Read more Buddhism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11859/buddhism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:25:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72404/a-rod-finds-religion-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt seems only yesterday Alex Rodriguez was dabbling in Kabbalah to please galpal Madonna. But those days are over, and the Yankees slugger has moved on to a new woman and a new religion. The “religious chameleon,” as one pal calls him, is now flirting with Buddhism to make new...http://www.newser.com/story/72404/a-rod-finds-religion-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 9:23:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71277/honor-the-dalai-lama-replace-him-with-a-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Dalai Lama’s work for peace has been so widely praised that it’s almost obscured his wonderful work as a feminist. He has worked tirelessly for women, seeking to raise their position in Tibetan society, writes Amy Yee for Double X. He even suggested, scandalously, that his next reincarnation ought...http://www.newser.com/story/71277/honor-the-dalai-lama-replace-him-with-a-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 10:35:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63439/turkish-game-show-tries-to-convert-atheists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis was probably only a matter of time: A Turkish game show starting this fall will bring on 10 atheists per show and give holy men from four faiths the chance to convert them, the Guardian reports. A Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, and a Buddhist monk...http://www.newser.com/story/63439/turkish-game-show-tries-to-convert-atheists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 1:29:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60624/boy-chosen-by-dalai-lama-abandons-buddhism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen he was still a toddler, Osel Hita Torres was brought from Spain to an Indian monastery, where the Dalai Lama proclaimed him the reincarnation of one of Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leaders. But Torres, now 24, has abandoned the order and returned to Spain, where he studies film and says...http://www.newser.com/story/60624/boy-chosen-by-dalai-lama-abandons-buddhism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 7:19:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56870/taiwanese-med-students-honor-cadaver-donors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Taiwanese medical school is responding to the island nation’s shortage of cadavers for study by bringing the family of the deceased fully into the program, the Wall Street Journal reports. At Tzu Chi University, medical students meet with donors' families and even compose poems to their “silent mentors” to...http://www.newser.com/story/56870/taiwanese-med-students-honor-cadaver-donors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 12:34:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47211/no-time-for-faith-try-a-podcast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOverscheduled Americans are fueling a boom in devotional books and media that mete out bite-sized doses of faith, the Los Angeles Times reports. An editor at a Christian book house calls its One Minute Bible “a ready-made, quick little devotion they can do every day.” But it’s not a substitute...http://www.newser.com/story/47211/no-time-for-faith-try-a-podcast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 14:45:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43528/tibetans-push-lama-toward-harder-stance-on-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTibetans still support the Dalai Lama’s “middle way” policy of negotiating for greater autonomy under Chinese rule, the Christian Science Monitor reports, but a conference of Tibetan exiles that ended today in India revealed many are growing impatient with Beijing’s endless foot-dragging. Members of the conference said there was a...http://www.newser.com/story/43528/tibetans-push-lama-toward-harder-stance-on-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Nov 2008 13:07:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39577/dalai-lama-breezes-through-gall-stone-surgery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Dalai Lama underwent gall stone surgery today in India after he was rushed to a hospital again suffering from abdominal pain, reports the Times of London. The 73-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists spent four days in a hospital with similar pains in August. The operation went off "without...http://www.newser.com/story/39577/dalai-lama-breezes-through-gall-stone-surgery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Oct 2008 2:13:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37898/young-burmese-monks-ready-to-take-up-arms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter seeing nonviolent protesters killed or detained in last year’s protests against the ruling junta, younger segments of Burma’s Buddhist monks are becoming more radical, embracing armed resistance and overt dissent, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "We need weapons,” one young monk said. “That is the only way we can...http://www.newser.com/story/37898/young-burmese-monks-ready-to-take-up-arms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Sep 2008 6:41:24 CDT