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Here’s the latest status report from Save Buddhist Heritage, on UNESCO efforts to establish the world heritage site at Lumbini: http://save-buddhist-heritage.org/Lumbini/?page_id=583

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Before there was Angkor Wat, there was Mahendraparvata, King Jayavarman the Second’s capital city, which flourished more than 1200 years ago. It was as big as the current capital, Phnom Penh and very sophisticated. However, like many ancient cities, it fell into obscurity and remained merely as a fable of inscriptions and histories. Now, the... Read more »

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Recently I posted a letter I had received about current controversy over the fact that no Buddhist monks had been appointed to the board of directors of the newly re-vivified Nalanda University in India. Here is a solid article from Buddhist Channel about what the new Nalanda U could be, if based on Buddhist principles.

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I recently received this from Glenn Mullin, Canadian Buddhist scholar and teacher currently living in Mongolia… Greetings from Korea. I am here for two weeks, and then will leave for Mongolia. Hey, come horse riding… Thanks for putting my little Lumbini video on your website. Maybe it will get some traction. There is no Canada... Read more »

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This letter about India’s proposed revival of Nalanda University crossed my desk recently… Suppressing the Buddhist identity from the proposed Nalanda University – Unchallenged by the Buddhist world This entire project led by Dr. Amrtya Sen must be made the basis of a wide ranging discussion in the Buddhist world in respect to the direction,... Read more »

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