The only Buddhist republic in Europe (video)

Russia Today; New.BBC.co.uk; Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly Northwestern climes for Central Asian BuddhistsKalmykia is in the steppe region in the south of European Russia. It is the only indigenous European Buddhist republic. A 2011 international Buddhist festival took place in a magnificent temple in Kalmykia's capital, Elista. Vajrayana monks, practicing in a Tibetan-Bhutanese-Mongolian style, are preparing a sand mandala.Ethnic Kalmyks are traditionally Buddhist (BBC)The monastery...

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Apes have "mid-life crises," humans too

Wisdom QuarterlyBalding, flabby, and testosterone-poisoned, that's the crisis at mid-life (WQ)  Yet again proving that we humans are simply the most spiritually and intellectually (albeit not necessarily the most socially or emotionally) evolved of the apes, we aren't the only ones to go through a mid-life crisis.Everything we do, perhaps short of moral reasoning, exists in the animal world: tool-making, language (all animals communicate and some, without adequate voice boxes, manage to mimic...

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JFK conspiracy redux: Judyth Vary Baker

Pfc. Sandoval, Pat Macpherson, Wisdom Quarterly Alvie (Woody Allen) explains the inconsistencies of the Warren Commission in "Annie Hall." Common sense has always known the US gov't is covering up what really happened and why.JFK ASSASSINATION RE-EXAMINED with JUDYTH VARY BAKER, author of Me & Lee: How I Came to Know, Love & Lose Lee Harvey OswaldWednesday, Nov. 28th, 7:30-10:00 pmThe Canal Club, Venice Beach, CA2025 Pacific Ave., Venice, 90291 (310) 823-3878More info Gerry Fialka:...

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