Impermanence: Palyul Center Bulgaria During the Time of Pandemic

This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds.
To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movement of a dance.
A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky,
Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain. (
Lalitavistara Sutra)
Impermanence! Facing impermanence is a matter of time: sooner or later it reveals its nature. Accepting impermanence is a matter of mental and emotional ability. Sometimes this is a hard and painful process. This past year of pandemic has been an intense and sad period, in which impermanence has revealed, every single hour and day, death, sickness, pain, worry, insecurity, and separation. In this period, we are hoping for better times to come; trying to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Such a light is the Dharma itself, the profound teachings of the Buddha. How can the light of the Dharma illuminate our path, help us to accept impermanence, and protect our minds in these challenging times? Buddhistdoor Global discussed the difficulties and the spiritual lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic for Dharma practitioners in one of the most active Buddhist centers in Bulgaria—Palyul Center Bulgaria. We spoke with Javor Konstantinov and Roman Stanoev, co-chairs of Palyul Center Bulgaria and Dharma practitioners of long experience, who take care of the center and help new members of the Bulgarian Palyul sangha.

Bulgaria , Sofia , Sofiya-grad , Bulgarians , Bulgarian , Kyabje-thubten-palzang-rinpoche , Roman-stanoev , Khenpo-sange-rangjung-rinpoche , Lama-dawa-norbu , Khenpo-dawa , Chogtrul-rinpoche , Pema-rinpoche

UPDATE: INEB Calls for Reconciliation in Myanmar as Pro-democracy Protests Turn Violent

By Craig Lewis
From facebook.com
Leading a growing chorus of voices in the Buddhist world in response to the military coup that overthrew the civilian government of Myanmar (formerly Burma) on 1 February,* the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) has issued a public statement urging reconciliation in the Southeast Asian nation and calling for the unhindered restoration of democratic processes.
In an open letter shared with Buddhistdoor Global titled “Calling for Reconciliation, Non-Violence, and Democratic Processes in Myanmar,” INEB, which works to overcome suffering by applying the values of the Buddhadharma through socially engaged Buddhism, states:
As the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB), our members—Buddhists as well as those of other faiths and non-religious standpoints—represent a variety of peoples across Asia, and other parts of the world including the Americas, Europe, Oceana, and Africa. Our network has a long commitment to building peaceful societies together through using a compassionate, holistic and thoroughly non-violent approach. As Buddhists, we find violence an unskillful way of dealing with conflict that also leads to intolerable levels of human suffering.

Aung-hlaing , Ayeyarwady , Myanmar , Loikaw , Kayah-state , Nay-pyi-taw , Mandalay , Yangon , United-states , Magwe , Magway , Thailand

Peace Sangha Union Issues Statement on Myanmar Coup as Buddhist Monks Join Pro-democracy Protests

By Craig Lewis
Buddhistdoor Global | 2021-02-08 |
The international Buddhist organization Peace Sangha Union has issued a public statement denouncing the recent military coup d’état in Myanmar. As pro-democracy protests and strikes continue, Buddhist monks and nuns have joined tens of thousands of civilian demonstrators marching in towns and cities across this Southeast Asian nation, protesting the military’s removal and detention of Myanmar’s democratically elected leaders on 1 February, and calling for democracy to be restored.
The military declared a year-long state of emergency in Myanmar (formerly Burma) on 1 February, hours after detaining President Win Myint, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, and other senior members of the governing National League for Democracy (NLD) party. The coup took place just hours before he country’s new parliament was due to convene following a general election in November last year, during which the NLD made substantial electoral gains.

