B&D - Course Content Resources - Thailand and Sri Lanka

Articles that may have relevance to course content....
Trying to develop more of a Theravadin perspective as we move along... starting from the begining (8-fold path, establishment of Buddhist Ethics... Maybe I should have started with that rather than jumping in to Ashoka.  But we can do this in a backward-buildup sort of way)

Susan M. Darlington -Rethinking Buddhism and Development: The emergence of Environmentalist Monks in Thailand.   This article might fit well with the book Greg gave: Socially Engaged Buddhism by Sulak Sivaraksa.

Tessa Bartholomeusz - In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka.
Also possible to draw more and more context - I need some resources on the history of the conflict rather than just throwing these articles out to the students. 

I need more grounding.  :/

Book Reviews: Socially Engaged Buddhsim

Here are some relevant book reviews that might be good for the course.

GLOF - Nepal

Information about geological happenings in the Himal including "Glacial Lake Outburst Floods" from IRIN. 

Good contextual information from ICIMOD and what has happened in the last 20 years or so in terms of preparing for natural disasters. 

"Speak With Conviction" Taylor Mali (Def Poetry)

Optimism for Kashmir?

Interesting photos of Kashmiri Pandits return to Kashmir.  Controversy is that, because they are Hindu, Pakistan sees them as a threat. 

An opinion article in the Times of India reports results from a recent survey about the Line of Control.  The article states that conflict was ready to be smoothed out before 11/26.  Since, the terrain for resolution, or at least compromise, has been rocky.

Shambhala

Nazi-Tibet connections... and some info about Mme. Blavatsky and Theosophy. 

I don't know this source, though.

Oil Leak. Uuhg.

This article from The Street explains how the top kill failed to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  This is truly a disaster of epic proportions.  Criminal investigation?  Sure, but first things first, right?  How will the leak be stopped? 

I don't see how a criminal investigation is in order, actually.  We all hold a part in this - humanity's dependence on oil is a reality.