10 coolest small towns Sep 13, 2008
Across town, the Yellow Springs Dharma Center, a Buddhist retreat draped in Tibetan prayer flags, holds meditation and chanting sessions (502 Livermore St., 937/767-9919, ). Public art has taken on a new meaning in the town, as well. (MSNBC -- Politics)
OLYMPIC BLOG:Ni Howdy! Aug 18, 2008
The Chinese are anxious to control everything, fearing real violence and some student wrapped in a Tibetan flag falling down in a puddle of fake blood. So to be on the safe side, it's ticket holders only. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Thousands flock to see Buddha relics Aug 7, 2008
THOUSANDS visited the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil over the weekend to catch a special exhibition featuring Buddha relics and Tibetan antiques ... Organised by the Malaysia Kadhampa Buddhist Association, the Holy Lights from Tibet exhibition was launched by Bukit Bintang MP Fung Kui Lun on Friday night in true Tibetan Buddhism spirit ... A taste of Tibet: Tibetan monks, dressed in Tibetan Buddhism robes, playing their traditional musical instruments. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
* [ART JOURNAL] Pop Art gets it on with Mao Zedong Aug 6, 2008
The first, called The History of Tibet and Feudal Serfdom in Old Tibet, consisted mostly of old photographic images of what the labels said were peasants maimed and crippled at the hands of Tibetan lords and Buddhist lamas. The second, New Tibet Changing With Each Passing Day, was a full-color travelogue account of the country under Chinese rule, an idyll of progress and cheer. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Path to enlightenment - Buddhist monk, wife to open Little Zen Museum Aug 5, 2008
That s where he met Gannon, who had returned from a Tibetan monastery in India and attended Takabayashi s meditation sessions. The couple was married in a New York Buddhist temple 11 years ago. (Missoulian, MT)
Relics of Buddha on show Jul 30, 2008
A TREASURE trove of Buddha relics and Tibetan antiques will be put up for public viewing at the Holy Lights from Tibet exhibition from Aug 1 to 3 at Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil ... Apart from the large relic collection, the exhibition will also showcase more than 1,000 pieces of Tibetan antiques. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Time to show off the Decorator Show House in Kittery Point Jul 13, 2008
She also went with a modern Tibetan rug. "The room that I'm doing will incorporate antiques and contemporary works of art," she says. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Pat Garrett's sheriff's badge nets $100,000 Jun 17, 2008
Robert Thurman talks about the Tibetan conflict. Finding My Religion. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Malaysia bustles with diversity Apr 4, 2008
Its lush gardens, Tibetan spa and superb restaurants make it a destination on its own. My modest budget would more likely put me in the funky Lone Pine Hotel, now run by the Eliers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
China urged to explain military buildup Jan 16, 2008
China has given varying explanations for the incident and suggested that the moves were reprisals because the U.S. government last year honored the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader who is considered a pro-independence "splittist" by Chinese leaders. China also has been unhappy about recent American arms sales to Taiwan. (International Herald Tribune)
Little Tibet may close doors Nov 16, 2007
He pointed out the green box of the scented substance, which was written completely in Tibetan ... He pointed to a large enclosed Tibetan marriage bed and said it was 200 years old ... "It was really exciting. I fell in love with Middletown." Little Tibet has been the realization of his American dream, the Tibetan said. (Middletown Press, CT)
North County Times Community news Briefs: Fire survivor support group to meet Nov 6, 2007
CARLSBAD -- The Tibetan bowls and gong concert will be held at 7 p.m. Nov 9 at 30 for Life, 2801 Roosevelt St., B ( behind the Wine Spot). Diane Mandle will combine precision-tuned Tibetan bowls, Moon and Wind gongs and other sacred instruments with moving light forms creating overtones and rhythms of sacred sound. (North County Times)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Oct 26, 2007
Suffering is certainly inseparable from the experience of watching "Milarepa," an agonizingly slow, dramatically misconceived biopic on famed 11th-century Tibetan Buddhist figure Jetsun Milarepa. 400. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Woodstock weekend Oct 18, 2007
10; ), a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, offers Buddhist retreats and teachings. The main shrine room is open Monday to Friday 1 to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., except during teachings. (Newsday -- Health)
* China's heritage is drifting away via Hong Kong Sep 27, 2007
On Hollywood Road, Hong Kong's famed strip of art and antique outlets, the shopfronts provide a veritable tour of Chinese and Asian history, selling everything from Tibetan temple carpets and centuries-old Chinese wedding cabinets to giant Cambodian and Burmese Buddhas that arrive in the territory in wooden crates ... Sally Chu, who runs a shop selling Chinese and Tibetan textiles on Hollywood Road, said: "We talk about it all the time, me and the other traders. We know that relics dug up from... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
After restoring Deutschtown home, chefs turn to 'country house' Sep 22, 2007
A hand-painted Tibetan chest stores some of the couple's crystal, set against persimmon-colored walls. In the corner, a reverse-painted lamp crafted by Tiffany contemporary Philip Handel in the late 1800s casts a rosy glow. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Festival celebrates Nepal Aug 31, 2007
A special attraction this year will be the appearance of Tibetan yaks in full Tibetan costume. Caralee Whitsett, an expert in the life culture and habits of yaks, will be present to educate attendees. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Spring bidding budding Aug 24, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Peter FishAugust 25, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Tibetan clay sculptures: Tshatsha Aug 6, 2007
