January 2004:
January
6, 2004
In
This Issue / Dana - Generosity
1. Giving ('Dana')
2. In Praise of Dana (Giving)
3. Dana - The Practice of Generosity
4. Heartland raises money for service projects ...by Janet
Lipner
5. Dana in Early Buddhism ...by U Ko Lay and U Tin Lwin Yangon
6. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: The Barre Center for
Buddhist Studies
7. Book/CD/Movie Review: Dana : Giving and Getting in Pali
Buddhism
January
13, 2004
In
This Issue / Rev. Heng Sure - 3 Steps and a Bow
1.
"How will the world be better if I don't change myself
?"
2. With One Heart - An Evening with Heng Sure and Heng Ch'au
...by Pavithra Krishnan
3. A Page from the Diary of a Walking Pilgrim ...Disciple
Kuo Chen
4. A Photo Album of Bhikshus Heng Sure and Heng Ch'au
- 3 Steps and a Bow
5. A Buddhist Approach to Dreams - Jung and Junti - Dreams
West and East ...By Rev. Heng Sure
6. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Wonderfully Absurd
Temple - (Miao Miao Miao) - Chinese Avant-Garde Web Art
7. Book/CD/Movie Review: With One Heart Bowing to the City
of 10,000 Buddhas (Nine Volumes) - $63.00
January
20, 2004
In
This Issue / Shantideva
1. Shantideva
2. The Life Story of Shantideva
3. “Entering the Path to Enlightenment” Translated
by Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D.
4. Temple/Center/Website- of the Week: Tibetan Buddhist Resource
Center
5. Book/CD/Movie Review: The Way of the Bodhisattva - A Translation
of the Bodhicharyavatara
January
27, 2004
In
This Issue / Ven. Ajahn Amaro
1. Ven. Ajahn Amaro
2. Interview with Ajahn Amaro ...by Inquiring Mind Magazine
3. Temple/Center/Website: The Forest Sangha
4. Book/CD/Movie: Free - 54 Dharma Talks on CD
February
2004:
February
3, 2004
In
This Issue / Buddhism in Sri Lanka
1. Buddhism in Sri Lanka
2. The Arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka ...by Aryadasa Ratnasinghe
3. Sri Lanka and Buddhism
4. Temple/Center/Website: Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara
5. Book/CD/Movie: SERENDIPITY OF ANDREW GEORGE ...By Ananda
W. P. Guruge
February
10, 2004
In
This Issue / Buddhist Weddings
1. A Chinese Buddhist Wedding
2. A Sri Lankan Buddhist Wedding
3. A Buddhist Wedding Ceremony
4. Buddhist Weddings
5. Setting Up Your Buddhist Home
6. Temple/Center/Website: - Japan - Wedding Photo Album
Thailand - Wedding Photo Album
7. Book/CD/Movie: It's Easier Than You Think ...by Sylvia
Boorstein
February
17, 2004
In
This Issue / Buddhism in Vietnam
1.
Theravada Buddhism in Vietnam ...Binh Anson
2. Vietnamese Buddhism
3. Temple/Center/Website: BuddhaSasana a Buddhist Page by
Binh Anson
4. Book/CD/Movie: VIETNAM SPECIFIC TEXTS
February
24, 2004
In
This Issue / Buddhism and Emotions
1. What is Emotion? ...by Lama Gendyn Rinpoche
2.
Mature Emotions ...Ajahn Vajiro
3. Buddhism and the Blues ...By Hara Estroff Marano
4. from 'Living Dharma' ...by Venerable Lama Yeshe Losal
5. from 'Taming the Tiger' ...by Dr Akong Tulku Rinpoche
6. Buddhism and Human Feelings ...Rev. Gregory Gibbs
7. Temple/Center/Website: Vista Buddhist Temple
8. Book/CD/Movie: Healing Emotions ...by Daniel Goleman
March
2004:
March
1, 2004
In
This Issue/ Love in Buddhism
0.
Humor
1. Loving Eyes (tib. Chenrezig)
2. Buddhism: Love ...Contributor: Sakoun Sok, NY
3. Love in Buddhism
4. Love as the basis of Spiritual Growth ...Ven. Prof.
Dhammavihari Thera
5. How would Buddha love? ...Lama Surya Das
6. Temple/Center/Website: California Vipassana Center
7. Book/CD/Movie: A Dictionary/Encyclopedia of Buddhism -
999 Pages - (4.7 MB) - Free Download
March
9, 2004
In
This Issue/ Buddhism and Anger
0.
