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Won't be blogging much over the next two weeks as I'm taking some time off, and then going on retreat. However there's lot of new stuff on my website

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | X-Prize 'will be won this year'

X-Prize 'will be won this year'. BBC

Michael's new homepage

If I blog myself... will I go blind. The website has been updated to include writing, and some other stuff. More to come in the next few days. Michael's new homepage

Part 1 - Title & Introduction

Did you'll know that Kamalashila book on meditation is online in it's entirety? Neither did I! Here 'tis... MEDITATION : The Buddhist way of tranquility and insight. A Comprehensive Introduction to Buddhist Meditation

Philip Kapleau dies at 91. BNN

BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | India nears end of marathon vote

India nears end of marathon vote - all done electronically, amazing! BBC

New Zealand News - World - Venus to give stargazers once-in-a-lifetime treat as it crosses sun

Advanced warning of Venus transiting the sun... NZ Herald

The Salt Lake Tribune -- Beneath the foul language, 'South Park' offers a message

art imitates art... new South Park episode. The Salt Lake Tribune

30 m statue of Lord Buddha to be installed at Shravasti. BNN
I blog this purely because I've been to this place, and it really is amazing! A huge complex with a 6000 capacity temple all in white marble, in the midst of cane sugar plantations. They've planted a load of Banyan trees so that they can have their own forest retreats. All directed and run by women. Sadhu.

FWBO in the news! BNN

Wesak

Happy Wesak - for yesterday. 2548 years ago a man sat under a tree and thought very hard about the nature of reality, and the insight that resulted is still having echoes around the cosmos.

Wired News: NZ Volcano Scarier Than Mt. Doom

Uuuuu, I don' believe it. NZ in Wired 2x in one day!
NZ Volcano Scarier Than Mt. Doom. Wired
I used to live just down the road from there!

Wired News: Kiwis Cop Stonehenge's Star Buzz

Kiwis Cop Stonehenge's Star Buzz. Wired
This incomprehensible headline means that someone is building a Stonehenge-like star observatory in NZ. But hey at least NZ gets another mention in Wired! This month's mag has a story about a Kiwi who makes artifical surfing reefs.