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| Thai Buddhist Monks Urged Off Women on Internet |  | Buddha means ‘awake,’ and some Buddhist monks seem to have taken the name a tad too far and literally. On Tuesday, Thai officials have asked monks to avoid using social networking sites to woo women, according to Reuters. One advocacy group found that some of the holy men, instead of sharing their enlightenment, were actually trying to convince women to come to their temple and have sex with them. I remember the peons in Warcraft ... [read more >>] | | 04 March 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 7 Things About Tibetans |  | 1. Tibet is a large territory (about one third that of the US) comprising a large part of the Himalaya mountain chain. It is the highest country in the world, most of the territory being located at altitudes of 3,000-4,000 m (10,000-13,330 ft), while the mountain peaks overpass 8,000 m (26,660 ft). It would be a cold, wild and uninhabitable territory but, because of its location at the same altitude with Sahara, the plains and the valleys ... [read more >>] | | 20 February 2008, 14:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How Did Tibet Change After 56 Years of Chinese Influence? |  | The mysterious Tibet is experiencing a cultural shock between the Lamaist Buddhism, with its spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who fled in 1959, and the Chinese modernization, the emergent power which is changing Tibet as it had not made it since the People's Army put an end to the theocracy in 1951. The spirit against the matter.
In October 1950, the Chinese army crossed Yangtze river, advanced over the settlement of Chamdo and cut th ... [read more >>] | | 29 September 2007, 05:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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