Humor
1. Anger
2. Transforming Anger ...Lama Surya Das
3. Anger Management --Buddhist Style ...Jeffrey Po
4. HANDLING ANGER - APPLYING ANTIDOTES ...kalachakranet.org
5. Temple/Center/Website: Los Angeles County Coroner - Gift
Shop
6. Book/CD/Movie: Working With Anger ...by Thubten Chodron
March
16, 2004
In
This Issue/ Ultimate and Relative Truth in Buddhism
0. Humor/Quotes...
1. The Two Truths ...Mark Whitley's home page - Mark's Musings
2. Relative Truth and Ultimate Truth ...Researched by Andrea
Deschenes
3. Buddhism Introduces Absolute and Relative Truth ...Vairocana
Monastery
4. Shunyata in Pure Land Buddhism ...Michio Tokunaga
5. The Curative Value of Egolessness and the Ethical Importance
of Compassion in Buddhism ...Sharon Belfer
6. Emptiness, Concepts and the knowledge of Truth ...The White
Lotus Center for Shin Buddhism
7. E-sangha, Buddhist Forum & Buddhism Forum - Truth?
8. Temple/Center/Website: A Season for Nonviolence
9. Book/CD/Movie: Appearance and Reality: The Two Truths in
Four Buddhist Systems ...by Guy Newland
March
23, 2004
In
This Issue/ Ultimate Reality in Buddhism
0.
Humor/Quotes...
1. The Ultimate Reality in Buddhism
2. Dhamma and Reality ...Bhikkhu Nagasena
3. Buddhism and The True Value of Reality...by Thich Tam Thien
4. Temple/Center/Website: NoZen
5. Book/CD/Movie: Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning ...by
Viktor E. Frankl
March
30, 2004
In
This Issue/ Nirvana in Buddhism
0.
Humor/Quotes...
1. Nirvana, Buddhism
2. Nirvana
3. Buddhist Nirvana ...by Tom Harris
4. Hindu Nirvana ...by Tom Harris
5. How Buddhist Nirvana Works ...by Tom Harris
6. Buddhist Enlightenment vs Nirvana ...by Rev. Kusala Bhikshu
7. Nirvana Day
8. Temple/Center/Website: Ekoji Buddhist Temple
9. Book/CD/Movie: Psychoanalysis & Buddhism: An Unfolding
Dialogue ...by Jeremy D. Safran
April
2004:
April
4, 2004
In
This Issue/ Yoga and Buddhism
0.
Humor/Quotes...
1. Yoga and Buddhism ...by David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri)
2. Hindu Yoga, Buddhist Yoga, Jaina Yoga ...by Georg Feuerstein
3. An Introduction to the Practice of Yoga and Buddhism ...John
C. Kimbrough
4. Temple/Center/Website: True Yoga
5. Book/CD/Movie: None
April
13, 2004
In
This Issue/ Jainism and Buddhism
0.
Humor/Quotes...
1. About Jainism
2. Jainism
3. Jainism Today
4. Buddhism Vs Jainism
5. Test your knowledge - Buddhism & Jainism
6. Temple/Center/Website: The Shaolin Temple Overseas Headquarters
7. Book/CD/Movie: Shaolin Soccer
April
20, 2004
In
This Issue/ Hinduism and Buddhism
0.
Humor/Quotes...
1. Hinduism and Buddhism
2. Hinduism & Buddhism Different Religions! ...By Nandakumar
Chandran
3. Hinduism in Sri Lankha
4. Temple/Center/Website: DharmaDate
5. Book/CD/Movie: A Buddhist History of the West ...by David
R. Loy
April
27, 2004
In
This Issue/ Buddhism and Christianity
0.
Humor/Quotes...
1. Parallel Sayings of Buddha and Christ
2. "Benedict's Dharma: Buddhists Reflect on the Rule
of Saint Benedict'
3. Temple/Center/Website: Benedict’s Dharma: The Conference
4. Book/CD/Movie: "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter . . .
and Spring."
May
2004:
May
4, 2004
In
This Issue/ Morality Without God
0. Quotes...
1. Morality with and without a creator God. ...Radhika Abeysekera
2. If There's No God in Buddhism, Are Buddhists Atheists?
...Lama Surya Das
3. Temple/Center/Website: The Journal of Buddhist Ethics
4. Book/CD/Movie: The Science of Good and Evil : Why People
Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule --
by Michael Shermer
May
11, 2004
In
This Issue/ Prayer as Practice
0. Quotes...
1. BUDDHIST PRAYER
2. Buddhist Prayer Beads
3. The Foundation of Mental Prayer ...Fr Andrew Apostoli,
C.F.R.
