Khmer monk lauded in Vaughan, ON

By Yönten, on November 24th, 2009%

Ven. Nil Choen, resident monk at the Khmer Buddhist Temple in Maple, Ontario, was recently profiled in the Vaughan News. Here’s . . . Read More.

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Montréal Tibetan Bazaar #20

By Yönten, on November 17th, 2009%

Amazingly – the 2oth anniversary (!) of this fabulous event coming up Nov 27-28, 2009. Details at www.tibet.ca

Here’s a story about it from the Montreal Gazette…

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50 million hostages

By Yönten, on November 16th, 2009%

Revolution of the Spirit in Burma is a short Fierce Light Video Flash documentary about Aung San Suu Kyi and the way of non-violence.

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Fierce Light

By Yönten, on November 16th, 2009%

Velcrow Ripper’s Toronto-based film production company specializes in documentaries about the integration of spirituality and activism.

Fierce Light – the movie trailer

Also from Velcrow Ripper:

Prayers for Bat Nha, a short documentary (Fierce Light Flash!) about Thich Nhat Hanh’s . . . Read More.

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Dramgyen – The Lute

By Yönten, on November 15th, 2009%

Endless Knot Films  is a Tibetan-Canadian production company.www.endlessknotfilms.com

Dramgyen – The Lute is a short film they made about the Tibetan-Canadian immigrant experience. You can watch it online at http://www.endlessknotfilms.com/ekf/dramgyen.html

Champion of Compassion is their documentary of the 2004 Kalachakra Initition in . . . Read More.

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Condolences

By Yönten, on November 15th, 2009%

It is with great sadness that we report the imminent death of 500,000+ animals in the Gadhi Mai Mela sacrifice in Nepal later this month. This “festival” which takes place every five years, is the largest animal sacrifice on the planet. Requests by Palden . . . Read More.

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First Frost

By Yönten, on November 14th, 2009%

Canadian geese
Among the water lilies
Only just for now

Karma Yönten Gyatso, Richmond Hill 2009

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Ephemera update

By Yönten, on November 12th, 2009%

Here are the records of many significant Vajrayana events in Toronto between 1998 and 2002. As you can see, it is a great start, but very incomplete. We owe it to future practitioners and historians to complete this record for all Buddhist faith . . . Read More.

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Click!

By Yönten, on November 10th, 2009%

MY THOUGHTS ON PHOTOGRAPHY, CAPTURED FOREVER IN 19 SNAPSHOTS

The Album

I confess to being an image collector. I have postcards from Asia, orange wrappers from Italy, orange crate labels from 1930s California, textile labels from Africa, packaging from Thailand, stamps from . . . Read More.

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Tibet before 1950: Digital Photo Archives

By Yönten, on November 10th, 2009%

The Tibet Album: British Photography in Central Tibet 1920-1950

http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/tibet_prm-collections.html

This collection of 4000+ photographs is from the Pitt Rivers Museum and the British Museum. It is by far the most extensive digital resource I found on this subject, and part of . . . Read More.

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