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Twin Turmoil

Media For Freedom - ‎Apr 16, 2009‎
By SANJAYA DHAKAL The two main pillars supporting the Nepali economy – remittance income and tourism - are both shaking at the impact of the global economic ...
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Media For Freedom - ‎Apr 16, 2009‎
Nepal and Thailand has long history of diplomatic relations. For many Nepalis, Thailand is a gateway to other parts of the world. Charge d' affairs of Royal ...
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SLC Fugitive Reportedly In New York

Salt Lake City police say a 22-year-old woman on their most wanted list is in New York. Now they want to find her and bring her back to faces charges of forgery and theft by deception.
Police Sgt. Fred Ross said an extradition warrant was recently issued for Kari Michelle Ferrell. It is the most recent in a handful of outstanding warrants totalling $60,000 that the former Utah resident is wanted on in connection with forgery, issuing bad checks and theft, according to the police department's Web site. Ferrell's manipulative past was profiled Wednesday by The New York Observer in a story titled, "The Hipster Grifter." It paints her as a liar, schemer and thief.
Some of her old friends in Utah agree with the publication's portrayal. Geoff Sink was friends with Ferrell when she was 11 years old and the two later attended Copper Hills High School in West Jordan. After high school, and her parent's divorce, Ferrell started buying expensive clothes and makeup and bouncing bad checks, Sink said. To help her with her finances, he agreed to deposit one of her checks in his bank account and then withdraw the money so she could pay bills, Sink said. Her check bounced. When he confronted her, she blew him off and only later paid back about half the money, he said. Sink hasn't spoken with Ferrell since shortly after that incident in 2006. But he has read the Observer .
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Khatam News

Novice Tibetan Buddhist monks try to spin a giant prayer-wheel at the Kopan Buddhist monastery in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Phot
Novice Tibetan Buddhist monks try to spin a giant prayer-wheel at the Kopan Buddhist monastery in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) (AP/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

A young Tibetan Buddhist monk looks on during a prayer reciting session at the Kopan monastery in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Phot
A young Tibetan Buddhist monk looks on during a prayer reciting session at the Kopan monastery in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) (AP/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
An aerial view of the terrace farms and the villages in the mid-hill regions of Nepal
An aerial view of the terrace farms and the villages in the mid-hill regions of Nepal April 16, 2009. More than 80 percent of Nepal is occupied by high mountains and hills and some 60 percent of the population is concentrated in these areas. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar (NEPAL SOCIETY)

A village boy looks at the photographer at Gorepatan village, in the mid-hill regions of Nepal
A village boy looks at the photographer at Gorepatan village, in the mid-hill regions of Nepal April 16, 2009. Most of the village children in Nepal do not see their first birthday as only the tough ones survive. More than 80 percent of Nepal is occupied by high mountains and hills and some 60 percent of the population is concentrated in these areas. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar (NEPAL SOCIETY)

