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TaoMountain [ NEWS ] Western Theravada abbot excommunicated for performing Female Ordination

Here's another interesting development in the role of women in Thai Buddhism: a Western Theravada abbot nicknamed Ajahn Brahm was excommunicated for ordaining several women in violation of the sangha's policy. Read the article here: http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,8659,0,0,1,0 Continue

Added by TaoMountain on November 4, 2009 at 11:03pm — 2 Comments

TaoMountain [ HEALTH ] A Breathing Technique Offers Help for People With Asthma

A Breathing Technique Offers Help for People With Asthma An alternative technique developed by a Russian doctor more than a half-century ago has been found effective in some trials. Read the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/health/03brod.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Continue

Added by TaoMountain on November 4, 2009 at 10:15pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [ CELEBRITY CITING ] Halle Barry gets Thai massage

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Added by TaoMountain on November 4, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

David Roylance Videos - Rare Glimpse into the Sangha

Hey Everyone, I recently came back from a 1-month trip in Thailand. Sept 2009 I spent the entire month in Thailand doing all sorts of things. I shot a lot of video from activities and events rarely seen by Westeners. Like this video http://forum.thai-institute.com/forum/topics/video-personal-story-of-a Its a glimpse into the personal story of an individual becoming a monk and disrobing just before major nature… Continue

Added by David Roylance on November 3, 2009 at 11:59pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [ NEWS] TaoMountain Newsletter Spring 2009



Resources for Traditional Thai Massage & Medicine www.TaoMountain.org Newsletter © 2002-2009 Pierce Salguero TaoMountain is the premiere resource and online community for serious teachers, students, and practitioners of Thai massage and traditional Thai medicine. Our mission is to educate Western practitioners of the healing arts about Thai massage and Traditional Thai Medici… Continue

Added by TaoMountain on October 19, 2009 at 3:28pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [NEWS] Is a Virus the Cause of Fatigue Syndrome?

A study published last week in the journal Science suggested that might be the case, reporting that many patients who had the syndrome were infected with a recently discovered virus. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/health/13fatigue.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Continue

Added by TaoMountain on October 13, 2009 at 6:29pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [NEWS] Virus Is Found in Many With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Virus Is Found in Many With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome By DENISE GRADY Published: October 8, 2009 Many people with chronic fatigue syndrome are infected with a little known virus that may cause or at least contribute to their illness, researchers are reporting. Continue: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/health/research/09virus.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Continue

Added by TaoMountain on October 10, 2009 at 5:01pm — No Comments

Steven Brown Meditation is everywhere

Prison inmates go Zen to deal with life behind bars * Story Highlights * Programs across the country educate inmates about meditation and yoga * Meditation has helped reduce violence in Alabama prison, official says * "They don't feel so close to exploding," documentary director says * Buddhism is third most popular religion in United States By Stephanie Chen CNN RIVERDALE, Georgia (CNN) -- In his darkest moment, Kenneth Brown lost it all. His wife and kids, the housebroken dog, the vacati… Continue

Added by Steven Brown on October 9, 2009 at 11:54am — No Comments

TaoMountain [ WATCH ] Thai Institute's video library

For some live footage of medicine-related travel in Thailand, see this: http://forum.thai-institute.com/page/audiovisual-library Continue

Added by TaoMountain on October 1, 2009 at 10:39pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [ READ ] Nirvana for Sale? Buddhism, Wealth, and the Dhammakaya Temple in Contemporary Thailand

A newly published book from SUNY Press: Nirvana for Sale? Buddhism, Wealth, and the Dhammakaya Temple in Contemporary Thailand by Rachelle M. Scott Explores the relationship between material prosperity and spirituality in contemporary Thai Buddhism. Read More: http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61873 Continue

Added by TaoMountain on October 1, 2009 at 9:59pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [NEWS] A Doctor for Disease, a Shaman for the Soul

A Doctor for Disease, a Shaman for the Soul By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN Published: September 19, 2009 MERCED, Calif. — The patient in Room 328 had diabetes and hypertension. But when Va Meng Lee, a Hmong shaman, began the healing process by looping a coiled thread around the patient’s wrist, Mr. Lee’s chief concern was summoning the ailing man’s runaway soul. Multimedia “Doctors are good at disease,” Mr. Lee said as he encircled the patient, Chang Teng Thao, a widower from Laos, in an invisible “p… Continue

Added by TaoMountain on September 21, 2009 at 9:37pm — 1 Comment

Kelly Kidson Update!

