Bhutanese refugees in Canada

All is not well in Bhutan, if you go by the refugee numbers. This article from the McGill Tribune in Montréal presents a different side to their story – and their difficulties in finding new homes. Of the more than 100,000 refugees . . . Read More.

Walrus does Bhutan

One of Canada’s more thoughtful magazines reflects on Bhutan’s quest for happiness for all. Sort of reminds me of that segment of Arsenio Hall’s show years ago called “Things that make you go, ‘Hmmmmm’.”

http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2010.04-field-note-hedonic-indicators/

Between Ignorance & Enlightenment

Between Ignorance & Enlightenment is an audio CD of eight dharma sermons in English, produced in 2003 by Fo Guong Shan Temple of Mississauga, book-ended by an Ode to the Triple Gem and Songs of Fo Guang Shan.

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Joe Yee Vegetarian Cuisine

It’s always delightful when a new Chinese Buddhist vegetarian restaurant opens. The lastest in my neighbourhood is Joe Yee Vegetarian Cuisine at 9688 Leslie Street, Units 17-18, in Richmond Hill. It’s between 16th Avenue and Major Mackenzie, in the small mall on . . . Read More.

Dr. Steven Aung in the news

Prominent Edmonton Buddhist (and former Edmonton co-ordinator for the Buddhist Council of Canada in the 1980s) was recently in the news. Here’s the link… http://www.canmoreleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2462751