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15,000 hear Dalai Lama speak in Louisville
The Lexington Herald-LeaderExiled Tibetan leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner the Dalai Lama came to Louisville on Sunday for the first time since 1994, bringing his distinctive message of compassion not just for all humans but for other species. He blessed a Buddhist community...Tags: Boston Marathon, Stanford University, Awards and Prizes, Sports, Nobel Prize Awards
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Learning to live with your death
The Japan TimesIt can be a big challenge, even a burden, to strategize your life and prioritize your goals -- and then stick to them. It would be far easier if we just had to opt for one pleasure or another, but life being what it is, we must sometimes grapple with...Tags: Japan, Tokyo (Japan), Chemotherapy, Religion and Belief, Radiation Therapy
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Religion calendar
The Florida Times-UnionFRIDAY Mount Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church, 9319 Ridge Blvd., Youth Celebration, Friday-Sunday. (904) 527-1762. -- Friday -- 5:30 p.m., meet and greet; 6 p.m., Banquet Dinner with the Youth Praise Dancers, a fashion show and awards. --...Tags: Lutheranism, Social Sciences, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Customs and Tradition
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Spiritual warfare: Buddhist chaplain helps heal soldiers' minds
Commercial AppealA Baptist-minister-turned-Buddhist chaplain from Memphis will open the first meditation center in the history of the U.S. Army in June. The Bagram Dharma Center in Afghanistan will be classified as a "faith-based resiliency center," and it gives Capt....Tags: Baptist, Armed Forces, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Military, Religion and Belief
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The Dalai Lama brings message of compassion to Louisville
The Lexington Herald-LeaderWhen the Dalai Lama comes to Louisville as part of his 2013 United States tour, expect the world to be listening. "The significance is huge for us," said Will LeStrange, vice president of Louisville's Drepung Gomang Institute, a Buddhist center that...Tags: Ben Sollee, Colleges and Universities, Human Interest, Religion and Belief, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, six dead
ReutersCHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh's low-lying coast on Thursday, killing six people after forcing many thousands into emergency shelters, but authorities downgraded warnings later in the day as the storm lost strength....Tags: United Nations, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Nabi, Weather, Tropical Storms
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Dalai Lama, other leading thinkers say emotional health key to solving world's problems
The Wisconsin State JournalSeveral of the world's big thinkers convened Wednesday on a living room-like stage at Madison's Overture Center to talk global climate change, the nature of happiness and other weighty topics, all in the presence of a keenly interested Tenzin Gyatso,...Tags: Alliant Energy Corporation, The Huffington Post, Diabetes, Arianna Huffington, Human Interest
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Myanmar authorities work to evacuate camps as cyclone nears
ReutersBy Jared Ferrie SITTWE, Myanmar, May 15 (Reuters) - Authorities in Myanmar struggled on Wednesday to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, before a cyclone reaches camps in low-lying regions that have been their home...Tags: United Nations, Weather Warnings, Bangladesh, Burma, Thein Sein
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Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims
ReutersSITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue. Swift treatment...Tags: Asia, United Nations, Human Rights, Diabetes, Preventative Medicine
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A tireless Dalai Lama schools Madison audience on suffering, happiness
The Wisconsin State JournalThe Dalai Lama came to this city accustomed to university lectures and offered up a doozy of one himself Tuesday -- a sprawling, scholarly discourse on suffering and happiness that left some people wowed, some a little overwhelmed and some both. The...Tags: Alliant Energy Corporation, Religion and Belief, Mayo Clinic, Dalai Lama
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Rohingya Muslims drown off Myanmar trying to flee storm
ReutersSITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar and many were feared drowned at the beginning of a mass evacuation from low-lying regions ahead of a powerful storm, a United Nations official said on...Tags: United Nations, U.S. Navy, Manufacturing and Engineering, Tropical Storms, Religion and Belief
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Boat capsizes off Myanmar; dozens missing and feared dead
NEW DELHI – A boat carrying approximately 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized late Monday off the coast of Myanmar with many of its occupants feared dead, UN officials said, as the region braced for a cyclone expected to slam low-lying areas inhabited...
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