Feb 21st, 2010 · A book by the chairman of HSBC proposes a "new capitalism" that brings good business and good ethics together. In an NPR interview, Green, who is also an ordained priest in the Church of England, says moral and spiritual values should take precedence over immediate profit for the world's major banks.
Feb 21st, 2010 · Though many around the world revere him, Chinese officials regard the Dalai Lama as a separatist. But the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader says he is committed to the promotion of human value and religious harmony. He shared this and other views with NPR's Renee Montagne on Saturday.
Feb 18th, 2010 · President Obama offered the Dalai Lama "strong support" for the preservation of his homeland's identity, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday. Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama Thursday was kept low key amid Chinese anger. Beijing regards the Tibetan spiritual leader as a separatist.
Feb 18th, 2010 · President Obama met Thursday with Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. China has criticized the meeting because it regards the Dalai Lama as a separatist leader. Robbie Barnett, director of Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, says the meeting is more significant than previous presidential meetings with the Dalai Lama because it came amid increased Chinese rhetoric.
Feb 17th, 2010 · The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, is traveling to the United States to meet with President Obama at the White House Thursday. Professor Jeffrey Wasserstrom talks to Renee Montagne about the visit, and its implications for relations between the U.S. and China. Wasserstrom teaches at the University of California, Irvine and is the author of the forthcoming book China in the 21st Century.
Feb 11th, 2010 · China urged the United States to immediately cancel plans for President Obama to meet with the Dalai Lama next week, warning the move could further hurt ties. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu issued the remarks hours after Washington announced Obama would meet with the Tibetan spiritual leader at the White House on Feb. 18.
Feb 4th, 2010 · In Arizona, authorities have charged motivational speaker James Arthur Ray with three counts of manslaughter. In October, three people died during a "spiritual warrior" retreat when they were overcome during a sweat lodge ceremony. Ray's attorney calls the deaths a terrible accident, not a criminal act, and says Ray will be exonerated.
Feb 3rd, 2010 · With an estimated death toll as high as 200,000 in Haiti from the Jan. 12 quake, mass burials have replaced the traditional rituals for honoring the dead. In a land where funeral rites and the spiritual afterlife are central tenants, many Haitians are upset that so many bodies have been buried without ceremony.