Living the Heart of Wisdom

Living the Heatrt of Wisdom is a 21-month study and practice program exploring the liberating teachings of the Buddha, intended for those who wish to deepen in Dharma practice. The program is taught by Daryl Lynn Ross, a Buddhist teacher with True North Insight.

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TLKY Conference on Buddhism and the Political Process, UTSC, 4.13-15.12

April 13-15 2012: TLKY Conference on Buddhism and the Political Process, Miller Lash House, UTSC. Details TBA

For more information, see updates at: http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/

Collett Cox Numata Lectures, McMaster 3.22.12 + U of T 3.23.12

READING GROUP: “Yogācāra Prehistory: The Interpretation of Bhāva, Svabhāva, Abhiniṣpanna, and Pariniṣpanna in a Gāndhārī Scholastic Text”
 – Thursday, March 22, 4-6, McMaster, University Hall 122

LECTURE: “Brittle Birch Bark Speaks: the Earliest Buddhist Manuscripts of Ancient Gandhāra” 
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Qigong/Traditional Chinese Medicine World Congress, Toronto 5.25-28.2012

The 14th World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine will take place in Toronto this May. Here’s a link to the website: http://www.modernhealer.ca/14wcq/wcq.php?l=home

Further details to follow.

Tibetan Rally, Toronto 3.10.12

As covered by the CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/03/10/toronto-tibet-rally.html

Numata lecture on Buddhist medicine, McMaster/U of T 3.1-2.12

The University of Toronto / McMaster University Yehan Numata Buddhist Studies Program Presents

Pierce Salguero Pennsylvania State University

Reading Group Session:  “Narrating Buddhist Healing: Representations of Buddhist Medicine in Medieval Chinese Hagiographies”   Thursday, March 1, 4-6 pm University Hall 122, McMaster University

Lecture: “Chinese Buddhist Medicine: Global and . . . Read More.

The Moment of Peace, 8 pm, Saturday, March 10, 2012

On this day, untold numbers of people around the planet will embark on an hour of silence and meditation.

Events are being organized by www.medmob.org, www.doasone.com and www.themomentofpeace.com

Medmobs are currently on the map for:

Squamish, BC http://www.facebook.com/pages/MedMob-Squamish-BC-Canada/261844047170485

Vancouver, BC http://www.facebook.com/pages/MedMob-Vancouver-Canada/259781440714068?ref=ts

Victoria, BC http://www.facebook.com/pages/MedMob-Victoria-BC-Canada/168744053217967

Calgary, AB http://www.facebook.com/pages/MedMob-Calgary-Alberta-Canada/134333866664333

Windsor, ON

Toronto, ON http://www.facebook.com/medmobto

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Toronto Buddhist Day Camps 2012

Buddhist Education Network of Ontario (http://www.buddhistschoolforyouth.ca/) is again sponsoring a series of Buddhist day camps downtown this summer.

Click on the image below for information about this year’s four different youth programs for young people ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-13 and 14-17:

 

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An Endangered Culture: the Movie

A short film by Tashi Wangyal.

Cultural values form the founding principles of one’s life. By preserving a culture, one keeps their traditions, family values, sociological standards and language intact. Without a culture, no one knows what the traditions are and where the family came . . . Read More.

Losar – February 22, 2012

Happy New Year to our Tibetan friends! Bhod gya-lo.

Inaugural “Buddhism and Australia” conference a model for Canada

Earlier in February, 2012, Australia hosted its first international Buddhist conference. It appears to have been a great success, to the great credit of the organizers. Here is the web link: www.buddhismandaustralia.com./

Would something of this nature perhaps be worth organizing in Canada?

Narrating the Previous Lives of the Buddha in 14th Century Tibetan Murals

Narrating the Previous Lives of the Buddha in 14th Century Tibetan Murals Asian Institute PhD Seminar Series Sarah Richardson PhD Candidate, Department of Art History University of Toronto Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 . . . Read More.

7th c. Chinese Buddhist statues in Kitchener

After months of negotiation, THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener is honoured to be announcing the North American premiere of a spectacular collection of rock carvings from Chongqing, China.

Having only left China once before, these almost fifty stunning sculptures, which are part of a World Heritage . . . Read More.

Great Eastern Sun: The Shambhala Community in Nova Scotia

The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, will be hosting an exhibit on the Shambhala community there. The exhibit will run until April 21st.

Here is the blurb from the museum’s website: Discover how the international headquarters of the Shambhala . . . Read More.

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

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 the . . . Read More.

Year of the Water Dragon, Campbell River, BC

Celebrating today with a Vietnamese Tet Festival assisted by Brother Sakya Phap An, a Buddhist monk…

http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/137704878.html

Numata Lectures

The University of Toronto/McMaster University Numata Buddhist Studies Program presents

“Conventional Truth and Symbolic Terms in Saraha’s Adamantine Songs” Dr. Lara Braitstein, McGill University Lecture: Thursday, January 26, 4-6 pm, University Hall 122, McMaster University

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Corporate Craving and Buddhist Compassion

UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program presents a lecture by Jan W. Walls.

“Corporate Craving and Buddhist Compassion: Is There a Middle Ground for Buddhism in Business?”

Date: Thursday, 02 February 2012 Time: 5:00 – 7:00 PM Place: Room 120, C.K. Choi Building, 1855 West Mall

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