Walk Like a Mountain reviewed at 108zenbooks

Innen Ray Parchelo’s book, Walk Like a Mountain: The Handbook of Buddhist Walking Practice, was recently reviewed by Lynette Genju Monteiro at 108zenbooks. Here’s the link.

Ray is director of Red Maple Sangha and Tendai Canada. The book is published by Sumeru.

Walk Like a Mountain reviewed at Full Contact Enlightenment

Innen Ray Parchelo’s book, Walk Like a Mountain: The Handbook of Buddhist Walking Practice, was recently reviewed by Tanya McGinnity at Full Contact Enlightenment. Here’s the link.

Ray is director of Red Maple Sangha and Tendai Canada. The book is published by Sumeru.

Buddhist Astrology: chart interpretation from a Buddhist Perspective

Sumeru is pleased to announce we will be publishing a new, revised edition of this essential Buddhist classic, Buddhist Astrology: chart interpretation from a Buddhist Perspective, due out in September, 2013.

Become your own astrological guru with the first book to apply Buddhist practice to Western . . . Read More.

Danny Fisher reviews Charles Prebish’s memoir (published by Sumeru)

Danny Fisher has written a thoughtful review of Charles Prebish’s book – An American Buddhist Life: Memoirs of a Modern Buddhist Pioneer – published by Sumeru in 2011, for the Journal of Global Buddhism.

“Honestly (even, at times, surprisingly so) and engagingly written, An American Buddhist . . . Read More.

Highlights from the Survey of Canadian Buddhist Organizations

There are currently 483 Buddhist organizations operating in Canada in 2012. In order to better understand these organizations, a survey was created by John Negru, publisher of Canada’s largest online database of Canadian Buddhist organizations, www.canadianbuddhism.info, in association with the Department for the Study of . . . Read More.

Donations from the Sumeru Press for 2012

We are pleased to announce that we distributed more than $350 in donations from the Sumeru Press for 2012. Recipients included a temple in Canada, a charity in Nepal and a monastery in India. The funds were raised through crowdsourcing.

Thank you Sumeru authors

Thank you Sumeru authors, for choosing us to publish your book. Royalty statements and cheques for 2012 will be going out very soon.

Walk Like a Mountain published

Sumeru announces publication of:

WALK LIKE A MOUNTAIN The Handbook of Buddhist Walking Practice By Innen Ray Parchelo Paperback, 206 pages, 6” x 9″ ISBN 978-1-896559-17-9 $24.95 US/CAN

Available worldwide at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indigo and all fine online booksellers

ABOUT THE BOOK Walk . . . Read More.

Sumeru Buddhist e-books on iTunes, BarnesandNoble and Kobo

We are pleased to announce that our first four e-book titles are now available through the iTunes bookstore, Barnes and Noble, and Chapters/Indigo.

Currently available titles:

Rimey Lama Chopa, by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Rimey Lama Chopa

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (translation, Glenn Mullin; foreword, Ven. . . . Read More.

“An American Buddhist Life” now available in Canada as Kobo e-book

Sumeru is pleased to announce the publication launch of our latest e-book…

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/An-American-Buddhist-Life-Memoirs/book-BzO_s4kXpUa0AXAVBoOQyQ/page1.html

Available for your Kobo e-reader or desktop for $7.69.

Coming soon to Kindle, Nook & iPad.

“Rimey Lama Chopa” now available in Canada as Kobo e-book

Sumeru is pleased to announce the publication launch of our latest e-book…

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Rimey-Lama-Chopa-Tibetan-Rimey/book-t_hYerRmM020XDrDoxHlFg/page1.html?s=1P8bKQsgL0KeH-Zl5nfsrg&r=1

Available for your Kobo e-reader or desktop for $6.29.

Coming soon to Kindle, Nook & iPad.

Sumeru e-books!

Our first two e-book titles: Rimey Lama Chopa (Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, translated by Glenn Mullin) and An American Buddhist Life (Charles Prebish) will be out next week!

You’ll be able to buy them for Kindle, Kobo, iPad, Nook, Sony e-Reader, and a variety of other formats, from your . . . Read More.

A fake Sumeru Books in China?

I recently received an e-mail from a Chinese domain name registration company informing me that someone in China wishes to register the domain name: “sumeru-books.cn” and asking if they are either a distributor or a partner of sumeru-books.com. I explained that they are not, and . . . Read More.

Charles Prebish on Secular Buddhism

Here’s a recent podcast with Charles Prebish by Ted Meissner on the Secular Buddhism blog: http://secularbuddhism.org/2012/06/10/episode-121-charles-prebish-an-american-buddhist-life/

Among the vital messages emerging from the hour-long interview are conversations about the impacts of sangha democratization, feminism, LGBT issues, narcissism, over-emphasis on meditation and other Western-led trends (positive and . . . Read More.

Sumeru launches on Twitter

Follow us: @SumeruBooks

Natural Appearances, Natural Liberation – book launch video

Just discovered somebody at the event last August caught it on video. Here are Master Tam’s speech and some other presentations.

The Buddhist Garden – coming soon from Sumeru Books

Coming soon… The Buddhist Garden: A Journey from Kyoto to Western Tibet, by Dennis Winters. This book explores the spiritual, psychological and physical history of Buddhist geomancy in the creation of sacred meditation gardens. Dennis is a well-known Canadian landscape architect and Vajrayana practitioner.

Sumeru Books launches on Facebook

Visit us there at http://www.facebook.com/SumeruBooks

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