By Yönten, on August 26th, 2010%
We are pleased to announce completion of an agreement with Lightning Source, a division of Ingram Content Group, for print-on-demand services and global distribution of Sumeru books.
Sumeru books will now be available around the world through more than 18 distribution channels, including Amazon, Baker & Taylor, . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on August 11th, 2010%
Perhaps you take your freedom to surf for granted. Please reconsider; China recently sentenced three Uyghur webmasters to life in prison for purported crimes against the state. Here is the link from . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on August 8th, 2010%
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 back and re-opening . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on August 8th, 2010%
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 . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on August 8th, 2010%
We’ve updated all our old links so they are more visible in our new design. If we missed any, please let . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on August 4th, 2010%
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 posts), . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on June 27th, 2010%
This summer promises to be a busy one for Sumeru. Here are the highlights:
♦ Just published Understanding the Chinese Buddhist Temple.
♦ Created a revised edition of Rebirth as Empirical Basis for The Buddha’s Four Noble Truths for publication in Australia.
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By Yönten, on June 21st, 2010%
If you would like to nominate Sumeru for a 2010 Blogisattva award, please click on our logo on the right, and it will take you to the Blogisattva Awards nomination submission page. Thanks for . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on June 14th, 2010%
In response to inquiries about our various publications, Sumeru has added a Press Releases page to our site, accessible through the top menu bar. For more detailed information about our books and work, please contact . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on June 7th, 2010%
Martha is a 19-year-old Native Canadian from Edmonton. She has inspired many with her Facebook photo galleries of pow wow dancers and singers, and of Tibetan-Canadian events, showing some striking parallels between these two cultures.
Now she has launched a YouTube channel featuring . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on April 13th, 2010%
From their website…
Preserving A Heritage of Peace, Wisdom and Compassion
Welcome to the interim website of theBuddhist Literary Heritage Project
The sacred literature of Buddhism is one of the world’s greatest cultural heritages.
Its vast number of wide-ranging works focus on cultivating . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on March 20th, 2010%
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’.”
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By Yönten, on February 3rd, 2010%
The Sumeru Press is pleased to announce publication of Rebirth as Empirical Basis for The Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, by Prof. Suwanda Sugunasiri, PhD.
Rebirth is a chronological analysis of Buddha’s enlightenment meditation and how Buddha’s growing awareness of the rebirth process was . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on January 10th, 2010%
The CJBS was published annually in paper form by Nalanda College in Toronto for four years. The Journal is now moving online at the following URL: Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies
According to editor Prof. Suwanda Sugunasiri, the journal will offer its archived content for free, along . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on December 31st, 2009%
Thank you to everyone for your support since our launch this year. This is our 100th post!
We are looking forward to 2010… and the upcoming publication of two books: Rebirth as Empirical Basis for the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, by Prof. Suwanda . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on December 4th, 2009%
Digital Dharma: One Man’s Mission to Save a Culture looks like a wonderful movie about rescuing Tibet’s sacred literature. A wonderful cause, a wonderful resource, and an inspiration for future practitioners and scholars… www.digitaldharma.com
Trailer now posted . . . Read More.
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