Is that a lama behind the camera? More movies from Bhutan.

Will sanctions on Burma be enough? asks Mike Nizza.

Prime Minister Steven Harper of Canada met with the Dalai Lama and got China all worked up.

A technical overview of the internet shutdown in Burma.

Opinion from the Bangkok Post: The status quo in Burma cannot continue. And in a letter to the editor (of the BP) a reader writes: Any change in Burma is for the better — This in response to concerns that if the Burmese junta collapses, ethnic violence will ensue. Problem is there’s already a lot of ethnic violence in Burma.

And The Worst Horse guides us to a Zen Temple for Sale! Maybe some Hollywood star will buy it and have it flown to montana and reasemble (monks and all.)

Oh yeah, the Buddhist Blog has that picture of the Buddha and Jesus referred to in the previous post.

-Philip Ryan, Web Editor

There was a great photo of a mural with both Buddha and Jesus hung in Bloomington City Hall in the news last week — Now it’s disappeared. Such is the impermanence of the web. Anyway, it — along with several other murals set up in Bloomington, Indiana’s City hall to welcome the Dalai Lama — got some of Indiana’s Christians hot under the collar. Here’s a collection of links on this issue in Indiana:

Christians, Bloomington Officials at Odds over Display (10/19/07)

Bloomington Bans Bible but welcomes Buddha (10/19/07)

(Bloomington) City Hall accuses Christians of politics (10/23/07)

Buddhism for Christians (10/26/07)

Also, some readers have wondered about the various Buddhist communities that may have been in the path of southern California’s fires. Peter of The Buddha Diaries tells us that Thanissaro Bhikkhu and the monks of Metta Forest Monastery are ok, as is the place itself. We’ll let you know as we get news on more.

- Philip Ryan, Web Editor

Op-Ed columnist Roger Cohen of the New York Times looks into the rebuilding of the Buddhas of Bamiyan. Tricycle took a quick look at this story over a year ago. Don’t forget, Buddhas are still being destroyed in central Asia — In fact, Buddhas being dynamited serve as a kind of barometer of Islamist power in a particular region.

- Philip Ryan, Web Editor