>> i am not good at buddhism, buddhist. i am interested about every way of thiing. >> that is what i like here in new zealan the hiking, the walking trips. >> would you say you are a believer in jesus? >> i am not a big belier. it is also that i am, that i don't believe. >> you are seeking. you are experimenting, you are searching? >> i think there is much more. >> jesus said go into all the world and preach the gospel. what do you do if the world is comeing to you? christians here in wanaka, new zealand say it is a good problem to have. >> it has been somethinwe really love, the fact that we don't have to go all over the world. they are drawn to us, to this beautiful town. >> acts 1:8, start in jerusalem and don't stop until you have gone to the utter most parts of the earth. consider the irony, here we are in new zealand these 2 islands floating in the south pacific. you can't get farther from jerusalem than we are now. it is a place where all the world is coming. >> 32-year-old natalie nelson, a california native felt th

how they played into and were like buddhist philosophy. i am not a buddhist.st man on earth talking about a song that some dumb kid from indiana rep. it was pretty astonishing to me. i would look out in the audience because i was on stage and the lane is going -- elaine is going, do you believe this i am sitting behind the dalai lama and he is smiling and shaking his head. i am deafer than a doornail. in picking up half of what he is saying. after the fact, someone play the tape and i was so flattered and humbled by the fact that the holiest guy on earth is like commenting on one of my songs. tavis: the next question is about the content. >> "save some time to dream" came to me and i accepted it the way was i did not try to put any of my bull in it. i did not try to guide it. it was a surprise to me. it worked so well that every song in this record ended up being that way. i did not try to write these songs to go any particular way. i let them present themselves and followed their path. tavis: i know this church in savannah. it is -- what is it like recording

how they played and into -- into and were like buddhist philosophy. i'm not buddhist at all. i was really flattered by that, to have the holiest man on earth talking about a song that -- you know -- some dumb kid from indiana wrote. it was pretty astonishing to me. of course, i would look out in the audience and elaine is going -- like can you believe this? and i'm kind of setting behind the dali lama. he keeps looking back at me and smiling and shaking his head. i'm deaf as a doornail. i can't hear from being in a rock band. i only pick up half of what he's saying. i'm going yeah, yeah. after the fact somebody played me the tape. i was so flattered and humbled by the fact that the holiest guy on earth is like, commenting on one of my songs. 1kwr50 that mean the next -- tavis: the next question needs to tell our audience about the song. >> you can make things go the way you want them to go. the song, i kind 0 -- it came to me and i accepted it the way it was and didn't put any of my little in it. it was just sent. i didn't try to guide it. it was a surprise to me. about it wo

and those of you that have not had a chance to look at the text very briefly this is a parody of buddhist ritual. a priest decides he is going to show the powers of mystic buddhism and he appears and on the alter with different sorts ofornmen of owns and then progresses through profound things and all of these are tongue twisters but it's the first round of tongue twisters nothing happens and the priest is very upset and blushes extraordinary red and he tries again. the second time the chants are much shorter and he begins to lose his patience and again nothing happens. third time nothing happens and he basically says how much time to turn to the wonderrous powers of the lotus set raand he does chanting and the parody is something like if anyone is old enough to remember and the mouse before vatican two and you don't understand anything and it's mumbo jump bow and this is a parody of that. the second and third pieces before the intermission i will not introduce. i think the program notes are sufficient and rather than lecture i would much rather you enjoy the performance. the one thing i

the idea that buddhists and christians are all toward the same god, that's a unique view. if you asked this several years ago, you would get a similar answer but it didn't go with the political narrative. chris: if we had hillary clinton now, would we have the same talk and the same attitude toward the mosque, and a it is a row of buildings? >> first we have a mixed race president with a middle name hussein. and what is going on is just not the plain and black and white stuff of the past. it is that asians are moving in and running the local hotel. i don't want to deal in the cliches. there's latinos who are moving into the areas. their grandchildren are coming out as gay or intermarrying. the purity of the ethnic -- the ethnic tour -- purity to coin a phrase for longer exists. that in addition to the real economic problems -- i think that's the change -- the whole change in the world they live is something. chris: it about the president, barack obama hussein obama. we elected him we must not be anti-islamic. >> he had a high approval rating, that dwindled. they were just

