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No Smoking in Shangri-La
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Emily Herzlin
On Monday June 1st, Nebraska banned smoking in most public indoor places, and Japan also banned smoking on limited and express trains on Japan Railway Group. In May, North Carolina and Michigan banned smoking in public places. LA County plans to ban smoking in county parks within the next few months. Smoking and tobacco sales…
Reincarnation Lie? On the Empowerment of a Young Spaniard and the Tulku System of Tibet
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Ethan Nichtern
This is interesting. The Dalai Lama empowered a young Spanish boy as an incarnate Lama. Now 24, the young man, Osel Hita Torres,is moving in another direction with his life (update on the Shambhala Sun blog). Lots of good questions on how 21st Century Buddhism might unfold within this story.
George Tiller, Abortion, and Compassion
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Ethan Nichtern
So the abortion doctor from Wichita, Kansas, George Tiller was killed in church yesterday, by a pro-life radical (irony of ironies). Amazingly, this was not the first time Dr. Tiller was shot. So clearly Dr. Tiller believed in what he was doing quite strongly (if you get shot and keep going, you must have conviction),…
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