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Every Lost Country Stephen Heighton Knopf Canada, 2010 ISBN: 978-0307397393 (hardcover) 352 pages / Paperback and e-book available From Quill & Quire: High-altitude adventure meets morality tale in Steven Heighton’s third novel. While mountain climbing along the Nepal–Tibet border, an altruistic doctor named Lewis Book, . . . Read More. Studying Buddhism in Practice John S. Harding, editor Paperback, 200 pages, $29.95 Published by Routledge, January 2012 ISBN: 978-0415464864 Hardcover and e-book also available About the author: JOHN S. HARDING is Associate Professor and Chair of the Religious Studies Department at the University of Lethbridge . . . Read More. We’ve received 60 surveys so far and much encouragement. Thank you to all participants! If your centre is one of the 440+ who have not yet submitted your completed survey, please visit our page with complete information about the initiative and downloadable survey packages: http://www.sumeru-books.com/2011/11/canadian-buddhism-survey/ Charles Prebish, author of “An American Buddhist Life,” published by Sumeru, and of many other books on Buddhism, has a new e-book out – ”Looking West: A Primer for American Buddhism” – a short, basic introduction to one of the fastest growing new religions . . . Read More. The Sumeru Press is currently updating our directory of Canadian Buddhist organizations for www.canadianbuddhism.info and we are asking for participation from Buddhist organizations across Canada. More than 15,000 people a year turn to this website and its sister news site, www.sumeru-books.com, for information about where to . . . Read More. Reviewer Nicole Libin writes… AN AMERICAN BUDDHIST LIFE: Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer “… this book is a gem. I strongly recommend American Buddhist Pioneer as a learning tool. Prebish, it seems, has seen it all and is more than willing to . . . Read More. Charles Prebish is among the most prominent scholars of American Buddhism. He has been a pioneer in studying the forms that Buddhist tradition has taken in the United States. Now retired, he has written this unusual new book, An American Buddhist Life: Memoirs of a Modern . . . Read More. Jeff Wilson, University of Waterloo Jeff Wilson (Assistant Professor, Religious Studies and East Asian Studies, University of Waterloo, Ontario) has a great article in the new September issue of the journal Religion Compass. The article is called: What is Canadian about Canadian Buddhism? . . . Read More. 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. Charles Prebish, whose latest book An American Buddhist Life: Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer was published by Sumeru earlier this year, was recently profiled in the Salt Lake City Tribune. The story was picked up by The Buddhist Channel and is their lead . . . Read More. The Kagyu Monlam North America took place in Vancouver, July 13-17, 2011. See our previous posts for details about the events. The sadhana text for the event is now available in a Tibetan/English edition (8.5×11, 456 pages) from Namse Bangzdo bookstore. Videos of the . . . Read More. 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/ 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 . . . 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 . . . Read More. From the publishers… PRESS RELEASE June 17, 2011 It is with pleasure that we present the latest issue (Number 6) of the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies. In this issue, you will read • a comparative essay on Paccekabuddhas, based in Pali and . . . Read More. http://buddhistfictionblog.wordpress.com/ is a new blog recently launched by Kimberly Beek, a PhD candidate student at McMaster University in Hamilton. Aside from providing a place for readers to discuss their favourite books online, Kimberly is also engaged in research. Here’s an excerpt from her blog . . . Read More. For the record, the Sumeru website was hacked twice last month, in attempts which originated from China. In the first instance our service provider notified us of the attack which appears to have caused no damage. In the second instance, we were part of . . . Read More. Sumeru announces publication of: AN AMERICAN BUDDHIST LIFE: Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer AN AMERICAN BUDDHIST LIFE Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer By Charles S. Prebish ISBN 978-1-896559-09-4 $24.95 US/CAN €17.50 EUR Perfect bound paperback, 266 pages, 6” x 9″ . . . Read More. |
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