The Great Liberation (Tibetan Book of the Dead)

Wisdom Quarterly; HCLivess

A presentation of NHK Japan, Mistral Films of France, and the National Film Board of Canada

  

The Great Liberation

This is a companion piece to The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Way of Life. It is a short film that centers around the premature death of a 42-year-old man in the Himalayas. He has returned to his family from a long journey and is suddenly stricken with an unknown illness. The film serves as a practical introduction to the Tibetan Book of the Dead with stunning visuals from Buddhist India high in the Himalayan province of Ladakh. The area, near the Tibetan border, is home to a unique form of Buddhism known variously as Vajrayana, Tantrayana, and Lamaism. It is mixed with an indigenous pre-Buddhist shamanistic tradition known as Bon. It survives in spite of Chinese desecration of Tibet because it was once spread throughout various Himalayan Buddhist kingdoms such as Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Mustang, Ladakh, and Shangri-la.  

• Native Americans and Buddhism 
• Buddhist nun shares the sound of music
• You and that heavy metal music of yours
• Finding Common Cause with Chinese Buddhists

World Buddhist Forum (china.org.cn)

(SCPR.org, 4th of 5 parts) In recent years, China's communist government has taken a new, proactive approach to religion. In particular, it has bolstered support for Buddhism, which provides needed charity work and financial aid -- and also serves as a counterweight to the explosion of Christianity in China.... This was the first World Buddhist Forum, attended by more than 1,000 monks, and held in China. Never before had the officially atheist country sponsored such a large religious conference. Tensions still remain in Beijing's relationship to Tibetan Buddhism, particularly given believers' loyalty to their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

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Obon Fest: Orange County Buddhist Church

Orange County Buddhist Church (ocbuddhist.org)

Obon festivities (lifetourist79)

Obon is a Japanese Buddhist celebration honoring the dead. Zen tradition holds that Obon season, much like the West's Halloween or All Hallow's Eve, means a thinner veil between the worlds. Hungry ghosts (pretas) are appeased and fed, ancestors are honored, and respect is given to all who have passed. The celebration in the human world within the precincts of a Zen temple are joyous. There is line dancing (Obon Odori), feasting, and merriment. This past weekend was celebrated in Altadena at the large Japanese cultural center on Glen Ave. An even larger even is planned for the Asian Buddhist community of Orange County. All are welcome to participate in tea ceremonies, Taiko drumming, games and prizes, and an introduction to Japanese Buddhism. More

• Orange County Buddhist Church
• Saturday and Sunday, July 21-22, 2012
• 909 South Dale Ave., Anaheim, CA 9280
• (714) 827-9590

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The Truth About Kashmir (audio)

AR (alternativeradio.org)

The 14th Dalai Lama visits troubled Kashmir, the gateway to Buddhist India (Ladakh)

• Alternative Radio (Pacifica), Monday, July 16, 2012 8:00 am
  

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Kashmir: Buried Evidence

Among the many issues plaguing South Asia, none is as violent or deeply contested as Kashmir.
  
The problem mirrors China's Tibet and America's Palestine -- an intransigent land issue of genocidal proportions.

   
The major unresolved issue of the disastrous British partition of India in 1947, Kashmir has been the site of wars and the threat of wars, and probably the world's longest and most extensive military occupation....

  

Dr. A.P. Chatterji (greaterkashmir.com)

Dr. Angana P. Chatterji is an anthropologist, activist, and feminist historian from Calcutta, India. She is a co-convener of the International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-administered Kashmir.

  

Dr. Chatterji's research is closely related to her activism and focuses mainly on India. An anthropologist by profession, she has studied "militarized governance, gender and identity, and self-determination" in Indian-administered Kashmir and communal violence in Orissa.
 

In the context of the United States, she has researched issues related to "hyper-nationalism, diaspora, and identity politics" in American society.

  

She was formerly (1997-2011) part of the faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), a private educational institution based in San Francisco, along with her husband, Richard Shapiro. More

• The US connection? Arm sales!
• India as arms customer: Pentagon
• India's rise, America's interest
• Child molestation in D.C. (FranklinScandal.com) 
• Where was the Buddha really born?

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Creating Female Leaders in Nepal (video)

Claire Naylor and Claire Charamnac, Women-Lead.org (Good Maker)

In 2010, we co-founded Women LEAD, a leadership development organization for young women in Nepal. We were 20 and strongly believed that the lack of female leaders around the world is one of the worst inequalities of the 21st century. 

  

We empower young women to take leadership positions alongside men in Nepal by providing them with the skills to pursue their vision for change. Women in Nepal face overwhelming challenges: 33% of girls aged 15 to 19 are married, and 60% of women are illiterate.

   

   

We build the capacity of female high school students to tackle poverty and discrimination. In 2011, we equipped 200 promising leaders (aged 14 to 19) with academic, career, and leadership skills through our programs.

   

What can be done?

Young women have the passion and vision to solve the problems plaguing their communities. They simply lack the necessary training, guidance, and resources. Our programs empower young women to be leaders by providing them with leadership training, skills building, mentoring, and a peer-support network. Vote for us

• Teaching a Young Nation of Women to Lead
• Women LEAD selected as one of the Top 50 Ideas and Solutions for Women and Children
• It's not about feminism, it's about collaboration
• 25 inspiring citizen activists & their friends quietly making impact in Nepal
• Honoring Women of Power and Peace
• Women LEAD? (viewyourchoice)
• Women L.E.A.D. (Rice University)

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The Child-Molesting Elite (audio)

Nick Bryant (FranklinScandal.com); VeritasShow.com
Part 1 of 7

Go Harrison July 16, 2012 3:00 pm PLAY (download)
The Child-Raping Elite (Great Minds of Today)
Surviving all forms of Child Abuse (SIA)

Johnny Gosch (goodyoutube.com)

(Veritas Show) Researcher Nick Bryant drops a bombshell on Washington, D.C., the ostensible seat of American power. (It actually resides elsewhere with the real movers and shakers of the military-industrial complex). The power elite are deeply involved in child molestation.
  
There is even a Penn State-Palerno-Sandusky connection. This Veritas interview is a chilling exposé of corporate corruption and government cover-ups of a nationwide child-trafficking and pedophilia ring in the United States.

Franklin Scandal, Cover-Up (solari.com)

It is a sordid tale of corruption in the highest (known) places, with tacit CIA approval and cover ups. The scandal originally surfaced during an investigation into Omaha, Nebraska's failed Franklin Federal Credit Union and took the author beyond the Midwest and ultimately to Washington, DC. 

  

Implicating businessmen, senators, major media corporations, the CIA, and even the venerable Boys Town (orphanage) organization, this extensively researched report includes firsthand interviews with key witnesses and explores a controversy that has received scant media attention. Listen to the entire show at veritasshow.com with no censorship and no commercials.

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