buddhist monks came together pray. a witness reported that eight or nine people pulled him out of a car and beat him at a city park friday afternoon. police believe the killing may have been gang-related. >> police officers in oakland have agreed to take home less money to protect their jobs. now they say it's up to voters to seal the deal. officers voted overwhelmingly to pay% into their pension plans. they also agreed to a two- tiered pension plan for new employees. if the measure passes, the union is guaranteed no layoffs for three years and 80 officers will get their jobs back. >>> not only are they protectors of the community but they under to protect and provide safety, that means paying themselves. >>> san francisco leaders are taking a fresh look at chaotic regulations for new mobile food vendors that are turning up around the city. one supervisor says the permit process for taco trucks is poorly defined. says some vendors pay heavy fees while others skirt the rules. he wants to transfer regulatory powers to th

this work is part of an important series of monumental works depicting be fragmented extremities of buddhist sculptures that inspired his discovery of religious sculptures that did been destroyed during the cultural revolution and were for sale in a tibetan market. mr. hcange was deeply -- he was deeply moved by the damaged sculptures. with this work, he believes he is able to alleviate the pain caused by their destruction. it is a commentary on the changing reality the chinese people who are being forced to reconcile their deep-seated traditions in the face of the country's successful and rapid modernization. with this sculpture, mr. change presents us with a vision of hope that these two seemingly opposing forces can coexist with equal value. thanks to the gallery and the generosity of our many sponsors that our next speaker will address. i am happy to announce that the sculpture will be here through the end of 2011. i am also proud to announce the the national endowment for the arts award the arts commission is $70,000 grant, the second- highest this year, to support the bringing of this

. >> the buddhist ceremony held to honor the victims who died on the tour bus in central manila. the 12-hour drama ended with age of the hostages and the gunman dead. relatives of the victims and officials came from hong kong to attend the ceremony. in the chinese territory, protesters gathered outside the philippines consulate. hong kong legislators joined the protest. >> we're going to condemn the philippine government. also, we express the feelings that we have. the hong kong people are very furious over this situation. hong kong lower its flags to honor the victims. officials fro the terriry a demaing knowhat hapned in manila. 115-year-old survivor described the gun battle. -- one 15-year-old survivor described the gun battle. >> there were a lot of gunshots bid up the police led off tear gas. a lot of people cannot breathe. >> the standoff began on monday when they dismissed manila police officer seized the bus and tourists who were originally supposed to fly home later that day. a 55-year-old man was fired last year on corruption charges and initially demanded his job back.

a person always wants to have hope and so they pray regardless of their confession a christian a buddhist i just know that people do go to shamans. it is believed that shamans act as an intermediary between the human and natural and spiritual worlds of sherman's healing abilities are said to come from his use of these forces to mend a person's soul so in this modern age what's involved in this ancient role. with the key to the main rituals of the following every year we call on rain for our crops and ask for other blessings sometimes we hold wedding rituals but we shamans wait for an invitation they don't impose their practices on anyone this island is known as the heart of lake by call in this spot and particularly is very spiritual for the shaman and valentine comes here and meets of people from all over. so that he can keep ancient traditions and spirituality alive. the newer side of sherman ism includes tourism as people who visit my call region who grow more curious. yes there are interesting people here there is not only russian culture but also without culture you can also learn th

with direct reference for instance to russia and he talks about you know the incompatibilities of buddhist confusions societies with the west which he defines as kind of protestant anglo-saxon type of you know aspects of the west so it seems to me that you know we shouldn't really single out the muslim world and the other thing you mentioned that you know the desire to retain of one's cultural identity and not to become absorbed by other cultures this was something that even was rebalanced of nine hundred twenty s. and thirty's all the way through the nineteenth sixty's and seventy's in what we are calling the muslim world even though the dominant discourse those years was a secular discourse and that islam is just kind of lately has. kind of taken over the discursive. field ok richard i'm going to you in tel aviv. something kind of very interesting to me i guess it was the cold war when culture took a break or civilization take a break because ideology was so predominant it least for decision makers in the major countries so culture is always been there it's just being it's research we're

introduced to buddhism as a captive in a japanese prison camp during world war ii, he later founded a buddhist community in hawaii and became known for his strong commitment to social justice. >>> for muslims observing ramadan, the summer heat has made it challenging to fast from dawn to dusk and that's let to some unusual compromises. in dubai, a religious ruling allows observers to break the fast if it's too hot. and on the west bank and gaza, they moved their clock back an hour earlier so they can end their fast. saudi officials hope it will become the official time keeper of the muslim world. that's our program for now. i'm deborah potter, we would like to hear there you, you can follow us on your facebook page. you can also comment on all of our stories and share them, audio and video podcasts are also available, join us at pbs.org. now as we leave you, more music from the vanderbilt chapel service. ♪ >>> major funding for "religion & ethics news weekly" is provided by the lily endowment, an indianapolis based private family foundation dedicateded to its founders efforts in religion, comm

