It's the first stop for Xi‘s first overseas trip after he was re-elected as president and the first visit to the UAE by a Chinese head of state in over 29 years. China transitions from rural-life to city-life Many Chinese families had walked away from their hometown villages to set ...
The elders who convened the First Buddhist Council were also not unanimous about this matter." 12. The Esoteric Teaching "The Blessed One said to ânanda, 'In respect of the Dhamma the Tathàgata does not have the closed fist of a teacher who holds something back.' 95 Yet when he was...
Due to the many privileges given to those adhering to the Buddhist faith, heretics joined the Savgha and pretended to be real Buddhist monks. We know, realizing such exploitative behavior, the Third Council was convened, so that the heretics wouldn't spoil the True Teachings.Venerable Assaji ...
As a nonviolent action, a teach-in is often offered in the context of protest or resistance. The first teach-in, for example, was held at the University of Michigan in 1965 to protest the Vietnam War, and was organized as an alternative to the previously planned teachers’ strike. Instead...
The first decades of the 16th century were marked by large peasant uprisings, the most significant of which was the Tran Cao uprising of 1516-24. As of this same time, the southern and western regions that had earlier belonged to Dai Viet became the base for the feudal houses of Mac, ...
Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, who formerly led the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, is also considered a contender. Another possibility is Cardinal Luis Tagle, who has served as the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples since December 2019 and was previously ...
(AP) — The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination and the first in the world to pass such a law outside South Asia. Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of peopl...
In 1998 the sultan's son, Prince al-Muhtadee Billah, was installed as heir to the throne. After a 20-year hiatus, the sultan convened the appointed legislature in 2004 and signed a constitutional amendment calling for a 45-seat council with 15 elected members. However, the sultan dissolved...
and he did not do that, and that’s a violation of the public trust. That’s wrong, he’s wrong, President was wrong about many fronts today. When he described the constitutional council as part of the executive, he was wrong; you don’t have part of the executive something that the...
invited the Dalai Lama to come back to attend the Bainqen Lama's memorial ceremonies. President Zhao Puchu of the association handed a letter of invitation to a personal representative of the Dalai Lama, providing the Dalai Lama with a good opportunity to meet with people in the Buddhist circl...