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Reindeer Rescuers' Airlift Races Against Official `Mercy Killing'
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An extraordinary effort is underway to airlift a herd of
reindeer off a remote and overgrazed Alaska island before they
starve this winter.
But even as the reindeer rescue continues, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service is moving ahead with its own solution to the
problem: using rifles to shoot the animals from helicopters.
Fish and Wildlife officials say they had no choice but to begin
their "mercy killing." Harsh winter weather is beginning to swallow
Hagemeister Island, about 300 miles southwest of Anchorage, and
government shooters had to get started or risk their own safety.
"We're up ...
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Buddhism may act as a "Harmonious Bridge'
Newspaper article from: China Daily
; ...s deep involvement in the spread of Buddhism across Asia over the past millennium...stated clearly, all three branches of Buddhism were represented at the Forum. Masters...Mahayana and Vajrayana (or Tibetan Buddhism) actively participated in the Forum...
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Buddhism in America & Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Buddhist-Christian Studies
; BUDDHISM IN AMERICA. By Richard Hughes Seager...LUMINOUS PASSAGE: THE PRACTICE AND STUDY OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA. By Charles S. Prebish...religion as practiced in America. (1) Buddhism in America is written for a general audience...
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 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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Buddhism seeks end to suffering.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: FAITH)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
; ...drawing considerable attention to one of Buddhism's central ideas - the issue of human suffering. Buddhism seeks to offer the solution to human suffering...Instead, the believer can create value. Buddhism started in India about 500 B.C. It...
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Buddhism in Asian civilization
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror
; Colombo, May 8 -- Buddhism began as an intellectual and ethical movement in the sixth century...following by the time of his parinibhana in 483 B.C. The spread of Buddhism Buddhism has been significant not only in India, but also in Sri Lanka...
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Humanistic Buddhism: a vision for the future.
Newspaper article from: Yasodhara-Newsletter on International Buddhist Women's Activities
; Humanistic Buddhism for Social Well-being: An Overview...pp.123). Colombo -- In describing Buddhism we use such terms as 'hinayana' and...Often we do talk about Thai or Sri Lankan Buddhism referring to particular characteristics...
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Buddhism influences U.S. thought.(Religion)(A Matter Of Belief)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...about religion this year, the winner is Buddhism. After a few years of Christian themes...Christmas Day. Both films are about Buddhism. They are the strongest such initiatives...Wars trilogy to, in his words, "bring Buddhism to America." The celluloid burst of...
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 "The Nation (Thailand)")
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BUDDHISM WITH A LITTLE 'B': A PERSONAL BRAND OF RELIGION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand)
; ...1997 For the mainstream tradition in Buddhism I use a capital ''B"; for my own personal brand of buddhism I use a small ''b". I make the same...versus-thou business.) Mainstream Buddhism, like most mainstreams, has had to...
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Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the state, 1660-1990. (Book reviews).
Magazine article from: Buddhist-Christian Studies
; ...primarily focuses on the history of Chinese Buddhism as an organized religion in Taiwan from the...needed study as most literature on Chinese Buddhism is based on Mainland Chinese Buddhism. Only in the last decade has there been a...
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Buddhism focuses on continual learning, humility
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...was internal," Cheng said. Many view Buddhism as a philosophy and not a religion...Christian equivalent, and those studying Buddhism are taught to question everything they...try to convince people of anything with Buddhism. He simply holds out his hand to offer...
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Buddhism in the Sung.(Review)
Magazine article from: China Review International
; ...and Daniel A. Getz, Jr., editors. Buddhism in the Sung. Kuroda Institute: Studies in East Asian Buddhism 13. Honolulu: Kuroda Institute/University...Institute's excellent Studies in East Asian Buddhism series. The present volume grew out...
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