Pressing challenges?

The Ottawa Citizen Life section runs a regular panel for faith leaders to address difficult questions. This week’s question is: What are the most pressing challenges in your faith group in the 21st century?

In this article, Rev. Innen Parchelo, of the Red Maple Sangha, . . . Read More.

Gyantse Journal: China in Tibet

The New York Times recently published an article about how China has re-cast the 1904 British invasion of Tibet for their own propaganda purposes. In their version, the Tibetans are “stand-ins” for the Chinese who were oppressed by foreign powers during the Qing dynasty. The . . . Read More.

Let’s talk

We’ve upgraded our spam filter by moving from Askimet to Disqus, and so we are now able to accept comments. In addition, you will be able to comment from within Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and several other discussion platforms.

Please join the discussion!

We’ll be going . . . Read More.

New “Movies” tag

We’ve begun tagging old posts about Buddhist movies and videos with a “Movies” tag to make them easier to find. Process should be completed in a few days.

Links updated

We’ve updated all our old links so they are more visible in our new design. If we missed any, please let us know.

Dharma Punx Ottawa

Saw their poster on a lamp post in the Glebe neighbourhood, advertising a local meditation group. Dharma Punx is a loose network of Buddhist practitioners started by Noah Levine in Los Angeles, of particular interest to disaffected young people.

The local . . . Read More.

Ottawa Chinatown

I recently had the opportunity to visit Ottawa’s Chinatown. The city has invested more than $600,000 in stimulus money to revitalize the area and brand it as a visitor destination, similar to Little Italy nearby. Most of the money has been used to create a . . . Read More.

Sumeru re-design

We are pleased to launch our new design for Sumeru – featuring improved navigation and sharing, as well as a crisp, easy-to-read style. We hope you enjoy it! Over the next few weeks we will be tweaking some items (such as link colours on old . . . Read More.