sam lazaro reports that the chinese government, long hostile to religion, may now be encouraging buddhismnd other traditional relations as a means towards protecting the environment. >>> plus, rebuilding saint nicholas church at ground zero. the only house of worship destroyed on 9/11. ♪ >>> major funding for "religion & ethics newsweekly" is provided by the little endowment an indianapolis based private family foundation dedicated to its founders interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. it's go to have you with us. this week the world health organization, w.h.o., said the ebola death toll has risen to over 4,800 people worldwide. most infections have been in west africa where hospital bed and food are in short supply. in liberia, doctors without borders delivered thousands of medical kits to families forced to care for their infected relatives at home. meanwhile, continued concern

this sect of buddhism--they believe playing the shakuhachi, playing even a single tone, was a means or enlightenment. [soft flute plays] shakuhachi has such a palette of different color sounds. for example, if we want a very strong round sound, more like a western flute, very hard-edged sound, we have [hard-edged flute sound] very, more strong kind of shakuhachi sound. then we also want a very airy sound so the same kind of [airy flute sounds] (narrator) when another instrument and voice are added to the shakuhachi, what kind of texture results? (hahn) when shakuhachi plays with the ensemble, with koto and with vocalist, these kinds of lines together are heterophonic in nature. the same melody is being played, but there are little nuances partular to each instrument. so the koto might play a line that sinks down [sings example] like this. shakuhachi, they may not play in that kind of ornamentation, that kind of subtlety, so we might play just an introductory note to the phrase, where we play [sings example]. all of these various sounds create such a beautiful heterophonic texture. (nar

. >> translator: yadanar is practicing what buddhism preaches. she values dogs as well as humans. that's very good. >> translator: at monasteries we can vaccinate many dogs at the same time. we hope to expand our activities rapidly with the help of the monks. >> reporter: many people in myanmar carry a deep sense of their buddhist teachings. now they're using them to tackle a deadly problem with mercy. thi ha thwe, nhk world. >>> japanese firms are looking for new markets and showing off creations in singapore in hopes of attracting those across southeast asia. they held an exhibition and show casing more than 100 products with unique functions. these reading glasses fold down to a thickness of just 2 millimeters so their owner can use them as a book mark. this umbrella doesn't need a stand. and this plate has a pattern that reveals itself when soy sauce is poured in. japanese trade officials are excited about potential sales. >> we are expecting this japanese sophisticated designed products will be selling in the not only singapore but also the neighboring countries. >> the produ

the country has developed its own culture, influenced by tibetan buddhism.

sam lazaro reports that the chinese government, long hostile to religion, may now be encouraging buddhismer traditional relations as a means towards protecting the environment. >>> plus, rebuilding saint nicholas church at ground zero. the only house of worship destroyed on 9/11. ♪ >>> major

and while in jail, i doubt he'll convert to buddhism. so i say you let to the guy go, follow him to jihadi land. the tracer that leads you to the target, he's the sqeet. unlike those who come here and stay with shar ia in mind. as the self appointed sally struthers of infidel support, i'll buy the first one-way ticket to paradise myself. think about it, for just pennies a day, you too can eliminate a dirt bag, and we'll send you a picture of your martyr once he's achieved nirvana. there is a logic to keeping him here because there's a fear that if he goes, he'll come back. but aren't we smart enough that when he goes, we can follow him? >> apparently not, because the problem that we're facing is that we can't keep these guy s from coming back to the united states. because the way the law is written, we can't revoke their passports because -- president -- stripping of citizenship and therefore the passports and they can't come back. i don't mind letting them go, but we need to work on keeping them there aspect. but maybe the drone can fir

or if you believe in the jewish god, or buddhism is a little different.ut if everyone expresses it differently, but basically don't kill people and be compassionate and love people. that is basically what star wars is. [applause] >> then you sold it in 2012 for $4 billion, they say. in that company you had "indiana jones," another great classic. of the top 10 grossing films, i don't know how many you have, but it is a bunch of them. was it because you were tired? >> well, i turned 70. my whole life centered around me doing, you know, these avant-garde experimental films. films that you don't know whether they will work or not. you are playing with the media, which is what i wanted to do. all my student films were like that. everything i did was like that. "thx" was vaguely like that. i always said, if this fails i will go back to experiment with films. they would say, when are you going to do your experiment of films? i got caught in "star wars." lots of opportunities. i said, i like star wars, i fell in love with it. and after i completed it i produced f

