Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Some sites on Buddhism

I found the following sites on Buddhism in the book Buddhism For Dummies Posting the list here enables me to take a look when I wish as well as enables others to access the sites. I have seen a few and the articles there are very interesting and worth reading.

(1) Inquiring Mind www.inquiringmind.com

(2) Mandala: Buddhism in Our Time www.mandalamagazine.org

(3)Shambhala Sun: Creating Enlightened Society www.shambhalasun.com

(4) Snow Lion www.snowlionpub.com


(5)Tricycle: The Buddhist Review www.tricycle.com

(6)Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism www.bpf.org



Source: Buddhism For Dummies (A reference for the rest of us) by Jonathan Landaw and Stephan Bodian

Appendix B: Additional Buddhist Resources to Check Out


Click here to get to the webpage on the book as well as to access more related articles.

The Lotus Sutra as recited by some Western monks (9:31)

An earlier blog post: Chanting the Heart Sutra

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Sunday, March 09, 2008

Short Films By Women For Women

Found this while doing a google:

Interesting short films by women for women. The films are in four categories:

(a) U.S. Cinema

(b) International

(c) Animation

(d) Documentary

I have seen just one so far and I liked it.

Happy viewing. Click here

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Saturday, March 01, 2008

Mozart and Bollywood

Here is Mozart's Symphony 40



(Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Live concert at the Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan on November 11th, 2006.)

And here are Lata Mangeshkar and Talat Mahmood singing Itna Na Mujhsay Tu Pyar Badha.... (Film Chhaya, 1961, Director Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Composer Salil Choudhury)

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