VOA慢速英语 2008 0329

IN THE NEWS - Young Tibetans, Tired of Calls for Nonviolence, Want More Action The recent unrest in Lhasa turns up the heat on China as it prepares for the Beijing Olympics in August. Transcript of radio broadcast: 28 March 2008 This is IN THE NEWS

More Westerners Go East to Learn About Buddhism

Jeffrey Oliver, an Australian with a relaxed presence and penetrating blue eyes, is discussing Vipassana, or insight meditation, at a large temple in Bangkok.

VOA常速英语2017--跨信仰合作可催生巨大力量

Interfaith cooperation among religious communities around the world is a powerful counterbalance to hate, violence, and injustice, said U.S. Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein. 全球不同宗教社群的跨信仰合

现代大学英语精读第四册 1a

Thinking as a Hobby William Golding While I was still a boy, I came to the conclusion that there were three grades of thinking;and that I myself could not think at all. It was the headmaster of my grammar school who first brought the subject of think

智慧人生篇章 第72期:珍爱生命,远离毒品

Some of the parents I know with teenage children who use cannabis are fairly relaxed about what's happening. 在我认识的父母中，有些并不在意孩子吸食大麻。 It isn't doing any harm, one tells me, Alcohol's much worse. 这又没什么

Can Thai Royalty Stop the Violence?

By Brent Hurd Violence continues to escalate between Buddhists and Muslims in southern Thailand in the wake of a government action that killed scores of Muslims. Civic leaders fear still more bloodshe

VOA慢速英语2013 AS IT IS - Relations between Burma's ethnic Rohingyas and Rakhine Buddhists

AS IT IS - Relations between Burma's ethnic Rohingyas and Rakhine Buddhists From VOA Learning English, welcometo AS IT IS! Hello, Im Steve Ember. Today we look at relations between Burmas ethnic Rohingyas and Rakhine Buddhists, which have been tense

VOA慢速英语2014 盐不仅仅是个四字母的单词

Salt Is More Than a Four-Letter Word 盐不仅仅是个四字母的单词 On todays Words and Their Stories we talk about a common word, a small word, but a word that is completely necessary for human life. In fact, without this simple, everyday mate

VOA标准英语2010年-For Buddhists, San Francisco Offers Ma

Situated on the West Coast of the United States, the city of San Francisco has long been home to many generations of Asians who immigrated to the United States. In a lot of cases, they are Buddhists, but since they are from a variety of cultures and

VOA标准英语2009年-US Buddhists Join in Christmas Celebra

Photo: Suli Yi, VOA Wilson Hurley has put up a Christmas tree in his house in front of an image of Buddha It has long been true that Christmas is not just for Christians any more. Many people, of many different religious persuasions or of no persuasi

VOA标准英语2012--Kaman Muslims Raise Concerns of Wider Conflict

Kaman Muslims Raise Concerns of Wider Conflict An earring is all that 74-year-old Muslim Ma Yay Phyu has left. She and her family fled communal fighting in Rakhine state by boat, but it sank and four family members died, including her husband. I dont

TED演讲:人类为何要相爱-一个哲学探讨(2)

Love's delight, intimacy, and warmth helps us overcome our fear of the world, 爱的愉悦，亲密，和温暖帮助我们克服对这世界的恐惧， escape our lonely shells, and engage more abundantly in life. 逃脱我们孤独的外壳，让我

英语听力：自然百科 印度

Hi, I'm Patty Kim. Today we are setting our sights on India, a land of deserts and rain forests, modern cities and ancient beliefs. With over a billion people, India is the world's largest democracy, and many say it's a travelers paradise. In truth,

美国学生世界地理教材 第190期:白象(3)

The Buddhists believe that when they die their souls go into the bodies of animals. 佛教徒相信自己死后灵魂会进入动物体内， The kings' souls they think go into the bodies of white elephants, so in Thailand the White Elephant is sacr

美国学生世界地理教材 第203期:风景明信片(4)

A picture of two Japanese carrying a big bucket on a pole which rests on their shoulders. 两个日本人用一根杆子抬着一个大水桶， In the tubI couldn't see them but I knewthere are live fish. 画中那只桶里虽然我看不见，但是我

世界小史 第99期:主人

I can already hear you saying: That's all very well, but people can't help wanting things! The Buddha thought otherwise. 我已经听到你说的：说得不错。但是人们对自己的欲望是无能为力的呀。 释迦牟尼不这样认为。 H

世界小史 第100期:不平坦

So this was the Enlightenment that the Buddha experienced under the fig tree: 这便是释迦牟尼在无花果树下所参悟的道： the realization that, instead of giving in to our wishes, we can break free from them rather like when we are feel

蒙古发现200年前和尚木乃伊 仍成打坐姿态

A mummified monk found preserved in Mongolia last week has been baffling and astounding those who uncovered him. 上周在蒙古国人们发掘了一具贮藏已久的僧侣木乃伊。它让发现它的人们不解其道，又惊又骇。 Senior Bud

【英语时差8,16】曼谷机场的恶魔

You would have thought it hard to miss one six-metre-high scowling demon let alone twelve. But the authorities at Bangkok's main airport say they are relocating their spirit statues to the check-in area, where they are thought more likely to be notic

PBS高端访谈:缅甸佛教徒对遣返罗兴亚人表示抗议

HARI SREENIVASAN: Hundreds of majority Buddhists today protested in Myanmar over suggestions by the government that it might take back the nearly 600,000 minority Muslims who fled the country. The Rohingya, as they're known, are fleeing violence agai