<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Buddhism: News &amp; Videos about Buddhism - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Buddhism</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Buddhism from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:11:31 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Buddhism: News &amp; Videos about Buddhism - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Buddhism</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Buddhism from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Prison inmates go Zen to deal with life</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/24/justice.prison.meditation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/24/justice.prison.meditation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In his darkest moment, Kenneth Brown lost it all. His wife and kids, the housebroken dog, the vacation home on Cape Cod all vanished when he was sent to prison for an arson in 1996.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prison inmates go Zen to deal with life behind bars</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/09/prison.meditation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/09/prison.meditation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In his darkest moment, Kenneth Brown lost it all. His wife and kids, the housebroken dog, the vacation home on Cape Cod all vanished when he was sent to prison for an arson in 1996.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tensions high on Tibet anniversary</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule and the chasm between Beijing and critics of its Tibet policies remains deep and wide.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dalai Lama: China makes life 'hell on Earth' for Tibetans</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/india.dalai/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/india.dalai/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Chinese government has made life "hell on Earth" for Tibetans during the half-century since a failed uprising against its rule in 1959, the Dalai Lama said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opinion: Tibet, the true and the false</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/opinion.gao/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/opinion.gao/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For most people in the world, freedom of religion is of such paramount importance and warrants all the legal and constitutional respect and protection. It is fair to say that this concept has been imbedded in numerous people's mind such that any accusation of its violation almost automatically triggers waves of condemnation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK protesters mark anniversary of Tibetan uprising</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/08/tibet.protest.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/08/tibet.protest.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Protesters draped themselves in the colorful flag of Tibet and shouted slogans at the Chinese embassy in London on Saturday at the start of a demonstration to mark the 50th anniversary since the Tibetan uprising against China.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Date for Tibetan 'Serfs Emancipation Day' set</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Lawmakers in Tibet have approved March 28 as a day to mark the freeing of serfs in the troubled region, a move that a Dalai Lama representative said Tuesday did not address problems facing the area "realistically and seriously."</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>59 arrested in Tibet for 'spreading of rumors'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/25/tibet.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/25/tibet.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Chinese authorities have arrested 59 people in Tibet accused of spreading rumors and inciting sentiment against the state and public safety, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tibet exiles back Dalai Lama's approach</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/22/china.tibet.policy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/22/china.tibet.policy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Tibetan exile leaders, meeting in northern India to debate a potential new approach to Tibet's decades-long struggle for autonomy, have voted to stay with the Dalai Lama's current "middle way approach," according to a spokesman for the spiritual leader.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dalai Lama to Stay Quiet on Tibet's Future</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855884,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855884,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>After a Oct. 25 announcement that he had "given up," the Dalai Lama reiterated this weekend that he is losing faith in talks with the Chinese government over Tibet's future</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Dalai Lama
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854585,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854585,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Tibet's spiritual leader has said he's going to stop trying to negotiate with Beijing to win Tibet's autonomy. A look back at his singular life
</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aide: Dalai Lama's Surgery Ends Successfully</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848963,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848963,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Dalai Lama's spokesman says surgery on the Tibetan spiritual leader to remove a gallstone has ended successfully.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dalai Lama to Undergo Gallstone Surgery</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848955,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848955,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Dalai Lama will undergo surgery to remove a gallstone, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Exhausted Dalai Lama cancels world trips</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/dalai.lama.exhaustion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/dalai.lama.exhaustion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader is suffering from exhaustion and has canceled his international trips for the next three weeks, according to his Web site.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind the Scenes: Amanpour 'transfixed' by Dalai Lama</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/01/btsc.amanpour.dalai.lama/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/01/btsc.amanpour.dalai.lama/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I never knew much about Buddhism, and was not expecting much, spiritually, from covering the Dalai Lama. But what happened just goes to show how the unlikeliest events can affect you at the unlikeliest times.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dalai Lama challenged by new generation of Buddhist activists</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/amanpour.buddhas.warriors/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/amanpour.buddhas.warriors/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Gedun Gyatso, a 27-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk, is so devoted to the Dalai Lama that when he was in prison, he placed a picture of him next to his pillow in open defiance of his jailers. The gesture earned Gyatso another month of incarceration on top of the three years he had served for his political activity.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Dalai Lama's Buddhist Foes</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824531,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824531,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>