african-american community, because your religious leaders in any other community, whether it's buddhist or sikh or jewish or muslim, you really want the religious leaders to understand that nobody escapes alcohol and drugs. the majority of your congregation may be alcohol and drug free, but there are people in your congregation who are not, and it's an issue, just as we're talking about. so using community coalitions, outreach in the faith community regardless of your religious orientation makes it clear that alcohol and drugs are a problem and that recovery from them can occur and that prevention is an important message. because we find silence- when we look at our household survey data, when people stop viewing a particular drug as a potential threat to the community, that drug becomes a threat to the community. that's bizarre, but that's what happens. we stop thinking of it as a potential threat and it becomes a threat. so we need to make sure that the whole community embraces that ecosystem that marco was talking about. that's the issue. we have a recovery-oriented environment which

future and chinese even though i'm a buddhist they don't try to destroy dollars because they understand that they put happens the whole world economy will go to pieces how big is china's role in global politics today and what are the major political challenges the country is now facing china is a permanent member of the u.n. security council and china is one of the greatest economy in the congress in the world china has a very active foreign policy and as a result china plays a very important role in the world and no i wouldn't say you have you can find even one problem in the world which can be sold with the without participation of china and i stress the chinese role in most cases very positive they try to bring peace and stability in the world they need because. preoccupied with the internal problems with their internal development and they need peaceful environment let's not talk about china's relations with another superpower america how they develop and at the moment well you know china had a leader who used to say about soviet american relations soviet union and the united states

now, i'm not--i'm not a very cultivated buddhist, but i think that desire is the sort of lynchpin of journey. there's something out in front that keeps saying, "come on, keep going. keep going." and i've tried to say that i can't expect answers about anything else, but i can say that this is true. and i believe that people who are very different than i am can identify with that feeling that i can't say where i'm going, but i have some idea of where i have been. and so my dance does try to evoke that commonality in people. we're on a journey. as you generate ideas for your work, given what you've just described, have you ever found yourself blunting your creative ideas, saying, you know, "that-- that's an image-- "that's an idea that-- that won't fly, that will be to offensive, will be too troubling?" do you ever self-censor your own work? you know, i do. and that's one reason why i often rely on improvisation. i'm--i'm gonna trick myself and get myself out there in a certain circumstance where the stakes are high. "now, i dare you-- ooh, go ahead and do that." and then you do it. and

until community now picked a buddhist pleaded not guilty on u.s. charges of conspiracy to sell arms to colombian rebels if victor boy did smuggle weapons to colombia wouldn't it be that i would wouldn't the colombian government be more interested in getting him down the u.s. well it's obvious reason that that would be the case if head to head he'd be involved in sure even colombia is a sovereign state so that would be natural for them just to raise the issue for the raise the issue themselves problem is the united states i believe butties it still is run by a bit foggy bottom inertia from the bush era era it's still i believe it's of the semblance of the cold war mentality they would like to it's like a character assassination campaign and they're guilty by association by trying to defame and bringing malicious and spreading malicious innuendo against bush which was also publicized and spread by hollywood they create they they they try to be smirch their russian illegal arms export and trying to associate him to the fictious kerrick to produce by b

the first buddhist church, the first christian church, the first non-profit, the first businesses were created here. so it has a unique place in not only japanese-american history but california history for the japanese to begin to develop community here in america. it is still a gathering place not only for the japanese-americans in san francisco but throughout the bay area. >> tkpwo*ep golden gate park park is beautiful. the physical beauty is hard to beat. it is well served by public transit. its central location is extraordinary. without question, haight ashbury is one of the most famous neighborhood in the world. there is a certain live and let live tradition. it's actually a surprisingly small town feeling. >> if you choose to buy a house in the haight ashbury, you're choosing to buy into a folklore, to a sense of community, to the high hippy culture, and all of that sensibility. and so it may attract five drug dealers from des moines, it also attracts seven lawyers from new york, trying to live some sort of mythical hippy what goes around comes around lifestyle. >> both western