Google promotes disaster relief May 7, 2008
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And relief is needed.
100,000 May 7, 2008
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If humanitarian conditions worsen, and they will if aid is not allowed in, the toll could reach 100,000.
Videos from U.S. Campaign for Burma May 7, 2008
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We’re a week into the month of daily videos from celebs such as Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Silverman, and Eddie Izzard on Burma from the U.S. Campaign for Burma. Go to their website to see them all so far, and to read updates on the disastrous cyclone.
Angry Young Chinese Students, and Woeser May 7, 2008
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Should’ve linked to this earlier but Konchog at Dreaming of Danzan Ravjaa has a great post on feeling sympathy for the young Chinese people who are vigorously defending their country from what they see as unfair attacks from abroad. Some good mythbusting info on the office of the Dalai Lama among other things in there too.
And Danny Fisher linked to a Washington Post article on the Tibetan writer Woeser, who was profiled in the New York Review of Books and elsewhere some months ago. She bravely lives and writes in Beijing, along with her husband, the activist Wang Lixiong.
Torch expected to climb Everest soon; Radiohead May 7, 2008
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The Reincarnation / Karma Conundrum May 7, 2008
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Interesting stuff going on at the Urban Monk, where Dogo Barry Graham declares:
The Buddha did not believe in reincarnation (those who think he did do not understand the sutras).
This stems from an earlier discussion where the Dalai Lama said (among other things) that Tibet is being punished for feudalism. (See the DL interview here.)
The Urban Monk is a great blog. And if you’re in the Valley of the Sun, probably a pretty warm spot these days, go visit the Sitting Frog Sangha. Dogo Barry Graham is a student of the great Kobutsu Malone.
Burma Death Toll: 80,000? May 7, 2008
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The numbers for this terrible tragedy keep rising. Lack of media access means we really don’t have a clear idea of what’s happening there. All we know is that there is intense misery and suffering, and more to come. It seems clear the government was not prepared and the people were not warned.