this is a plausible version of the faith, and it's not a plausible version of buddhism. the buddhists who are killing muslims, it's horrible, it is a sign of tribal violence, but it is not a sign of the honest implementation of the doctrine of buddism. you cannot find anything that tells you to go destroy the lives of innocent people. that is something that isis is doing, and they are doing it very much in a paint by numbers way, and the challenge is for muslims to speak honestly about this and to reform the faith, find a way of contextualizing these beliefs and reinterpret them. i totally support these people, but the muslims who get on television, people like ray aslan and nicholas christoph who say this has nothing to do with islam are just playing hide the ball with the articles of faith. and i think that's dishonest and ultimately dangerous for all of us. >> one of the things they're saying, sam, is there are many articles of faith in the quran and the bible, and there are passages in the bible that say, you know, the penalty for adultery is death, and there are pas

despite the predominance of hinduism, many other religious experiences including the birth place of buddhism played a role in indian thinking and ideas. and indeed india had its long history of both common working together and terrible devastation as a result of religious differences. not any different from knows differences which historically have transcended put it will way political harmony in the western world for thousands of years. and which ditch lplomats went t. and then finally i went to russia, still the largest eastern orthodox christian country. but one until just a few eye blinks before i arrived was totally committed atheist. and in many ways these experiences meant that inevitably i had to deal with the pay the tree arc, with the archbishop. without doing that, i couldn't understand what was happeningtr archbishop. without doing that, i couldn't understand what was happening more or less unable to help to try to make a contribution we american diplomats in some ways are saddled by invisible handcuffs. over the years have served us well, but always need to be reexamined. one of

buddhism, judaism and this goes back to the beginning of religion itself. here is how do people of faith and people without faith come together, put a side differences and figure out how to actually do something about these grave human rights violations taking place across the world in the the name of religion? >> absolutely. do you think there's something particular about islam that makes it a more heated topic than the other religions of buddhism and christianity that you talked about. for instance, let me read for you what was written about on this very topic on cnn.com. he says i know the arguments against speaking of islam as violent and reaction their. it has a following of 1.6 billion people. places such as indonesia and india have hundreds of millions of muslims that don't fit these caricatures. islam has a problem today. the places that have a trouble accommodating themselves to the modern world are disproportionately muslim what do you think? >> he is absolutely right. the key thing is the word today. what he talks about is over the last 1400 year

group that is a japanese terrorist group in the 1990s and it was a mixture of eastern religions and buddhism and a new age. they said that the whole world was wrong and only they knew the whole truth. they wanted to obliterate the world by using a special type of toxic gas and the plan did not go as planned. it was called sarin. once you are exposed to it, you don't live long. they went to the subway. i don't know if you know about tokyo. it's 36 million people. the tokyo subway is attended by four million people every day. they go to the subway and they released the capsules, but only 12 people died. that would be an example of a cooked up religion who was caught by the japanese and he is going to die by hanging. that was the case of al qaeda and islamism. they get motivated. >> when kem wal weapons were used in world war i, we never defined that. >> it was mustard gas. i know that the german army was in defiance of the geneva convention. during the treaty of versailles, germany was punished for many reasons including that one. the troops were accused of using weapons that were unconvention

his encounter with the slain emmit till, through his battles with drug addiction, his embrace of buddhisme to wife gigi. possibilities like all of hancock's work is deeply impactful. joining me now is the legendary herbie hancock. and somewhere in north carolina, my mother is having a happy heart attack. so, a jazz musician who has been married for 46 years. come on. >> oh, yeah. almost, actually almost 50. >> okay. tell me, then, what that relationship means as a stabilizing force in a career that is all about change. >> it's been an amazing kind of pillar that really helps solidify my journey. it's the rock that is -- you know, part of the rock that holds things together. for one thing, she -- her sign is the opposite of mine. >> she's a libre, you're an ares. >> yeah. >> her weaknesses are my strengths and my weaknesses are her strengths. i need her strengths. >> i want to talk a little bit about this notion of change. it is for me what i always think of is definitional. and yet, i was so -- i want to read this moment from very on in the book where you talk about jazz and you say jazz