Charles Prebish’s newest book, “An American Buddhist Life: Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer” was recently reviewed on the Full Contact Enlightenment blog.
Here’s the link: http://fullcontactenlightenment.com/
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Geshe Thubten Jinpa, PhD, is one of Canada’s treasures. He is the former translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and founder of the Institute of Tibetan Classics in Montréal where he lives. On the ITC website are offered a selection of texts translated by . . . Read More. UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program presents a lecture by Dr. Paul R. Fleischman, the Vipassana Teacher responsible for Outreach in the West: “Vipassana Meditation: A Practice and a Path” Date: Thursday, 29 September 2011 Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM Place: First Nations Longhouse, 1985 . . . Read More. Various people have written about the Buddhist Council of Canada, which operated in the 1980s, but none have given a definitive account of the who, what, where, when, why and how of it. Now Suwanda Sugunasiri has written a comprehensive history which has been edited . . . Read More. Tulku Lobsang, a doctor of Tibetan medicine, invites to join three separate events to learn and practice the Tibetan yogic tradition, including Tsa Lung and Tummo. Tulku Lobsang teaches in Europe and Americas practices from the Tibetan yogic tradition, including Tsa Lung and Tummo. Three . . . Read More. The Simon Fraser University welcomes you to attend Ten Perfections: meditation and study course with Venerable Thanissaro Bhikkhu from 9 am to 4 pm on September 17th and 18th2011 at Labatt Hall, Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University, 515 West Hastings St. Vancouver, BC. During this study . . . Read More. A trivial and lame dharma-burger movie with too much violence, little sex and no zen. Don’t be fooled into parting with your cash. As part of Thaye’s recent Vancouver Retreat and Public Talk, he held a dialogue with David Suzuki on environmental issues. Here’s a review of that event, and a video clip, from the Vancouver Sun: http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2011/08/20/despair-famous-buddhist-and-famous-environmentalist-offer-antidote.aspx The Edmonton Dragon Boat Races held their 15th annual even this week-end. Buddhist monks were on hand to bless the boats and paint eyes on them to awaken the dragon spirits – all for a great cause! Here’s the link: http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/20110820/SAG0302/308209993/breast-friends-ride-again Suwanda Sugunasiri, well-known Canadian Buddhist community organizer, ethicist and author, recently published an article about end-of-life ethics in the Sunday Island, Sri Lanka. Here’s the link: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=32888 The International Buddhist Progress Society of Edmonton runs a vegetarian restaurant at their temple, located at 1032 103 Street, Edmonton (780-424-9744). You can get a great vegetarian lunch for $5! Here are the Urbanspoon reviews… http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/131/1593818/restaurant/Fo-Guang-Tea-House-IBPS-Temple-Edmonton The Triratna Community of Vancouver is beginning a series of weekly drop-in meditation classes, led by Dr. Valerie Mason-John, for people in recovery. Classes begin October 3rd, 2011. Here’s the link: http://vancouverbuddhistcentre.com/wp/events-2/ Pictures of the Wutaishan Buddhist Garden site in Peterborough, now a Photobucket group. Here’s the link: http://gs173.photobucket.com/groups/w62/N9Z582MFSF/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ32 Here’s the complete list of upcoming West Coast vipassana retreats (in the Goenka tradition) hosted by Dhamma Surabhi through 2011 and 2012. It’s huge! Retreats for teens and children too. http://www.dhamma.org/en/schedules/schsurabhi.shtml Ryan Gauvin is a Vancouver-based photographer with a BA in Geography from Simon Fraser University, and an MFA in Documentary Media from Ryerson University. His recent collection, A Hard Path – Tibetan occupation and exile, is now viewable on his website. Ryan has partnered with . . . Read More. From The Buddhist Channel: Burnaby Buddhists Prepare for Visit of Tibetan teacher Kalu Rinpoche Here is the link for more information, including detailed schedules for Rinpoche’s activities on Saltspring Island and in Vancouver: Kalu Rinpoche 2011 Visit @ Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling Rigpe Dorje Montreal will host Choje Lama Karma Phuntsok, August 23-25, 2011: Teachings on Vajrayana View. Ven. Bardor Tulku Rinpoche be there August 26-28. He will teach on Buddha Nature: the ultimate potential of pure mind and will also bestow a Green Tara initiation. For . . . Read More. On Saturday, August 13, the Vajrayana Buddhism Association in Scarborough, ON, hosted a book launch for Master Tam’s newest book, published by the Sumeru Press, entitled “Natural Appearances, Natural Liberation: A Nyingma Meditative Guide on the Six Bardos of Living and Dying.” Master Tam is . . . Read More. |
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