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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: 21st CENTURY BUDDHISTS?
This Summer, the Dalai Lama led an historic event at Tibetan Childrens' Village school in Dharamsala, India. For the first
time, he gave Buddhist teachings exclusively to Tibetan students, during which he emphasized a scientific approach to Buddhist
study and practice that alligns this ancient philosophy with the modern world. Producer, Rebecca Novick, attended the three-day
event and spoke with 9 Tibetan students aged between 15 and 24 about what Buddhism means to them.
Click for English translation of the Dalai Lama's teachings to Tibetan youth
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INTERVIEW WITH BUDDHIST TEACHER ALAN WALLACE, PhD
Can Buddhism survive modernity? How does science play a role? We take an in depth look at these questions and more with leading
scholar and Western Buddhist teacher, Alan Wallace.
Dynamic lecturer, progressive scholar, and one of the most prolific
writers and translators of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, B. Alan Wallace continually seeks innovative ways to integrate Buddhist
contemplative practices with Western science to advance the study of the mind. Dr. Wallace, a scholar and practitioner of
Buddhism since 1970, has taught Buddhist theory and meditation throughout Europe and America since 1976. Having devoted fourteen
years to training as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, ordained by H. H. the Dalai Lama, he went on to earn an undergraduate degree
in physics and the philosophy of science at Amherst College and a doctorate in religious studies at Stanford. With his unique
background, Alan brings deep experience and applied skills to the challenge of integrating traditional Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
with the modern world.
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FROM THE NEWS DESK:
Pema Dhondup speaks with Tibet historian MIKEL DUNHAM about the demolition in May of this year by Chinese People's Armed Police
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a giant Buddhist statue that was under con-
struction at Samye, Tibet's oldest monastery. The 30 foot tall statue
of the revered Indian pandit, Padmasambhava, who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century, is believed to have been donated
by Chinese Buddhists. What does this act mean for Chinese Buddhists in Tibet and for relgious freedom in general? Mikel Dunham
is the author of SAMYE: A Pilgrimage to the Birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism.
Rebecca Novick speaks with journalist VIJAY KRANTI about the HUNGER STRIKE by 14 Tibetans in New Delhi that began on August
8th. Vijay Kranti is the editor of Tibet Desh, a Hindi-language news magazine about Tibet and has been covering stories about
Tibetans in exile for 30 years.
Hear these and other stories on this month's NEWS DESK
| Dalai Lama Reading the News: Vijay Kranti |
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For more about VIJAY KRANTI
For updates and photos of the hunger strikers
Click to read Simon Parry's article BULLDOZING EVEREST
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ASK TENZIN: THE TIBET CONNECTION'S ANSWER MAN
Tibet expert TENZIN DORJEE clears up the issue of whether or not Tibetan monks can marry.
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