Religion Calendar (Asheville Citizen-Times) Post religious events at CITIZEN-TIMES.com/submit, e-mail your events to CommunityNews@CITIZEN-TIMES.com or fax to 251-0585 at least two weeks in advance....more...A rich repository of traditional Zen art (The Japan Times) Nonetheless, it is hard to imagine anything that has had a more profound influence on Japanese culture than Zen, apart from the natural world before the modern period. This is evident everywhere ? in... Read more . . . ...more... Rolling Towards the Moon (Sierra Club) A book from an unlikely source gave an incalculable boost to the staid conservation movement of the 1950s. Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums , a celebration of backcountry, Buddhism, and the San Francisco poetry renaissance, was published in 1958. The book's main character, Japhy Ryder, was a prototypical green culture hero, whose guiding influences were John Muir, John Burroughs, Henry David ......more... Intelligence: ability to observe life (Daily News) The following teaching on the Four Noble Truths is taken from a talk given by Venerable Viradhammo during a ten-day retreat conducted in Bangkok for Thai lay people, in June 1988....more... Missions director to talk at Calvary (Honolulu Advertiser) Edwina Thomas, the national director of Sharing Of Ministries Abroad USA, will discuss her experiences in a free talk at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Episcopal Church, 45-435 Aumoku St., Kane'ohe...more... Ceremonial haven: Local tea master seeks tranquility in her garden (The Ithaca Journal) Arriving at Sheela Kingsbury's Japanese tea garden requires more than hopping in the car and making a trip up the hill to Lick Brook State Park. Arriving at the garden requires the release of the anxieties that riddle everyday life....more... Newslog: Under the microscope (BBC News) So the holidays haven't happened. In contrast to the sleepy Westminster of Friday morning , today has been a whirl of activity. Gordon Brown has now cancelled his Dorset holiday. Environment Secretary Hilary Benn returned early from his. David Cameron has delayed his departure....more... WISDOM THAT WORKS (Business Today Egypt) Forget the modern-day trash being passed off in bookstores and motivational seminars. Ancient wisdom packs more punch, for you and your business....more... Mercado: Sunday Bric-Bracs (Sun Star) (?BREVITY is the soul of wit,? Hamlet groused on the rampart of his dank, damp castle. See if the fairy tale and ghost story below are the briefest ever, as the friends who emailed them over claim. Other items are about Zen and 2007 bumper stickers. Enjoy ? Juan L. Mercado)...more... |