Vietnamese Buddhism

50 years ago this week…

June 11: 50 years ago today, a Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc calmly sat down in the middle of…

June 14, 2013

San Diego Planning Commission to hear proposal for Buddhist monastery expansion

Gary Warth, North Country Times: The San Diego County Planning Commission is scheduled on Friday to hear a proposal to…

February 7, 2012

151 comment letters, petition received on Buddhist temple

The public comment period on the re-circulated draft environmental Mitigated Negative Declaration for the proposed Buddhist temple in Bonsall [California]…

February 21, 2011

Buddhist temple in Kannapolis, North Carolina, celebrates one year

From the outside, the building at 1602 Lane St. looks very much like the Protestant church it used to be.…

February 5, 2011

Community planners hear more comments on Buddhist monastery expansion

Gary Warth, North County Times, California: Proponents of a Buddhist meditation center proposed for Bonsall made one final pitch to…

February 1, 2011

Neighbors wary of proposed new meditation center

The Bonsall [California] Community Sponsor Group delayed its recommendation on the Dai Dang Monastery's expansion plans after hearing more than…

January 27, 2011

Testing Vietnam’s religious resolve

BBC News: On a hillside temple in southern Vietnam, one of the country's most renowned Buddhist teachers is giving a…

March 21, 2007

More on meditation and Zen Master Thich Thanh Tu (Fort Wayne News Sentinel)

My own halting attempts to meditate had begun about six months ago after I stumbled across a meditation manual in,…

August 18, 2004

The nuns’ life: enlightenment without TV (Star-Telegram, Texas)

Inside the new temple, the floors are covered by lush gray carpet, the walls painted a vivid yellow, but the…

August 15, 2004

Opposition is building to Buddhist monastery (San Diego Union Tribune)

About 200 residents have signed petitions against a Buddhist monastery and meditation center proposed for a hillside above the San…

March 18, 2004