Each Sunday here at American Buddhist<\/a> Perspective, we\u2019ll try to round up a few of the world\u2019s news stories worth knowing about. I have my own (often very limited) perspective, so I welcome yours by way of the comments.<\/p>\n First, not far from where I am now, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be awarded over $1.6 million<\/a> tomorrow<\/strong>, only to turn around and donate it all to a yet-to-be-named recipient. I won\u2019t be headed to London to see him though, instead watching, as you can, via live streaming at\u00a0http:\/\/www.templeton.org\/<\/a>. It\u2019s at 1:30pm GMT, which is 8:30am on the East coast.<\/p>\n Next, stepping back a couple weeks, was the\u00a0International Symposia for Contemplative Studies<\/a>, held in Denver, CO. Even though it is somewhat old news, the talks are available online, from such greats as Jon Kabab-Zinn, Roshi Joan Halifax, Sharon Salzberg, John Dunne, Matthieu Ricard, and others.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, via PBS I have come across an amazing display of artwork from 19th century Japan<\/a>, depicting 500 of the Buddha\u2019s close disciples, the 500 arahats<\/em> (worthy ones) that are said to be with him at various times in the teachings. The artist was\u00a0Kano Kazunobu (1816-1863) and the paintings are dated to between 1854 and 1863, and they will be\u00a0on display through July 8, 2012 at the Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC<\/a>.
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