Buddhist Psychology

Call for Papers (Conference): “Icons of Impermanence: Contemporary Buddhist Art”

By Yönten, on February 3rd, 2012%

UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, funded by The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, will hold a conference on contemporary Buddhist art July 6-8, 2012 at the University of British Columbia’s Point Grey campus. Part of event series for Summer 2012 that includes . . . Read More.

Designer Babies Welcome in Buddhism

By Yönten, on January 31st, 2012%

Suwanda Sugunasiri, Canadian Buddhist scholar and community activist, weighs in on Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, an important aspect of bioethics, with a Buddhist perspective: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=44144

CBC Quirks and Quarks on Vipassana

By Yönten, on January 28th, 2012%

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s weekly science show, Quirks and Quarks, did a segment this week on the positive medical science associated with insight meditation. The coverage consists of an interview with Dr. Judson Brewer, of the Yale Therapeutic Neural Science Centre, speaking about his . . . Read More.

Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas

By Yönten, on January 26th, 2012%

Listen here -

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/22/145340430/first-listen-leonard-cohen-old-ideas

The Cyborg Buddha Project

By Yönten, on January 24th, 2012%

From the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET), comes this article on Religion and Transhumanism, written by Alex McGilvery, a United Church minister in Flin Flon, Manitoba. Normally, that would not be something we cover at Sumeru, but he makes extensive reference to . . . Read More.

Investigating + Integrating Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care + Society

By Yönten, on December 24th, 2011%

The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School will be holding their 10th annual International Scientific Conference, March 28-April 1, 2012, at the Four Points Conference Center in Norwood, Massachusetts.

Among the plenary sessions are:

. . . Read More.

Dharma Brothers: Kodo and Tokujoo

By Yönten, on December 4th, 2011%

Dharma Brothers: Kodo and Tokujoo, A Historical Novel Based On The Lives Of Two Japanese Zen Masters (Volume 1) Arthur Braverman CreateSpace, December 2010 592 pages, 6 x 9 ISBN-13: 978-1453861530 (Also available in a Kindle digital edition)

From the publisher… Dharma Brothers: Kodo and . . . Read More.

Michael Stone on “Occupy…”

By Yönten, on November 29th, 2011%

From The Globe and Mail: Michael Stone a street sage with no easy answers.

Crazy Wisdom @ VIFF

By Yönten, on October 18th, 2011%

Review from The Province: http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/VIFF+Waking+love/5533449/story.html

The movie “Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche” is also a potential candidate for entry in the Arclight Documentary Film Festival, if enough of the public “Like” it on the Arclight YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZRiE7C_Ac

Bon Retreat @ Sherab Chamma Ling, Vancouver Island: 10.21-23.11

By Yönten, on October 16th, 2011%

From the Comox Valley Record… http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/comoxvalleyrecord/community/131536943.html

Sister Elaine MacInnes: Catholic nun, Zen master, prison activist, in TV documentary

By Yönten, on September 27th, 2011%

Victoria’s CHEK TV will air the award-winning 2005 documentary, The Fires That Burn, as part of their Docs from the Edge series.

The film documents the life of Sister Elaine MacInnes, age 87, her journey, and her current activities with her Freeing The Human . . . Read More.

+1me

By Yönten, on September 24th, 2011%

PlusOneMe (+1 me) helps you acknowledge people’s strengths. It’s gold stars for grownups. When you want to acknowledge somebody for a strength they have, you can +1 them for that attribute. To me, that seems like a great Bodhisattva approach: together we make a . . . Read More.

Buddhism & Psychology Student Union @ U of T

By Yönten, on September 22nd, 2011%

This is a very recently-formed organization.

Here is their mission statement:

The Buddhism and Psychology Student Union (BPSU) is a child of the ongoing dialogue between Buddhism and the mind sciences. Our main aim is to offer a forum for University of Toronto students . . . Read More.

Lama Chöpa, by Panchen Lozang Chökyi Gyaltsen, the 4th Panchen Lama

By Yönten, on September 13th, 2011%

Lama Chöpa (The Guru Puja) is a central practice in the Gelugpa Vajrayana tradition, often incorporating a Tsog Offering (ritual tantric feast). One of the most beloved versions of this prayer service is one that was written about 360 years ago by the fourth . . . Read More.

Buddhism and Terrorism

By Yönten, on September 12th, 2011%

Here’s a link to Wayne Codling’s guest blog in the Victoria Times Colonist: http://blogs.timescolonist.com/2011/09/10/buddhism-and-terrorism/

Buddhism after 9/11 survey

By Yönten, on September 11th, 2011%

This is Srisuda Hongthai from The Buddha Garden and I wanted you to know that we are conducting a survey on Buddhism in North America in the ten years since the 9/11 Tragedies, since many people found solace in the teachings of Buddhism after . . . Read More.

Vipassana Lecture, Vancouver: 9.29.11

By Yönten, on August 26th, 2011%

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, . . . Read More.

Euthanasia? Just Say No! (a Canadian Buddhist perspective)

By Yönten, on August 21st, 2011%

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