Myanmar , Nay-pyi-taw , Mandalay , Aung-hlaing , Ayeyarwady , United-states , Yangon , Thailand , India , Singapore , Rangoon , Sri-lanka

Engaged Buddhism: JTS Korea Donates COVID-19 Relief Supplies to Myanmar in Cooperation with INEB and KMF

By Craig Lewis
Buddhistdoor Global | 2021-01-22 |
JTS Korea volunteers pose with the shipment of COVID-19 relief supplies ready to be shipped to Myanmar. Image courtesy of JTS Korea
The Buddhist humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society Korea (JTS Korea), founded by the renowned Korean Seon (Zen) monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, working in cooperation with the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) and the Kalyana Mitta Development Foundation (KMF), has donated US$130,000 in COVID-19 medical relief supplies to Myanmar.
“JTS Korea has donated protective materials worth US$130,000 to support health workers and medical professionals working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar,” the Seoul-based relief organization told Buddhistdoor Global “KMF coordinated the multistep process of receiving the materials at the international seaport and distributing them, and also the vital work of securing the various necessary government permits and authorizations.

Yangon , Myanmar , Germany , Seoul , Soult-ukpyolsi , South-korea , Philippines , Bangladesh , United-states , India , Thailand , Nepal

Ksitigarbha, Liveblogging from Hell

Mount Jiuhua. From chinatouradvisor.wordpress.com
As livebloggers go, the Korean monk Kim Gyo-gak is far from typical. According to Wikipedia, he was born more than 1,000 years ago, encountered Buddhism on a trip to China, became a monk on his return to Korea, then returned to China in 719 to cultivate himself deep in the wilds of Mount Jiuhua, in Anhui Province. He took the name Jijang (Skt: Ksitigarbha) and lived there as a hermit until his death at 99 years old.
When the nobleman who owned the mountain where he practiced offered to build him a temple, Jijang convinced his aspiring benefactor with a magical gesture to cede the entire mountain to the Dharma, and thus his

Japan , Anhui , China , Japanese , Bodh-gaya , Kim-gyo-gak , Mount-jiuhua , Jijang-skt , Roshi-bernie-glassman , Earth-store-ksitigarbha , Shakyamuni-buddha , Maitreya-buddha

Sing Me A Song: The Impact of Screens on a Remote Bhutanese Mountain Village

By Nina Müller
Peyangki with Ugyden and her daughter. Image courtesy of Participant
Sing Me A Song is a new documentary film by French director Thomas Balmès that explores the ways in which rapid technological development has impacted the remote mountain village of Laya in Bhutan. The film, which received rave reviews after it premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), was released to the wider public on 1 January this year and it is available on US cable networks as well as on iTunes, Amazon, Prime Video, VUDU, Google Play, YouTube, Microsoft, and Vimeo.
While the documentary is considered by many to be a sequel to Balmès’ 2013 film

Thimphu , Bhutan , Toronto , Ontario , Canada , France , Bhutanese , French , Nicolas-rabaeus , Google , Youtube , Toronto-international-film-festival

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Germany , New-york , United-states , Taiwan , Japan , India , Thailand , United-kingdom , Brazil , China , Vietnam , Republic-of

Buddhist-Influenced Filmmaking in an Extraordinary Time: An Interview with Gaetano Maida

By Daniel Millet Gil and Raymond Lam
Buddhistdoor Global | 2020-12-22 |
IBFF2008 Mexico City. Image courtesy of Gaetano Maida
Film producer and international film festival organizer Gaetano Kazuo Maida is the executive director of the Buddhist Film Foundation (BFF). He is a founding director of the Buddhist quarterly
Tricycle and was producer/director of
Peace Is Every Step, a film profile of Vietnamese Zen teacher and activist Thich Nhat Hanh, narrated by British actor Ben Kingsley.
In this interview, Maida talks with Buddhistdoor en Espanol and Buddhistdoor Global about 2020’s rapidly shifting contexts that have reshaped the world of Buddhist-themed filmmaking, along with recent losses affecting the Buddhist movie community.

Mexico , United-states , United-kingdom , Washington , Singapore , Mexico-city , Distrito-federal , Vietnam , Republic-of , California , Spain , San-francisco