Rev. Danny Fisher

Just a Buddhist Minister Trying to Benefit Beings
September 18, 2008

It’s a Conference Bonanza!

The Buddhist Channel is currently advertising two conferences worth metioning here:

  • The 6th Global Conference on Buddhism, December 6th-7th, 2008, in Auckland, New Zealand
  • The Closer-to-Reality Conference 2008 (an attempt to connect real life experiences with Buddhist scriptural understanding), December 27th-29th, 2008, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    • September 18, 2008

    Take a Stand for Solutions

    Visit http://www.wecansolveit.org.

    September 18, 2008

    RAISE Hope for Congo

    Visit the ENOUGH Project.

    September 18, 2008

    Mikel Dunham: Exclusive Interview with Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Bam Dev Gautam

    Mikel Dunham has an exclusive interview with Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Bam Dev Gautam over at his blog that you should make it a point to read. Mikel notes:

      As far as I am aware, it was during my interview that Gautam said for the first time, unequivocally, that Tibetans would not be in danger of being deported to China – not now nor in the future.

    For more on this danger, take a look at this post and this post of mine.

    September 18, 2008

    San Francisco Chronicle: Missionaries Convert Thousands in Mongolia While Buddhists Fear Losing Traditional Culture

    The San Francisco Chronicle reports on the evangelical campaign to convert Mongolians to Christianity, which has “set off alarm bells” at Gandan Monastery, the country’s largest monastery and epicenter of Buddhist life and culture.