The Tibetans carry them in small amulet boxes to guard against evil ... To make a tshatsha, first a mold, an indispensable item known as tsha-shi-gong in Tibetan, has to be made. (Xinhuanet, China)
We'll Take Staten Island Jul 6, 2007
Windows down to the breeze, myself and a fellow explorer are soon cruising up Richmond Avenue on our way to a destination as quiet and bucolic as the sounds of Wu-Tang Clan are jarring and discordant: the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art ... Tibetan prayer flags flutter overhead ... Here is the museum Jacques Marchais opened in 1947 to permanently house her collection of Tibetan and Himalayan art. (Lambertville Beacon, NJ)
Built to hilt to blend with setting Jun 16, 2007
Flanking the library are the fully appointed guest suite, with sandblasted glass door panels, and the dining room, where an old Tibetan railing becomes wall art. Family heirloom, 120-year-old Jacobean chairs, in their original nailhead upholstery and horsehair stuffing, ring Kevin's handmade table. (AZCentral -- Home)
Southwest Riverside County Community News Briefs: Temecula Elks keep busy Jun 6, 2007
Tibetan bowl concert planned. MURRIETA --- A Tibetan bowl concert will be presented at 7 p.m. today at Yoga Healing. (North County Times)
Holey George's pieces stay Down Under May 26, 2007
The bumper sticker might say "FREE TIBET" but there were no give-aways in the big assemblage of Tibetana offered by Sotheby's at its decorative arts sale on May 1 and 2. The proceedings were dominated by two glowering deities from the Tibetan pantheon, both 18th-century gilt bronze figures slightly more than 22 centimetres high. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: May 8, 2007
Certified Tibetan bowl sound healer, author and recording artist Diane Mandle will teach participants how to use Tibetan bowls for meditation and quality of life enhancement, stress and pain reduction and relaxation. Each session will include a sound healing meditation concert, and participants will be provided with instruments and home activities to use between sessions. (North County Times)
Eastern divinities are realigning the planets Apr 29, 2007
No sooner had it finished cataloguing the estate of one-time Double Bay dentist Dr Paul Otto Taubert earlier this year, including some 90 items of Chinese, Tibetan and Indian religious art, than another monastery-full came in the door including more than 30 bronzes and carvings. Catalogued separately to the Taubert collection, this cast of worthies includes items deaccessioned from the New England Regional Art Museum and a few provenanced to Sydney dealer Cito Cessna, who as well as being an... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Stars donate to Darfur aid sale Apr 25, 2007
Missing Tibetan Lama comes of age. Mel B names daughter after Murphy. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Things to do Apr 22, 2007
serving Amelia Island, Bryceville, Callahan, Fernandina Beach, Hilliard, and Yulee. Amy Hille dances the Mambo with Felix Solis. (Florida Times-Union)
Blue blood and scarlet women mix at Bonhams Apr 14, 2007
Stars among a sizable array of Buddhist and Hindu statuary are a pair of gilt-bronze Chinese 17th century Buddha figures 44cm high, raised on lotus flower stands, estimated at $25,000 to $30,000, and a Tibetan 18th century figure of the wrathful Vajrapani bedecked by snakes at $10,000-$15,000. Among the art are two 15th century Netherlandish altar panels, one showing a group of bishops and the martyrdom of St Sebastian. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Out of Mongolia Apr 6, 2007
Some of the things would be precious to Tibetan Buddhists, for example the two rare yellow hats from the "yellow hat" sect, of which the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader ... " The sacred Tibetan objects often find their way to the market in Mongolia, where the people are not Buddhist and are therefore not aware how valued these things are. Also, the people are so desperately poor, selling the objects is one of their only ways of earning income. "We were literally trading Skittles for some of... (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
Antique route: Mumbai-US via Singapore Mar 24, 2007
In March 2004, the crime branch in Mumbai laid a trap at Byculla and nabbed two hoteliers from Bangalore who had come to the city to sell Tibetan idols. The duo, K S Radhakrishna Shetty and Ramesh Narayanswamy, were carrying idols which were 250 years old and had been stolen a decade ago. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Fashion maven celebrated Feb 28, 2007
West Palm Beach She wore a chartreuse bubble coat with a red fur stole and layered Tibetan prayer wheels around her neck. Over-the-knee fuchsia boots were never over the top for part time Palm Beach resident Iris Apfel. (Vero Beach Press Journal)
Collectors united in devotion to Buddha Feb 9, 2007
Meanwhile, highlights of the Sterling offering include a late Ming dynasty Avalokiteshvara 90 centimetres high on a pedestal base and a large Tibetan portrait figure of a Kagyu lama from the 15th or 16th century. Both are "estimate on request". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Twenty special places to rent in Ireland Feb 3, 2007
With a love of her Native American culture, she came to Tibetan Buddhism and is involved with the local inter-faith forum trying to heal some of Northern Irelands political wounds. Her weeny "cottage" - a glorified lean-to attached to her family house - is decked in Tibetan prayer flags, defended by a brass dragon door knocker, and is perfect for one frugal person in search of a weeks birdsung serenity. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Blackman a draw with girls, and without Jan 27, 2007
It's not yet clear what the future holds for his co-tenants, Tibetan art specialist Marie-Francois Fatton and Australiana dealer Andrew Simpson. Lane and his partner have bought an 1840s heritage-listed home in South Hobart, and he has some modest renovations in mind. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
