Buddhist Council of Canada docs

By Yönten, on March 30th, 2009%

Sumeru will be publishing three important historical documents from the Buddhist Council of Canada, as part of our Buddhist Ephemera Project: Proceedings of the first National BCC Buddhist Congress (1989); and two issues of the Journal of the Buddhist Council of Canada (Vol. 1, . . . Read More.

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One Hundred Years for Freedom

By Yönten, on March 25th, 2009%

Sumeru has it here! Check out our “Ephemera” page . . . Read More.

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Equinox e-Launch

By Yönten, on March 20th, 2009%

In the spirit of the Dharma, Sumeru joyously announces the publication of our first title:

A Rosary of Precious Offerings to Enrich the Mind

This collection of annotated photographs of Vajrayana Buddhist shrine offerings at Karma Tekchen Zabsal Ling is presented as . . . Read More.

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Fah Hua Temple

By Yönten, on March 19th, 2009%

Temple doorbell rings
Old monk peers around the gate
And then vanishes

Karma Yönten Gyatso, Maple 2009

A . . . Read More.

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Epitaph

By Yönten, on March 19th, 2009%

Coming through the trees on P’u-t’o-shan
Suddenly the Great Work is set down.
Aaah, what a refreshing breeze!

Karma Yönten Gyatso, Toronto 1985

A . . . Read More.

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the buddha’s wish fulfilled

By Yönten, on March 19th, 2009%

i would like to write
poems without images
probably without even any words in them
these poems would not rely
even on the power of the spirit mantra
if you like them it will be
because they touch the secret altars of your heart

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Tashi

By Yönten, on March 17th, 2009%

In 1977, Toronto’s first Tibetan store opened, in a renovated white bungalow on the south side of Scollard Street in Yorkville. The proprietor was Tashi Lhanendapo.

At that time, there were very few Tibetans living in Ontario, let alone Toronto. The . . . Read More.

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The black crows, part 2

By Yönten, on March 10th, 2009%

When Panchen Otrul Rinpoche returned to Toronto from Lindsay, he bestowed the Yamantaka initiation. Since the hall at Tengye Ling was too small for the event, a room was rented on the top floor of the Library Sciences tower in Robarts Library on the U of . . . Read More.

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The black crows

By Yönten, on March 10th, 2009%

In 1992, Panchen Otrul Rinpoche visited Toronto. He gave a number of teachings and initiations at Tengye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple and was then heading off to Lindsay to visit a number of Tibetan families who lived there. I volunteered to drive him and . . . Read More.

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Canadian Buddhist Ephemera Project

By Yönten, on March 10th, 2009%

All things are without inherent existence and subject to change. They arise and pass away.

So it is with records of the evolution of Buddhism in Canada. For the benefit of future historians, Sumeru is undertaking a project to digitize significant Canadian Buddhist . . . Read More.

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The Black Dog

By Yönten, on March 7th, 2009%

In 1972, Piyadassi Mahathera visited the Zen Meditation Centre of Montreal, to give a series of two afternoon lectures on a summer week-end.

The centre was housed in a former estate home on Mountain Street above Pine Avenue. Public lectures were . . . Read More.

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Beginner’s Mind

By Yönten, on March 4th, 2009%

The first time I met Samu Sunim, he was living in a very sparsely furnished walk-up apartment on l’Avenue du Parc near the mountain in Montréal. It was 1969 and I was 18 years old. Eastern religion was sweeping the west. I had . . . Read More.

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Sumeru Press Inc. logo unveiled

By Yönten, on March 2nd, 2009%

Here’s the new logo for The Sumeru . . . Read More.

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Saving energy makes sense

By Yönten, on March 1st, 2009%

Every time you search on the internet, you are creating an energy footprint in all the computers that were involved. Websites that use dark colours use less energy than those that use bright colours.

That’s why we decided to use a dark colour scheme for Sumeru; saving . . . Read More.

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Dr. Ambedkar

By Yönten, on March 1st, 2009%

The Ambedkar Mission in Toronto was founded by Darshan Chaudhary in 1979 to celebrate the life and continue the work of  a great modern Indian Buddhist bodhisattva, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. The mission is still going strong.

In 1991, the Mission published . . . Read More.

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Tibetans in Quebec

By Yönten, on March 1st, 2009%

When a small group of Tibetans arrived in Montreal in 1971, they were the first non-European immigrants ever admitted into Canada. They established a community in Longueuil and began the long process of making a home in a new land. My friend Louis Cormier, . . . Read More.

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