The Chinese embassy in Israel seems to have put pressure on Tel Aviv University to remove a Falun Gong flyer. Some students and faculty were appropriately outraged.

An article on meditation myths. One myth? That meditation has anything to do with spirituality or religion or any of that yucky stuff.

“The evidence that shows meditation has an effect on the brain and has effects with long-term practice on the health of the practitioner really warrants us taking another look at this and not throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

“It doesn’t matter under what context you practise it - the important thing is that you do.”

Refugees from Bhutan leave Nepal for re-settlement overseas. They’ve been there for fifteen years. Does the timing have anything to do with Bhutan’s upcoming elections?

More bloodshed in Sri Lanka as the 2008 death toll for Tamil rebels tops 2,000.

Going to Winnipeg? Stop by the Manitoba Buddhist Church.

The second day of protests in Tibet: Out comes the teargas. And still no permission for Tibetans to march from India. And Chinese police in Kathmandu observe Tibetan demonstrators, manipulate the local police, and try to get American journalists arrested.

The latest “eco-friendly” product to get a black eye: solar panels. The never-ending quest for capital brings more poison to China.