The Dalai Lama, who just celebrated his 76th birthday, is in Washington, D.C., for a ten-day event promoting peace. He has written: “I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter much. Far more important is that they be a good human being.”. . . “That is…

 By JACK JENKINS Religion News Service WASHINGTON — The Dalai Lama celebrated his 76th birthday in Washington on Wednesday by speaking before throngs of well-wishers and kicking off an 11-day peace event in the U.S. capital. Sporting traditional Tibetan Buddhist robes and a red visor, the exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism addressed the large crowd assembled…

Yes, Grasshopper, they do, says Beliefnet blogger Dr. Britton Gildersleeve, a poetry professor at Oklahoma State University who considers herself a non-orthodox Buddhist — sort of a Unitarian Buddhist. CLICK HERE to read more

By JACK JENKINS ~ c. 2011 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The Dalai Lama will visit Washington next month for an 11-day peace rally that is being billed as “the largest gathering for world peace in history.” The July 6-16 “Kalachakra for World Peace” aims to “amplify the profound, unshakable commitment of (the Dalai Lama)…

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