In the world of many voices

In the world of many voices
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Geetha Bhardwaj, OneWorld South Asia
07 November 2008
OneWorld South Asia's new audio content bank helps grassroots communities to share and access community media content from across the region. With its current rich resource bank from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, the portal best exemplifies how technology can enhance and communicate diverse voices.
New Delhi: The mellifluous strains of the violin fill the room as we listen entranced to the title song of the programme More Tunde, Mor Kathani (My Story in My Voice) sung by young Tushar Kant Chalan from Kashipala Orissa. This programme on the ill effects of liquor consumption is produced by Chale Chalo. Voices from remote districts can now be heard across the globe, thanks to EK duniya anEK awaaz (EDAA) – One World Many Voices.
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Launched in September 2008 by OneWorld South Asia, EDAA has entered the virtual domain with an invitation to ‘Join, Share, Empower’ grassroots voices from South Asia. It is an online platform enabling free and open access to audio content produced through diverse community media initiatives.
A simple web interface allows uploading and downloading of audio content. Job Alerts and Funding Alerts disseminate useful information relevant to the development communications sector. A pool of resources on policy guidelines, technology, and production of content also features here. The calendar keeps one abreast with national and international events.
This South Asian archive on MDG and other development related issues currently has 300 radio programmes, voice bytes, interviews and jingles in four Indian languages, Nepali and Sinhala.
In a month, the portal has seen usage and sharing from community media centres of Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh, Jagori in Himachal, Chale Chalo in Orissa, Kongu Community Radio Station and Holy Cross in Tamil Nadu, Namma Dwani in Karnataka, and institutions like Film and Television Institute of India. It also features audio content from OWSA’s weekly radio shows Ek Duniya Ek Aawaz and Baat Nanhe Dilon Ki (co-produced by NGO Chetna) that are aired on a popular national channel every week.
EDAA represents an important milestone in OneWorld South Asia’s journey towards creating enabling technology and platforms for communities. It is an endeavor to use the democratic potential of ICTs to create one world that encompasses all voices.
For more information write to satish.n@oneworld.net

Gautam Buddha

Gautam Buddha
by Dr. Zakir Naik
Gautama Buddha was the founder of Buddhism. His original name was Siddharth (meaning one who has accomplished). He was also called Sakyamuni, i.e. the sage of the tribe of Sakya. He was born in the year 563 B.C. in the village of Lumbini near Kapila Vastu, within the present borders of Nepal.According to legend, an astrologer foretold his father, the king, that young Gautama would give up the throne and luxury and renounce the world the day he would see four things (i) an old man, (ii) a sick man, (iii) a diseased man and (iv) a dead man. Hence, the king confined Gautama in a special palace which was provided with all worldly pleasures. He was married at the age of sixteen to Yasoddhra.At the age of 29 after the birth of his first son, Gautama on the same day saw an old man, a sick man, a diseased man and a dead man. The impact of the dark side of life made him renounce the world that same night and he left his wife and son and became a penniless wanderer.He studied and practised Hindu discipline initially, and later, Jainism. For several years he observed rigorous fasting along with extreme self-mortification. On realising that tormenting his body did not bring him closer to true wisdom, he resumed eating normally and abandoned asceticism.At the age of 35, one evening as he sat beneath a giant fig tree (Bodh tree), he felt that he had found the solution to his problem and felt that he had attained enlightenment. Thus, he came to be known as ?Gautama?, ?The Buddha?, or 'The Enlightened One'.Later, he spent 45 years in preaching the truth that he felt he had discovered. He travelled from city to city bare-footed, clean-headed, with nothing more on his self than his saffron robe, walking stick and begging bowl. He died at the age of 80 in the year 483 BC.
Buddhism is divided into two sects viz. Hinayana and Mahayana.
I. BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES:Historical criticism has proved that the original teachings of Buddha can never be known. It seems that Gautama Buddha?s teachings were memorized by his disciples. After Buddha?s death a council was held at Rajagaha so that the words of Buddha could be recited and agreed upon. There were differences of opinion and conflicting memories in the council. Opinion of Kayshapa and Ananda who were prominent disciples of Buddha were given preference. A hundred years later, a second council at Vesali was held. Only after 400 years, after the death of Buddha were his teachings and doctrines written down. Little attention was paid regarding its authenticity, genuineness and purity.
Buddhist Scriptures can be divided into Pali and Sanskrit Literature:
A. Pali Literature :
The Pali literature was monopolized by the Hinayana sect of Buddhism.
Tri Pitaka: The most important of all Buddhist scriptures is the TRI-PITAKA which is in Pali text. It is supposed to be the earliest recorded Buddhist literature which was written in the 1st Century B.C.
The TRI-PITAKA or Three Baskets of law is composed of 3 books:
1.Vinaya Pitaka: "Rules of Conduct" : This is a book of discipline and mainly deals with rules of the order.
2. Sutta Pitaka: "Discourses" : It is a collection of sermons and discourses of Gautama Buddha and the incidents in his life. It is the most important Pitaka and consists of five divisions known as Nikayas. Dhammapada is the most famous Pali literature and contains aphorisms and short statements covering the truth.
3. Abhidhamma: "Analysis of Doctrine": This third basket contains meta physical doctrines and is known as Buddhist meta physicals. It is an analytical and logical elaboration of the first two pitakas. It contains analysis and exposition of Buddhist doctrine.
B. Sanskrit Literature:
Sanskrit literature was preferred by the Mahayana. Sanskrit literature has not been reduced to a collection or in Cannon like the Pali literature. Thus much of the original Sanskrit literature has been lost. Some were translated into other languages like Chinese and are now being re-translated into Sanskrit

