Korea – Venerable Bhikshuni Daehaeng Kun Sunim (1927 – 2012): A Great Meditation Master

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Korea – Venerable Bhikshuni Daehaeng Kun Sunim (1927 – 2012): A Great Meditation Master

Jan12

by Barbara Yen

This article is written by  Barbara Yen in conjunction with 2014 International Bhikkhuni Day Celebration at Gotami Vihara Society Malaysia Honouring Eminent Asian Buddhist Women in the Modern Era.

How Would the Buddha Handle North Korea? Mindfulness in diplomacy

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=8,12056,0,0,1,0

How Would the Buddha Handle North Korea? Mindfulness in diplomacy

 

by Seok-Hyun Hong, The Huffington Post, Oct 24, 2014

Seoul, South Korea -- Today's diplomacy is dysfunctional, and it seems as if the more we try to fix things without negotiations, the more serious the problems become. Recently the challenges in places like Iraq or Syria have grown so dire that we have to wonder whether we simply have the fundamentals wrong.

Marriage of Buddhism and modern dance

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/10/145_165890.html

Marriage of Buddhism and modern dance

By Kwon Mee-yoo

Masked dancers run through gilded Buddhist statues on stage and roll over with them. The dancers also pile up plastic baskets on stage and knock them down, as if symbolizing Koreans accepting and consuming new culture rapidly.

This is the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company (KNCDC)'s "Bul-ssang," which will be staged on Friday and Saturday at Main Hall Hae of National Theater of Korea on Mount Nam.