Wednesday, October 24, 2007

IBPS and BLIA in newspapers

Recently, IBPS and BLIA have been featured in several newspapers. Here are scanned copies of five of them:
World News, October 11, 2007, page 21
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World News, October 22, 2007, page 28
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World News, October 22, 2007, page 28
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Tulay, October 23, 2007, page 10 and 15
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World News, October 24, 2007, page28
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Friday, October 19, 2007

馬尼拉佛光山暨國際佛光會菲律賓協會為緬甸僧侶人民舉行誦經點燈祈福法會



九月以來,緬甸部份僧侶和民眾因要求降低物價,改善民生,實現民主和解,而走上街頭示威遊行,因此觸犯了緬甸政府,認為這是反政府勢力煽動所致,為了平息局勢,政府宣佈實施宵禁,禁止民眾白天集會遊行,同時大肆搜捕寺廟,拘留僧侶以及民眾,很多佛教徒因此而遇難受害。此事經由媒體透露,引起世界各國的震驚,尤其宗教界紛紛反彈群起聲援,並為緬甸受難的僧侶民眾舉行誦經祈福活動。 (more...)

Friday, October 12, 2007

Prayer for Peace in Myanmar at PWU

The quest for peace goes beyond religious affiliations. At 2pm on October 10, 2007, IBPS Manila was invited to the Philippine Women’s University (PWU) for an inter-religious peace offering entitled “Prayer for Peace in Myanmar at PWU.” (more...)

Link: article from PWU