The Life of the Buddha (animation)

(SpiritualWorks) This animated look at the life of the Buddha is in Chinese with English subtitles. See spiritualworks.org for information on spirituality, meditation, music, chakras, healing, and consciousness.

"Family Guy" to premiere in theatres (free)

(Fan favorite "Road to Multiverse") America's No. 1 family enters its 10th season midnight on Thursday at AMC Century City 15 in LA and in New York, Chicago, Boston, Dallas...

Science confirms that laughter is good medicine, so here is a major dose of innovative animation. The Buddha was perhaps the only major religious figure frequently depicted as happy, jovial, and laughing -- and for good reason. Enough with the stiffness of austerity and onto the joy here and hereafter.

(LA Times) In celebration of the show’s 10^th anniversary, the funny side of the FOX network is spotlighting the Griffin household -- Stewie, Brian, Peter (Seth MacFarlane), Lois, Chris, and Meg (Mila Kunis) -- with a 10-city, one-night-only, exclusive midnight viewing of an exclusive episode as well never-before-seen footage, trivia, and giveaways.

• Also in: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Seattle

Tickets for the Southern California event are free on a first-come, first-served basis and can be reserved at familyguyLA@gmail.com.

The new episode that will be screened is called “Lottery Fever,” which finds the Rhode Island family struggling to stay grounded after finding themselves holding a winning ticket. The especially subversive 2009 episode “Road to Multiverse” will also be screening, having been picked for the occasion by fans voting via Facebook. The screenings will also include a 22-minute bonus feature from the forthcoming “Family Guy” DVD, due on shelves on Dec.13, 2011.

• PHOTOS: laughingbuddha.biz
• Sarah Palin gets phone pranked
• Ancient Buddhist monuments of Sri Lanka

Afghan-style monoliths on Buddhist isle (itchypaws)

"The Perils of Lesbianity" (animation)

I. Rony (Wisdom Quarterly)

WARNING: Not intended and probably not suitable for children (MisterSharp)

This short, informative piece pulled from the archives deals with the American and Iranian menace -- lesbianism. It offers insight into how this practice was/is viewed by some.

• VIDEO: The Lesbian Subversives of Iran
  
• SNAP files int'l court complaint against pope, Vatican
  
• THE HAGUE, The Netherlands - Founder says group seeks reform regarding sex abuse complaints. S.N.A.P. (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), a support group for victims of clergy sex abuse, filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court on Tuesday seeking an investigation of Pope Benedict XVI and three other Vatican officials on charges they committed "crimes against humanity."
• What God means by "repent," gays (and priests)
  
• SNAP's formal complaint against Catholic officials (PDF)
• Recycle Day at MacArthur Park, Los Angeles (KPFK)
• VIDEO: Dr. Coldwell's cures for all cancers
• Dr. Leonard Coldwell spells out the dangers of chemotherapy and the benefits of alternative cancer treatments. Chemotherapy is "assault with a deadly weapon," Coldwell contends because "nobody dies of cancer anymore; they die from the side effects of the so-called 'treatment.'" A UK study shows that 27% of patients undergoing chemotherapy die within the first 30 days. Flax seed oil [which is poisonous] has been proven to fight breast cancer better than chemotherapy [which is super toxic]. Coldwell advocates diet: Cancer cannot survive in an "alkaline, oxygen-rich environment." Drink a gallon of water with a teaspoon of sea salt or pink Himalayan salt every day, and switch to a raw food diet.
• VIDEO: Catharsis, Illuminati, NWO, and Intifada
  

If I Had a Pony: "Charlie the Unicorn" (video)

Wisdom Quarterly (post "Burning Man" post)

"Shun the nonbeliever" on the way to kidney-free Candy Mountain with Charlie and friends.

• Radical Truth: Knowledge and Revolution
  
• 5 Types of Men Women Want
• A Mournful Mix of Happiness and Math
• Post-Vacation Afterglow Fades Fast
• The new women of social media sites
• Be a college professor, brainiac
• Sacred Mysteries (longevity alchemy)

Burning Man from Space

Burning Man from 373 miles above Earth: A European space satellite took photos of the 2011 Burning Man [Labor Day week] festival in the Nevada desert.

(CSM) Burning Man is a weeklong art and self-expression festival that meets every year around Labor Day. This year, it runs from Aug. 29 to Sept. 5. Attendance was capped at 50,000, and the event sold out in July. This year marks the 25th anniversary... The event began modestly in 1986, when a handful of friends torched an 8-foot (2.4-m) wooden man on a San Francisco beach. More

• Few know that Russia has a similar absolute freedom hippie festival called the Empty Hills (Pustye Kholmy) festival.

(englishrussia.com)