By Yönten, on May 28th, 2013% Shodo Spring’s Compassionate Earth Walk begins in Alberta on July 4th, and will follow the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline route south into the USA. Her initiative was recently profiled in The Huffington Post, with the title – An Inconvenient Walk: A Grandmother’s Invitation.
By Yönten, on May 22nd, 2013% I recently discovered Venerable Yuttadhammo (formerly Noah Greenspoon), a Canadian-born Theravada Buddhist monk, ordained in 2001 under the guidance of Venerable Ajaan Tong Sirimangalo of Chiang Mai, Thailand.
His blog is: Truth Is Within / Just another Buddhist monk’s weblog
I’ll be adding him to the . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on March 8th, 2013% Thupten Jinpa Langri, who calls Montreal home when he is not travelling and translating for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, is the subject of an in-depth series of profiles here.
By Yönten, on December 20th, 2012% Suwanda Sugunasiri’s investigation into the origins of the Buddhapujava, one of the key texts of Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhism, identifying Arahant Mahinda as the author, is now available as a book, published by Nalanda Publishing Canada, 3 Ardmore Rd, Toronto, ON M5P 1V4. Telephone: 416-487-2777.
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By Yönten, on September 22nd, 2012% 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.
By Yönten, on September 22nd, 2012% 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.
By Yönten, on September 19th, 2012% Zen Masters Of China, The First Step East Richard Bryan McDaniel Foreword by Albert Low Tuttle Publishing 9780804842822 Publication Date: September 2012 320 pages, 5.1 x 8 in. $22.95
From the publisher:
Zen Masters of China presents more than 300 traditional Zen stories and koans, far . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on September 14th, 2012% The Ninth Panchen Lama (1883-1937): A Life at the Crossroads of Sino-Tibetan Relations By Fabienne Jagou Translated by Rebecca Bisset-Buechel
$45.00 paperback (9786162150166) 402 pp., 9 illus., 2 maps, 6 x 9 in. October 2011 / hardcover not available
This biography of the Ninth Panchen Lama, the . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on September 11th, 2012% Now completing filming and looking for funding for post-production/distribution. Looks very good. Watch the trailer.
Main website – http://seekingheartwood.com
Fundraising – http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seekingheartwood/seeking-heartwood-documentary-on-buddhism-in-ameri
By Yönten, on September 9th, 2012% An Uncommon King is a new documentary about Sakyong Mipham, son of Chogyam Trungpa and current leader of the Shambhala organization.
Here’s a description from the AFF website: Shot over 17 years in 12 countries and more than 15 different formats, An Uncommon King is Johanna Lunn’s epic . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on September 2nd, 2012% Albert Low, roshi at the Montréal Zen Centre, has his (very short) bio now posted on the Sweeping Zen blog. Good to see more Canadian teachers there.
http://sweepingzen.com/albert-low-bio
By Yönten, on August 31st, 2012% The Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour returns to the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre in Etobicoke for 3 days in September.
By Yönten, on August 21st, 2012% Via Toronto Body Mind (Toronto’s yoga, meditation and wellness community’s blog)…
http://torontobodymind.ca/articles/lama-catherine-rathbun-mandala-offering
About Catherine Rathbun
Catherine’s meditation training began in 1969. Since then she has studied with His Holiness XVI Karmapa, head of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and with pre-eminent individuals like . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on July 24th, 2012% Here is the link to a wonderful, detailed biography of Zazep Tulku Rinpoche and his lineage, with photos: http://www.gblt.site50.net/index.php?main=main02.1
By Yönten, on July 16th, 2012% Some time not too long ago, I received a note from Myozen, a Zen Priest in Terrace, BC, whose centre (Daiko-ji) was closing, commenting on my earlier post about Canadian Zen teachers and the American Zen Teachers Association (AZTA). We began a conversation, which Myozen . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on July 12th, 2012% Sorry I missed this last year – Doreen was a dear friend to Toronto’s Buddhist community for many years…
HAMILTON, Helen Doreen (nee Henderson) – Passed away on January 3, 2011 at the age of 72. Doreen had the courage to follow her own unique . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on July 2nd, 2012% http://coolopolis.blogspot.ca/2009/12/quiz-whos-guy-on-left.html
http://coolopolis.blogspot.ca/2010/04/more-tyndale-martin-and-his-greatheart.html
Even though some of the details are wrong, these articles are still cause for sadness. Buddhism in Canada has come a long way in the past 40 years.
Many of the original members of the community which became Greatheart (including me) have gone . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on July 2nd, 2012% I’ve been having a few online conversations recently about Buddhist cults, and whether or not I should be de-listing certain centres from the canadianbuddhism.info directory on the basis of allegations about them. My position has been to take centres at face value and list them, . . . Read More.
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