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| Taipei, Taiwan (Chiang Ying-ying /AP/May 9, 2010) Thousands of Taiwanese hold candles during the Taiwan National Buddha's Birthday celebration in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. Vesak (celebrated on or near the full moon day on the Indian calendar's lunar month of Vesakha) is the historical Buddha's birthday, enlightenment day, and passing into nirvana day. It is celebrated worldwide roughly in May on the Gregorian calendar. |
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- Easy: How to Meditate (Telepopmusik)
- Symptoms of Inner-Peace
- Struggle for Enlightenment
- The Elimination of Anger
- "The Buddha's Brain" (Dr. Rick Hanson)
- Kombucha Tea goes Mainstream
- Vesak 2553, Los Angeles (Dhammakaya)
- Jack Kornfield: Buddhism and Neurobiology
- Confidence: Improving Low Self-Esteem
- Zen of cell phones: "Wisdom 2.0" (Google)
- Wisdom 2.0: Our Western Cellphone Culture
- Ancient Burma: Pagan (Bagan)
- "2012: The Online Movie" (final cut, updated)
- Stocks, Euro drop; Dow falls below 10K
- Youngest Mt. Everest climber: "Go big!"
- Top News of the World
- Deep Meditation Experience (video)
- "Striving" for Serenity?
- "Meltup" - Global Currency Crisis, Inflation
- Equanimity – In the Dharma and in Your Brain
- Dalai Lama inspires Buddhists, curious alike
- First Generation Buddhism in America
- 5 Ways to Fix Your Relationship
- World Buddhist Directory
- California 13-year-old climbs Mt. Everest
- Dalai Lama tweets Chinese about Tibet
- Binaural Beats and Meditation (brain waves)
- Lindsay Lohan arrest warrant issued
- Sex in China: Swingers' Case Tests Limits
- The Story of Stuff: 10 things we won't give up
- How Big is the Ocean? (Animal Talk)
- Discovery could explain why we exist
- Push to solve Mt. Everest mystery
- Bangkok burns after protest leaders arrested
- How to Practice Loving-Kindness Meditation
- Rebirth Tales: Greed Does Not Pay (cartoon)
- Hormones: Venus, Mars -- Fire, Ice (John Gray)
- "Never Betray a Friendship"
- Taking Mt. Everest by Sherpa
- Buddhist solution to lust, love-torture, crushes
- Chaos expands in Thailand protests (video)
- Meditating and the Universe (video)
- Consensus on Kashmir
- Thai gov't assassins target Red Shirt leader
- Arab-American beauty wins Miss USA 2010
- Sunday: Buddha's Birthday 2010 (Los Angeles)
- Thailand, Buddhist tourism, and civil war
- Tourist Thailand becomes war zone
- Give Love, Get Love and Happiness Now
- Zen in Daily Life, May 15 (Little Tokyo)
- Before the Big Bang: looking back (BBC)
- The Buddha's Birthday
- How to Create a Soulmate
- Thai protesters set fire to military vehicles
- Comedy Central cancels Sarah Silverman
- Vagabonding: Living Well vs. Doing Well
- Iboga: the Search for Self in Africa
- Desire in Meditation
- Eckhart Tolle: The End of Suffering
- Did Jesus Christ learn Buddhism?
- Meditating on the Four Elements
- American ordained in Burma says US can...
- US envoy to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi
- What are the Jhanas?
- Spirit Rock Retreat Listing (San Francisco)
- Buddhism: It's not as nice as you might believe
- Jack Kornfield: Los Angeles meditation event
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Intro
- Buddhist Hells in Thailand
- Fresh Burma aid appeal after Cyclone
- New Thai violence kills 2, mars compromise
- Vipassana Newsletter (Goenka)
- Jobs grow, while jobless rate climbs
- Extraterrestrials - We Have Contact
- Search for Earth-like Planets
- Activating the Pineal Gland (third eye)
- Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party disbands
- Job loss, stock market plunges 1,000 points
- Sexual Misconduct or Adultery?
- Nepal's Maoists go on crippling strike
- US scores low on world motherhood rankings
- Loss is Good?
- Dalai Lama to open Canadian monastery
- Harmonic Matrix of Healing Tones
- Thailand casts politics aside, honors king
- Watchdog wants Army symbol changed
- Top 10 psychoactives in religious ceremonies
- Thai protesters welcome PM's offer
- "The Rapture" in Buddhist meditation
- OBEY Facebook! (South Park)
- May Day riots in California, Thailand
- Loving-Kindness Sutra
- Kumbh Mela Festival (photos)
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