What lies behind a rowdy encounter in New York City between devotees of a ferocious Himalayan deity and the followers of Tibet's spiritual leader?</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>India's New Buddhists</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822787,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822787,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The religion that began in India 2,500 years ago is finding new adherents among the country's stressed-out urban &amp;amp;#201;lite</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Xinhua: Buddhist monks arrested in Tibet</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police in Tibet have arrested 16 Buddhist monks and are seeking three more for their alleged involvement in one bombing and two attempted bombings, authorities in Tibet told state-run media.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dalai dilemma for West's leaders</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/23/dalailama.visit/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/23/dalailama.visit/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>To the affectionate crowds that greet him around the world the Dalai Lama, the exiled leader of Tibet's Buddhists, is a revered campaigner for human rights, peace and religious understanding. </description><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 15:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The World's Next Top Lama</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807103,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807103,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A twentysomething may one day become the chief representative of the aspirations of Tibetan Buddhists. And he may be spending more time in America</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 03:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dalai Lama's envoys begin talks with China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/china.dalai.lama.envoys/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/china.dalai.lama.envoys/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Envoys for the Dalai Lama began a series of meetings Sunday with Chinese leaders, the first time the two sides have come together since violence broke out in the Tibetan regions of China in March.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 07:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Envoys for China, Dalai Lama to meet Sunday </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/china.dalai.lama.envoys/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/china.dalai.lama.envoys/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Envoys for the Dalai Lama and Chinese leaders are to meet for talks Sunday, a spokesman for the spiritual leader said Saturday.  </description><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 05:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China: Tibetans planning suicide bombs</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Chinese official accused "Tibetan independence forces" Tuesday of planning suicide attacks, an allegation that the Tibetan government-in-exile immediately denied.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dalai Lama pleads for peaceful dialogue on Tibet</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/china.tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Dalai Lama Friday rejected a series of allegations from the Chinese government, saying he does not seek the separation of Tibet and has no desire to "sabotage" the Olympic games.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Monks protest upstages China's PR tour</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/27/tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/27/tibet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China's carefully managed international media tour of Tibet's capital ran into a public-relations roadblock Thursday -- a protest by screaming Buddhist monks at a holy shrine.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Monk's Struggle</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1723922,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1723922,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As China cracks down in Tibet, the Dalai Lama faces his greatest challenge since going into exile 49 years ago. Can his message of peace bring his people freedom?</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free Tibet parties meet Dalai Lama</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/tibet.dalailama/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/tibet.dalailama/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description> Tibetan Youth Congress president Tsewang Rigzin and other "Free Tibet" party representatives met with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala on Tuesday morning, representatives from both sides said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dalai Lama plans leader referendum</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/india.dalailama/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/india.dalailama/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Dalai Lama said Tuesday the Tibetan people will hold a referendum before he dies to decide whether a new system of leadership is necessary for the Himalayan people.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Dalai Lama's Succession Rethink 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1686573,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1686573,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As China steps up its efforts to quash Tibet's autonomy movement, the spiritual leader says he may reconsider the centuries-old rules for choosing his successor</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dalai Lama honor stokes U.S.-Chinese tensions</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/17/dalai.lama/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/17/dalai.lama/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Expressing hope that the future of Tibet and China will move beyond mistrust, the Dalai Lama accepted the Congressional Gold Medal from President Bush Wednesday during a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China demands redress for Dalai Lama honor</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/18/dalai.lama/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/18/dalai.lama/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China warned the United States on Thursday that its honoring of the Dalai Lama "gravely undermined" relations between the two countries, demanding Washington stop supporting the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and take steps to repair ties, The Associated Press reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Does the Dalai Lama Still Matter? 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1671628,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1671628,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As Bush prepares to honor him, China's continuing obsession with the Tibetan spiritual leader reveals a grudging respect
</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Burma's Monks: 'Already a Success' 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670911,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670911,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A renowned Buddhist leader -- once opposed to the Vietnam War -- talks to TIME about the embattled monks of Burma</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Where Are Burma's Monks?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670876,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670876,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Residents say many of the clerics who led Rangoon's protests remain imprisoned while others have fled the city
</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Fighting Monks of Burma</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663397,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663397,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>How will the thuggish regime of this piously Buddhist country deal with demonstrations by saffron-robed clerics?</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to succeed in business: Meditate</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100135590/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100135590/index.htm</guid><description>The crowd of Harvard Business School alums who gathered at their reunion to hear networking expert Keith Ferrazzi speak earlier this summer might have expected to pick up strategies on how to work a room, remember people's names, or identify mentors. But tactical skills, it turns out, aren't what turned Ferrazzi into a bestselling author or sought-after speaker.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inner peace in the inner city</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/02/pl.urbanretreat/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/02/pl.urbanretreat/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Retreats are often a cornerstone of spiritual life. They are a chance for reflection, to withdraw from everyday life and circumstances and think about the things that really matter. Usually retreats take place in a picturesque part of the countryside when the cares of work and the city are left behind. </description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Meditation: The key to calm</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/06/11/pl.meditation.