4. E-sangha, Buddhist Forum & Buddhism Forum
5. Temple/Center/Website: Dharma Crumbs - Bread Crumbs of
Buddha Dharma
6. Book/CD/Movie: eBook - Free Download - Bhavana Vandana:
Book of Devotion ...Compiled by Ven. H. Gunaratana
May
18, 2004
In
This Issue/ The Shakuhachi Zen Flute
0. Quotes...
1. The paradox of the Shakuhachi
2. The Meaninglessness of Zen in Shakuhachi
3. Shakuhachi in Perspective
4. The Bamboo Way (Chikudo) ...by Mary Lu Brandwein
5. Temple/Center/Website: The Melbourne Shakuhachi Centre
6. Book/CD/Movie: eBook - New Life From Ruins: Zen Celtic
Sacred Songs and Meditations - Robert A. Jonas
May
25, 2004
In
This Issue/ Zen Guitar
0.
Quotes...
1. "Zen guitar" will mean different things to different
people ...by Clarelynn Rose
2. Forever Zen ...Craig Smoot
3. Temple/Center/Website: The Zen Guitar Dojo
4. Book/CD/Movie: eBook - Zen and the Art of Guitar: A Path
to Guitar Mastery
June
2004:
June
8, 2004
In
This Issue/ Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
0.
Quotes...
1. Quality - Inspired by Robert Pirsig's book, Zen and the
Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, An Inquiry into Values ...Brad
Cox, Ph.D.
2. Robert M. Pirsig´s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
and the term ´Chautauqua´.
3. Who is Robert Pirsig, and how can he change your life?
... J.D.Owen
4. FAQ... Questions and Answers about ZMM
5. Temple/Center/Website: Elena's Motorcycle Trip Through
Chernobyl
6. Book/CD/Movie: eBook - Guidebook to Zen and the Art of
Motorcycle Maintenance ...by Ron Di Santo (Author), Tom Steele
(Author)
June
15, 2004
In
This Issue/ Mara and His Armies
0. Humor...
1. Mara in Buddhism
2. The Great Enlightenment
3. Mara
4. Mara and His Children
5. MARA --- Buddhist teacher Eugene Cash
5. Temple/Center/Website: None
6. Book/CD/Movie: eBook - Letters from Mara ...A story by
Punnadhammo Bhikkhu - (Free eBook)
June
22, 2004
In
This Issue/ Sutra on the Deep Kindness of Parents
0. Quotes...
1. Chinese“filial piety”
2. The Buddha Speaks the Sutra about the Deep Kindness of
Parents and the Difficulty in Repaying it ...Translated into
Chinese by: Master Kumarajiva - Translated into English by:
Upasika Terri Nicholson
5. Temple/Center/Website: None
6. Book/CD/Movie: None
June
29, 2004
In
This Issue/ Buddhism & Ecology
0. Quotes...
0. News...
1. What do Buddhists teach about ecology?
2. Pratitya Samutpada: the foundation for a Buddhist environmentalism
- Lokabandhu
3. Temple/Center/Website: TibetanSpirit.com
4. Book/CD/Movie: Buddhism and Deep Ecology - DANIEL H. HENNING,
PH.D.
July
2004:
July
6, 2004
In
This Issue/ Buddhism & Politics
0. Quotes...
1. Buddhism and Politics
2. Buddhism and Politics - Venerable K. Sri Dhammananda Maha
Thera
3. E-sangha, Buddhist Forum -> Engaged Buddhism
4. Temple/Center/Website: Fahrenheit 9/11
5. Book/CD/Movie: Imagine All the People: A Conversation with
the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life as it Could Be
...by Tenzin Gyatso, Fabien Quaki, Anne Benson, His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
July
13, 2004
In
This Issue/ Buddhism & Nagarjuna
0.
Quotes...
1. The philosophy of Nagarjuna's Middle Way in the context
of the Four Noble Truths. - Thomas J. McFarlane
2. Nagarjuna (c. 150-250) - The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
3. Seventy Verses on Emptiness - Nagarjuna
4. Temple/Center/Website: Buddha's Grove
5. Book/CD/Movie: The Wisdom of Nagarjuna - 190 Pages - (1.6
MB) - A Free ebook from Urban Dharma
July
27, 2004
In
This Issue/ Buddhism & The Diamond Sutra
1.
The Hungry Monk
2. A Short History of Diamonds
3. Johannes Gutenberg and The Printed Book
4. The Historical Background of Woodblock Printing in Tibet
5. The Translator of the Chinese version of the Diamond Sutra
6. The Diamond Cutter/The Diamond Sutra
4. Temple/Center/Website: None
5. Book/CD/Movie: The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
- by Red Pine
