By Yönten, on December 4th, 2011%
Dharma Brothers: Kodo and Tokujoo, A Historical Novel Based On The Lives Of Two Japanese Zen Masters (Volume 1) Arthur Braverman CreateSpace, December 2010 592 pages, 6 x 9 ISBN-13: 978-1453861530 (Also available in a Kindle digital edition)
From the publisher… Dharma Brothers: Kodo and . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on November 19th, 2011%
There’ll be a screening of Dharma Rising, David Cherniack’s recently completed two part film about Buddhism in the West on Dec 8 at Innis Town Hall at 7 pm.
For details and a description of the films: http://dharmarising.eventbrite.com/ DHARMA RISING Is Western Buddhism becoming Dharma . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on October 6th, 2011%
From the Nova News: http://www.novanewsnow.com/section/2011-09-28/article-2762691/Monk-visits-meditation-group/1
By Yönten, on August 16th, 2011%
The Flower is Full of Everything Except One Thing from Plum Village Online Monastery on Vimeo.
A Deep Volition to Practice: Question and Answer Session from Plum Village Online Monastery on Vimeo.
Miracles of Reconciliation from Plum Village Online Monastery on . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on August 14th, 2011%
From This45: http://this.org/magazine/2011/05/26/this45-gordon-laird-sensei-doug-duncan/
From Doug Sensei’s website: http://www.dharma-japan.org/
By Yönten, on August 14th, 2011%
4 Paths to Peace: Inspiration from the Dalai Lama is a documentary film that chronicles His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Vancouver Peace Summit and the personal journeys of four summit attendees who try to learn from the Dalai Lama, Nobel Laureates and . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on June 4th, 2011%
2011 Buddhist Teachers Council
New York’s Garrison Institute will host this landmark event between June 8-11. It will be preceded by a 3-day conference for established Buddhist teachers called: 2011 Pioneering Buddhist Teachers Meeting, to be held June 5-8.
Attendance at both events is . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on June 2nd, 2011%
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.
By Yönten, on May 9th, 2011%
Coming soon, from SUMERU…
AN AMERICAN BUDDHIST LIFE: Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer by Charles S. Prebish
The Sumeru Press Inc. Paperback, 6×9, 266p, illustr. ISBN 978-1-896559-09-4 $24.95
Charles Prebish came to Utah State University in January 2007 following more than thirty-five years . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on April 26th, 2011%
His Serenity the Panchen Lama, who became the world’s youngest political prisoner when his was recognized by the Dalai Lama and subsequently “disappeared” by the Chinese government who then put a puppet figure they chose in his place, turned 22 yesterday. In spite of . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on March 20th, 2011%
July 7, 1935 – March 10, 2011
Rev. Dr. Leslie Sumio Ryosho Kawamura, husband to Toyo, passed away with grace and serenity at Foothills Medical Centre on March 10, 2011 at the age of 75 years with his family present.
He is lovingly . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on January 26th, 2011%
Grant MacLean’s new documentary about Chogyam Trungpa’s 1959 escape from Tibet premiered recently in Halifax. You can find out more about the movie, and watch it online, on the Shambhala Sun blog site: http://www.shambhalasun.com/sunspace/?p=20332
By Yönten, on January 4th, 2011%
The Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh and monastics of Plum Village, Deer Park Monastery, Blue Cliff Monastery, and Magnolia Village will hold a residential meditation retreat and a public lecture in Vancouver, August of 2011, sponsored by the University of British Columbia and the Tung . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on January 1st, 2011%
Bodhi Day 2010 (December 8th) was the launch of the 900th Kagyu Monlam – celebrating the birth of the first Karmapa in 1110 c.e. Celebrations will be global and run for the entire year.
Details from the official Kagyu Monlam site can be found . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on November 13th, 2010%
The National Film Board of Canada recently released an autobiographical movie by Gesar Mukpo. In this documentary, young Canadian Gesar Mukpo struggles with life as a tulku — the reincarnation of a great Buddhist master.
Details at… http://films.nfb.ca/tulku/
By Yönten, on October 26th, 2010%
The Canadian Tibetan Cultural Centre in Toronto is hosting several screenings of this wonderful movie, narrated by Harrison Ford: November 6 + 7, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
The producer, Khashyar Darvich, is looking for opportunities to screen it in other cities as well, after . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on October 26th, 2010%
A thought-provoking piece on how women’s lineage documents came to be used in American Soto Zen initiation ceremonies, with some help from Roshi Peter Leavitt on Salt Spring Island.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/norman-fischer/for-full-inclusion-for-wo_b_772357.html
By Yönten, on October 10th, 2010%
US celebrity Buddhist Steven Seagal delivered a talk entitled “Life and the Dharma” at Kathok Gonpa, in Qualicum Beach, recently. Here’s a news article from the advance publicity…
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Steven+Seagal+give+talk+Buddhism+Vancouver+Island/3582669/story.html
Not sure why they are calling Kathok Gonpa the only temple on Vancouver Island, since . . . Read More.
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