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/06/11/pl.meditation.main/index.html</guid><description>It is Wednesday night after work and after a hellish Tube journey I am at the London Buddhist Center for an evening of meditation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taliban-destroyed Buddhas may never be restored</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/afghan.buddhas/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/afghan.buddhas/index.html</guid><description>At the foot of cliffs in central Afghanistan, about 5,000 fragments of what were once among the world's great artistic and religious treasures, the Buddhas of Bamiyan, sit in rudimentary shelters.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 15:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Embracing change, is F1 ready for customer teams?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/04/30/buddha.customers/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/04/30/buddha.customers/index.html</guid><description>Formula 1 is not a sport -- there, got that controversial statement over with -- Formula 1 is a spectacle, an international carnival celebrating automotive technology and insane speed. It is an opportunity for spectators to live vicariously through the actions of wealthy tax exiles who treat champagne with as much respect as might be afforded a hosepipe by children on a sticky August afternoon.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dim sum, cover bands and 'junk trips'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/05/22/bct.hongkong/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/05/22/bct.hongkong/index.html</guid><description>Few places in the world pack so many contrasts in such a small space as Hong Kong.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 13:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Quest for spirituality</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/20/spirituality/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/20/spirituality/index.html</guid><description>(CNN) -- As we enter the new millennium, many of us find our homes filled with machines that fulfil our every desire. In a matter of hours we can fly just about anywhere and, with the Internet, we can access the sum total of human knowledge.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sri Lankan PM wins election</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/18/srilanka/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/18/srilanka/index.html</guid><description>Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse, who has taken a hard line with Tamil Tiger rebels in the past, has won the race to become the island nation's fifth president.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Meditation may boost brain activity</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/11/16/cnna.sara.lazar/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/11/16/cnna.sara.lazar/index.html</guid><description>Regular meditation has been touted as a stress reducer for years, but a recent study says practitioners benefit from a brain boost as well.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Immersing himself in a city of sin</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/06/09/burdett.bangkok/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/06/09/burdett.bangkok/index.html</guid><description>In his monologue "Swimming to Cambodia," the late Spalding Gray described an American expatriate gone native in "Thailand, the Pure Land."</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Laos PM prays for ASEAN success</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/laos.asean/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/laos.asean/index.html</guid><description>The prime minister of Laos led tens of thousands of compatriots in a Buddhist holiday ceremony at a golden-spired temple Saturday, praying for the success of an Asian summit with a VIP guest list never before seen in the reclusive communist country.</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Buddhist plea for help in Thailand</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/07/thailand.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/07/thailand.violence/index.html</guid><description>Buddhists in Thailand have implored Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to end violence targeting them on an almost daily basis in the south of the country.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2004 02:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thai monks slashed to death</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/24/thai.monks/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/24/thai.monks/index.html</guid><description>Two Buddhist monks have been slashed to death in separate roadside attacks in southern Thailand, two days after a similar attack which police blamed on Muslim extremists.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2004 06:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Fresh Prince Of Software A second home in Hawaii,             friendships with Colin Powell and Deepak Chopra, holiday      </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/03/01/338759/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/03/01/338759/index.htm</guid><description>Buy a ticket to the Tibet House benefit concert at New York's Carnegie Hall, and you'll find Marc Benioff next to David Bowie and Uma Thurman. Attend a lecture by the Dalai Lama and there's Benioff...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>God &amp;amp; Business Bringing spirituality into the             workplace violates the old idea that faith and fortune don't      </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/07/09/306536/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/07/09/306536/index.htm</guid><description>Three dozen middle-aged rebels in business suits are gathered for lunch in a conference room on the top floor of the LaSalle Bank building in Chicago. 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For years he has written and spoken about perso...</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Gore's Clinton Moment His protests of innocence about the Buddhist temple fundraiser look very squishy.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/02/07/272816/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/02/07/272816/index.htm</guid><description>Vice President Al Gore's visit to a Buddhist temple near Los Angeles in 1996 is the very symbol of campaign-finance chicanery, particularly illegal contributions from Asia. Gore tried to distance h...</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE SPIRIT IS WILLING I FELT AN EMPTINESS, SO I TRIED             BUDDHISM. IT DIDN'T REALLY WORK. YOU HAVE TO SIT FOR HOURS    </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/11/10/233806/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/11/10/233806/index.htm</guid><description>A few weeks ago I was watching television, attempting to fill the aching spiritual void between dinner and the end of the millennium. I was watching the news, because nothing fills an aching void a...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 1997 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>HOW I FOUND SHANGRI-LA</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/09/01/230960/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/09/01/230960/index.htm</guid><description>We had hiked all day and were nursing our feet beside the fire as our tents and sleeping bags beckoned. But who could close her eyes when the mighty Himalayas soared just across the valley? When ou...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 1997 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>In defense of foul deeds, Rockefeller and the wolf, sex differences in Iraq, and other matters. CUDDLING UP TO MOTHER EARTH</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/29/75297/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/29/75297/index.htm</guid><description>There was a moment, about halfway through the recent Bill Moyers special on religion and the environment, when the whole loony enterprise seemed close to dissolving in the ether. This was the point...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>