A Big News Day for Buddhist Military Chaplains
by Danny Fisher
It was a big news day for Buddhist chaplains today.
First, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review‘s marvelous editor and publisher James Sheehan points us to The Commercial Appeal‘s profile of Buddhist Army National Guard chaplain Thomas Dyer (pictured).
Next, over at Shambhala SunSpace, web editor Rod Meade Sperry blogs about Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s “promised financial support to the Buddhist community and to place Buddhist chaplains in the military.”
Lastly, Lt. Jeanette Shin at the Buddhist Military Sangha shares with us the news that “U.S. Air Force SSGT Henry Sims has just begun a new blog chronicling his attempt to become a military chaplain of Buddhist faith.” Take a look!
[Photo by Mike Brown for The Commercial Appeal. "Chaplain Thomas Dyer of the Tennessee National Guard is the first Buddhist chaplain in the Army. According to Army Chaplain Carleton Birch, spokesman for the Office of Chief of Army Chaplains in Washington, there are at least 3,300 Buddhists in the Army."]
I saw this (Dyer article) and totally thought of you, Danny. Glad to see you found it and much, much more.
I just did a brief blog entry about military chaplaincy. Check it out! http://amonkamok.typepad.com/rinchen_gyatso_a_monk_amo/2009/08/buddhist-military-chaplaincy.html
Danny – wanted to quickly (cooking dinner ^_-) pass on a local article on Air Force Chaplaincy I thought you might be interested:
Air Combat Command Chaplain Emphasizes Airmen’s Religious Freedom
http://www.panhandleparade.com/index.php/mbb/article/air_combat_command_chaplain_emphasizes_airmens_religious_freedom/mbb7718665/
Sorry ’bout the long URL – used it for transparency. Also shrank it for ease of copying: http://tinyurl.com/mzoqej .
Loved this post, by the way – chock full of good things to read!
o.0 *in* – interested in. Good lessen in not rushing there, haha! ^_^
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