Culture of Tibet

Main article: Culture of Tibet The 1st Dalai Lama A young monk at Labrang Religion Tibetan Buddhism Main articles: Bön and Tibetan Buddhism Religion and spirituality is extremely important to the Tibetans and has a strong influence over all aspects of lives; ingrained deeply into their cultural heritage. Bön is the ancient traditional religion of Tibet, but following the introduction of Tantric Buddhism into Tibet by Padmasambhava this became eclipsed by Tibetan Buddhism, a distinctive form of Vajrayana. Tibetan Buddhism is practiced not only in Tibet but also in Mongolia, parts of northern India, the Buryat Republic, the Tuva Republic, and in the Republic of Kalmykia and some other areas in China besides the Tibet region. As every where in China was undergoing Cultural Revolution, there were over 6,000 monasteries and convents in Tibet, and nearly all but a handful were ransacked and destroyed by the Red Guards, including Tibetan Red Guards.[134] [135] [136] Some of the monasteries has begun to rebuild by the Chinese government since the 1980s and greater religious freedom also granted - although it is still limited. Monks returned to monasteries cross Tibet and monastic education resumed even though the number of monks imposed is strictly limited. [137] [138] [139] Tibetan Buddhism has four main traditions (the suffix pa is comparable to "er" in English): Gelug(pa), Way of Virtue, also known casually as Yellow Hat, whose spiritual head is the Ganden Tripa and whose temporal, the Dalai Lama. Successive Dalai Lamas ruled Tibet from the mid-17th to mid-20th centuries. This order was founded in the 14th to 15th century by Je Tsongkhapa, based on the foundations of the Kadampa tradition. Tsongkhapa was renowned for both his scholasticism and his virtue. The Dalai Lama belongs to the Gelugpa school, and is regarded as the embodiment of the Bodhisattva of Compassion[140]. Kagyu(pa), Oral Lineage. This contains one major subsect and one minor subsect. The first, the Dagpo Kagyu, encompasses those Kagyu schools that trace back to Gampopa. In turn, the Dagpo Kagyu consists of four major sub-sects: the Karma Kagyu, headed by a Karmapa, the Tsalpa Kagyu, the Barom Kagyu, and Pagtru Kagyu. There are further eight minor sub-sects, all of which trace their root to Pagtru Kagyu. Among the eight sub-sects the most notable of are the Drikung Kagyu and the Drukpa Kagyu. The once-obscure Shangpa Kagyu, which was famously represented by the 20th century teacher Kalu Rinpoche, traces its history back to the Indian master Niguma, sister of Kagyu lineage holder Naropa. This is an oral tradition which is very much concerned with the experiential dimension of meditation. Its most famous exponent was Milarepa, an eleventh century mystic. Nyingma(pa), The Ancient Ones. This is the oldest, the original order founded by Padmasambhava. Sakya(pa), Grey Earth, headed by the Sakya Trizin, founded by Khon Konchog Gyalpo, a disciple of the great translator Drokmi Lotsawa. Sakya Pandita 1182–1251CE was the great grandson of Khon Konchog Gyalpo. This school very much represents the scholarly tradition

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