Buddhism

Tibetan Monks Enjoy Some Southern Hospitality

Anne Lilburn

May 10, 2004

When Buddhists in Charleston, South Carolina and Birmingham, Alabama needed spiritual leaders, they turned to Tibetan monks to provide guidance and knowledge.
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Buddhists in Waiting: Tibetan Exiles Fear Persecution at Home

Anne Lilburn

March 2, 2004

Dorji Yurwog would one day like to return to his homeland, but he realizes that that will most likely never happen. Unless, that is, he wants to spend time in prison. For Yurwog, who fled Tibet as a child, Buddhism is not just a religion, but the defining part of his ethnicity and his heritage. He says the Chinese government targets his people because Buddhism is such a part of the Tibetan culture.
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Following the Buddhist Path from War to Peace

Anne Lilburn

February 16, 2004

Dmitri Bakhroushin, a self-proclaimed liberal and a Buddhist, has been arrested at anti-war protests and spends his Tuesday evenings handing out fliers on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his neighborhood. Last year, he even spent a few weekends traveling on a bus to Washington, D.C. with people he terms "Trotskyites" to protest the war in Iraq and to criticize the federal government.
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Seeking Emptiness in a Crowded City

Anne Lilburn

February 11, 2004

It's tough to understand just how loud rustling clothes, shifting feet, creaking floors and passing traffic six floors below can be. Until, that is, you sit for meditation at a place like the Shambhala Center, a meditation center in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood.
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A Common Practice, A Separate Experience

Anne Lilburn

February 2, 2004

New faces do not go unnoticed on Sunday mornings at the New York Buddhist Church, a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple on Riverside Drive between 105th and 106th streets. Newcomers are asked to introduce themselves to the 50-person crowd gathered for the weekly Dharma service.
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