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                    [ArticleID] => 1818515
                    [Title] => Buddhist Beginnings in Cebu
                    [Summary] => It is established that the Philippines is the only predominantly Christian country in the Far East. It is known too that there is the strong presence of the Islamic faith in the southern parts of the country. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-05-25 00:00:00
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                    [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle
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                    [ArticleID] => 1498987
                    [Title] => 'Rebel' female Buddhist monks challenge Thailand status quo
                    [Summary] => 

On a rural road just after daybreak, villagers young and old kneel reverently before a single file of ochre-robed women, filling their bowls with rice, curries, fruits and sweets. In this country, it's a rare sight.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-12 00:29:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1255368 [AuthorName] => Denis D. Gray [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://wpc.E0AD.edgecastcdn.net/00E0AD/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150912/women-monks-thailand.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1282967 [Title] => Living with opposites [Summary] =>

The other day, I was looking at a lotus pond in a friend’s garden. I find it fascinating that, beautiful as it is, a lotus can only grow in mud. Immediately, this fact opens up many metaphors on life.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134370 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390801 [AuthorName] => Jim Paredes [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1047621 [Title] => A rare encounter with a Buddhist spiritual master [Summary] =>

It was by pure chance that I came to meet His Eminence, the 9th Neyphug Trulku Rinpoche of Bhutan.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133682 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1775459 [AuthorName] => Tonette Martel [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 806048 [Title] => A visit from the Buddha's light [Summary] =>

When I took my graduate studies in Painting and Art History in the US many decades back, I was also quietly doing audit courses on Comparative Religions where my inherent interest for spirituality was finding its first roots.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133352 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1376964 [AuthorName] => Jeannie E. Javelosa [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 707090 [Title] => Buddhism faces generational shift in United States [Summary] =>

Crosses still adorn one wall of this former Roman Catholic monastery, but a 6-foot golden Buddha now anchors the main room. The meditation hall, also used as a meeting space, is where the luminaries of Buddhism in the West recently gathered to debate.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-18 09:20:41 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 556334 [Title] => Dalai Lama: China aims to annihilate Buddhism [Summary] =>

The Dalai Lama says Chinese authorities are using repression in Tibet in a deliberate attempt to annihilate Buddhism there.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-10 13:57:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 495230 [Title] => Brotherhood with Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus [Summary] => UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura, during the Regional Summit on Inter-Religious and Inter-Ethnic Dialogue in Tirana, Albania in December 2004, stated: “We should bear carefully in mind that all faiths convey a message of peace, justice and human solidarity and that religious leaders, like all other community leaders, have the potential to exercise a positive influence on how people in society understand each other and interact. [DatePublished] => 2009-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133347 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1659389 [AuthorName] => Preciosa S. Soliven [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377782 [Title] => Green Lightworks: Taking business to a new level [Summary] => Businessman David Montecillo has a different kind of business spirit.

Montecillo, 38, is a practicing Buddhist and is part of a consultancy firm called Green Lightworks Co. (www.glwasia.com), which provides holistic stress and wellness management for business establishments.

What makes him different from many businessmen is he uses Buddhist principles to help run the company he started with some friends several years ago.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285702 [AuthorName] => Dulce Arguelles-Sanchez [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 219378 [Title] => A Buddhist approach [Summary] => In previous articles, we have shown how several Islamic entrepreneurs practiced their faith in the course of doing their entrepreneurial activities. Once more, in the course of doing a research project under the Asia-Pacific Economic, we chanced upon another spiritual entrepreneur, this time, a Filipino whose life is influenced greatly by Buddhist tenets.

As part of his early morning ritual, this person often sends text or SMS messages to his friends with the following reminders which demonstrates how Buddhism inspires his personal relationships:
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134082 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1098030 [AuthorName] => ENTREPRENEUR’S HELP-LINE By Alejandrino J. Ferreria [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) ) )
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