I am now settled in Vientiane. If anyone is traveling this way please feel free to send me a message! Kelly Continue

Added by Kelly Kidson on September 20, 2009 at 9:33pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [ READ ] A short personal account of spirit-dancing in Chiang Mai.

http://www.chiangmaitouristguide.com/03-2005/feature1.html Continue

Added by TaoMountain on September 17, 2009 at 11:53am — No Comments

TaoMountain [READ] Thai chanting book

Thai chanting book If you would like to learn Pali chanting that is chanted by the Thai Forest Tradition, you can consider getting this chanting book the next time you are in Bangkok: A Manual of Buddhist Studies Through the Sacred Book of Buddhist Chants Pali-Thai-English Translations. See complete article: http://thaiforesttradition.blogspot.com/2009/09/thai-chanting-book.html Continue

Added by TaoMountain on September 7, 2009 at 8:46pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [TRAVEL] Is there an ethical way to travel to Burma?

A brief discussion of the ethics on travel to Burma from Tricycle Magazine: http://www.tricycle.com/blog/?p=1488 Continue

Added by TaoMountain on September 6, 2009 at 9:54pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [TRAVEL] Thai Vegetarian Cooking and Cultural Experience in Chiang Mai, Thailand 10/12-16

Thai Vegetarian Cooking and Cultural Experience in Chiang Mai, Thailand The Organic Cooking and Farming Academy at Prem Center in Chiang Mai Spend four days immersed in traditional Thai cooking and culture at the Prem Center in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Experience a new level of cooking class in Chiang Mai, Thailand created by Su-Mei Yu, an award-winning restaurateur, cooking teacher and author. Su-Mei Yu has designed a special four-day vegetarian cooking course and cultural experience from Octob… Continue

Added by TaoMountain on September 5, 2009 at 10:08pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [VIDEO] Possession and self-mutilation at the Jae festival in Phuket.

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Added by TaoMountain on August 24, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [ FEATURE ] The ethics of cultural tourism

A Village, or a Zoo? I Wanted to See Thailand's Long-Necked Women. Some Would Say That Makes Me Part of the Problem. By Amit R. Paley Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 23, 2009 You can see almost anything in the world if you pay enough. So I was startled when a well-respected trekking company in northern Thailand flat-out refused my request to travel to a nearby village of a tribe called the Padaung See entire article here (sorry, registration required): http://www.washingtonpost.co… Continue

Added by TaoMountain on August 23, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

TaoMountain [FEATURE] A short article on the Thai adaptations of Buddhism, from a Thai news source

How we've made Buddhism our own By PHRA CITTASAMVARO SPECIAL TO THE NATION Published on August 6, 2009 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/topstory/30109162/How-we%27ve-made-Buddhism-our-own Continue

Added by TaoMountain on August 11, 2009 at 10:35pm — No Comments

TaoMountain [NEWS] Globalizing the "wai"

Regional airlines adopt Thai greeting Writer: BOONSONG KOSITCHOTETHANA Published: 10/08/2009 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: Business Passengers stepping onto Indonesian or Malaysian planes can no longer assume that a welcoming "wai" reflects the cabin attendant's Thai origins or the carrier's link with Thai companies. A Garuda Indonesia attendant welcomes passengers onboard one of the carrier’s jets. Airlines including the long-haul budget carrier AirAsia X, Malaysia's AirAsia, AirAsia Indone… Continue

Added by TaoMountain on August 10, 2009 at 10:20pm — No Comments

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