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La Révolte – A Young Adult novel from Québec about time in a Burmese monastery

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Zacharie semble avoir vraiment tout pour être heureux, mais pour lui rien n’a de sens sans l’attention et l’amour de ses parents. Par provocation, il décide de «rater» ses examens, son année, et même de ne plus parler du tout. Les parents n’ont plus le choix : ils doivent s’occuper de leur fils. Comment Zack... Read more »

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

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Can be found here… http://www.nobelprize.org/

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Geshe Thupten Jinpa interview

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Thupten Jinpa was born in Tibet in 1958. He received his early education and training as a monk at Zongkar Chöde Monastery in South India and later joined the Shartse College of Ganden monastic university, South India, where he received the Geshe Lharam degree. He taught Buddhist epistemology, metaphysics, Middle Way philosophy and Buddhist psychology... Read more »

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Charles Prebish on Secular Buddhism

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Here’s a recent podcast with Charles Prebish by Ted Meissner on the Secular Buddhism blog: http://secularbuddhism.org/2012/06/10/episode-121-charles-prebish-an-american-buddhist-life/ Among the vital messages emerging from the hour-long interview are conversations about the impacts of sangha democratization, feminism, LGBT issues, narcissism, over-emphasis on meditation and other Western-led trends (positive and negative). You can also check it out on the SBA... Read more »

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What’s really going on in Nepal?

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Tibetans Forced Back Into Nepal: Mikel Dunham, Radio Free Asia UN’s assessment of its own role in facilitating Nepal’s peace process After the fall of Nepal’s government: Human rights crisis? Nepal: A brief history and balanced account of the now dissolved Constituent Assembly Nepal’s political situation: Illegitimacy Laid Bare These and many, many more articles... Read more »

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