Angkor Wat mystery solved?

(LiveScience.com) Aerial view of central temple at Angkor Wat, showing the moat and causeway and the central tower surrounded by four smaller towers. The suburbs surrounding the central city were the largest suburbs in the world all due to water management with 1,000,000+ inhabitants (Alexey Stiop/livescience.com).   Angkor Wat Buddha faces (Dvillaret/flickr.com)The massive sandstone bricks used to construct the 12th-century temple of [Cambodia's] Angkor Wat were brought to the site via...

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"YogaWoman" (film)

YogaWoman.TV; Amber Dorrian, Wisdom Quarterly (YogawomanTV) Movie now showing in Los Angeles and other major markets  The wonders of inner peace (Yogag33k)Yoga, as spiritual exercises and an ancient Vedic philosophy, was brought to the West from India by a lineage of male teachers (gurus) and their disciples (chelas). But now a generation of women are leading the way. They're strong, they're inspiring, and they're radically changing people's lives. "YogaWoman" is a groundbreaking film,...

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Peaceful Buddhists on murderous rampage?

Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; Abbot Ven. Karunananda, Ph.D., Bodhi ViharaIn this anti-Buddhist propaganda photo suggesting Buddhists monks (Tibetan lamas) are up to no good standing among corpses, what is really happening is quite the opposite. Lamas were brought in to bless and comfort victims after a massive Himalayan landslide in Tibet -- in this inflammatory, undated photo tagged with a url link to a video reporting atrocities committed against Burma's minority Muslim Rohingyas, which the world...

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Buddhist Halloween with Ven. Thanasanti

Wisdom QuarterlyTheravada nun Ven. Thanasanti, Halloween Dharma Punx, Hollywood (Wisdom Quarterly)Against the Stream welcomed American Theravada Buddhist nun Amma Thanasanti Bhikkhuni for an extended teaching visit. There are several chances to meditate and hear her teach, ask questions, and share community (sangha) building in simple conversation. Scheduled events from Halloween to Nov. 5, 2012 include:Oct 31: Halloween night, 7:30-9:30, Melrose Center. Come in costume, take some candy, listen...

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