Here's How Zen Meditation Changed Steve Jobs' Life And Sparked A Design Revolution

http://www.businessinsider.in/Heres-How-Zen-Meditation-Changed-Steve-Jobs-Life-And-Sparked-A-Design-Revolution/articleshow/45827259.cms

Here's How Zen Meditation Changed Steve Jobs' Life And Sparked A Design Revolution

DRAKE BAERJAN 9, 2015, 10.01 PM

This Burmese Nunnery Saved 200 Girls From Sex Slavery

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paula-froelich/this-burmese-nunnery-save_b_6318940.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular,buddhism

This Burmese Nunnery Saved 200 Girls From Sex Slavery

By Paula Froelich
Posted: 12/15/2014 2:20 pm EST Updated: 12/15/2014 2:59 pm EST

Buddhist nuns are everywhere among the streets of Myanmar -- of all different ages, some as young as 5. Dressed in pink loose-fitting shirts and pants with orange scarves, they have shaved heads and rely on alms to pay for their schooling, food, housing, and other basic needs.

Buddhism and freedom of speech

http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/456697/buddhism-and-freedom-of-speech

Buddhism and freedom of speech 

Published: 14 Jan 2015 at 06.43 | Viewed: 1,922 | Comments: 5
Newspaper section: NewsWriter: Sanitsuda Ekachai 

In The Wake Of The Charlie Hebdo Attack, This Buddhist Teacher Is Advocating For 'Responsible Speech'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/12/charlie-hebdo-buddhism_n_6458144.html

In The Wake Of The Charlie Hebdo Attack, This Buddhist Teacher Is Advocating For 'Responsible Speech'

HuffPost Live 

LSE: Innovation, Violence and Paralysis: How do Minority Religions Cope with Uncertainty?

Inform Winter Seminar

Innovation, Violence and Paralysis: How do Minority Religions Cope with Uncertainty?

Date - Saturday, 7 February 2015; 9.30am – 5.00pm
Location – New Academic Building, London School of Economics

Registration is now open and can be done using a credit/debit card through PayPal or by posting a booking form and a cheque payable to 'Inform' to Inform, Houghton St., London WC2A 2AE. Tickets (including buffet lunch, coffee and tea) paid by 19 January 2015 are £38 each (£18 students/unwaged). Tickets booked after 19 January 2015 will cost £48 each (£28 students/unwaged). 

What happens when groups lose control of their own destiny? Whether it leads to violence, as in the case of Aum Shinrikyo’s response to a potential police investigation in 1995, or to non-violent innovations, as found in minority religions following the death of their founders or leaders, uncertainty and insecurity can lead to great change in the mission and even teachings of religious groups. What does it take to bring back certainty? This seminar will explore how minority religions and their members work with notions of uncertainty and insecurity.

9.30 - 10.00         REGISTRATION

10.00 - 10.05       Eileen Barker (Founder and Honorary Research Fellow, Inform) Welcome and Housekeeping

10.05 - 10.15       Kim Knott (Professor of Religious and Secular Studies in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University) Introduction

10.15 - 10.45       Graham Macklin

10.45 – 11.15      Titus Hjelm (Lecturer, UCL) Paradoxes of Religious Legitimacy and Authenticity in an Age of Expediency

11.15 – 11.40      TEA/COFFEE

11.40 – 12.10      Suzanne Newcombe (Research Officer at Inform) Certain Beliefs and Uncertain Evidence: The Case of Shugden

12.10 – 12.40      TBC

12.40 - 13.10       Dawn Marie Gibson (Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London) Uncertain times in the Nation of Islam’s Past and Present

13.10 - 14.10       LUNCH

14.10 - 14.40       George Sieg (Adjunct Professor, University of New Mexico)

14.40 - 15.10       Anthony Fiscella (Doctoral Student, Lund University) Moving Mountains: From Colonial Orders to Universal Change

15.10 - 15.40       TEA/COFFEE

15.40 – 16.10      David Robertson Conspiracy Theories as Response to Uncertainty in Minority Religions

16.10 – 16.50      GENERAL PANEL DISCUSSION

IFN Circular 1/15 - Message from Co-Chairs and Vice-Chairs

	IFN Circular 1/15 - Message from Co-Chairs and Vice-Chairs
Date:	2015-01-08 14:40
From:	IFNet <IFNet@interfaith.org.uk>
To:	IFNet <IFNet@interfaith.org.uk>

 Circular 1/15, 8 January 2015

Dear Inter Faith Network contact,

The New Year brings fresh possibilities and opportunities.

It has also, this year, brought news of disturbing demonstrations in Germany and yesterday’s murders in France.

In the UK, we are fortunate to have a generally strong record of community relations and inter faith engagement but this can never be taken for granted and echoes – from near as well as far – of  destructive responses to dealing with difference are always of concern.

IFN’s vision is of a society where there is understanding of the diversity and richness of the faith communities in the UK and the contribution that they make; and where we live and work together with mutual respect and shared commitment to the common good.  With our member bodies, we work to that end, like many others here, elsewhere in Europe and around the world.

Some of you will have seen the Queen’s Speech on Christmas Day. This year it had reconciliation and understanding as its core theme. We were struck by the reference in this to the importance of respect for people of all faiths and none.  
We share it with you.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/ImagesandBroadcasts/TheQueensChristmasBroadcasts/ChristmasBroadcasts/ChristmasBroadcast2014.aspx

With every good wish for your own work in the coming year: both to foster understanding and cooperation and to dispel misunderstanding, combat prejudice and develop ways to work together to tackle areas of difference peaceably and effectively in ways which respect the integrity of our different faith traditions.

Best wishes,

Rt Revd Richard Atkinson OBE (Co-Chair)

Vivian Wineman (Co-Chair)

Dr Girdari L Bhan (Vice-Chair)

Mohinder Singh Chana (Vice-Chair)

Maulana M Shahid Raza OBE (Vice-Chair)

The Ven Bogoda Seelawimala (Vice-Chair)

Inter Faith Network for the UK

Islam And Buddhism: Preserving Harmonious Relations – Analysis

http://www.eurasiareview.com/08012015-islam-buddhism-preserving-harmonious-relations-analysis/

Islam And Buddhism: Preserving Harmonious Relations – Analysis

The creeping Muslim-Buddhist tension and the recent alliance forged among hard-line Buddhist nationalist movements in the “saffron crescent” countries of South and South-east Asia will undermine inter-religious relations in the world today. Islam and Buddhism have always co-existed throughout history and enjoyed a special relationship.