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Canada bars monks for poverty vow

By Yönten, on October 20th, 2009%

Canadian temples are having trouble bringing in qualified monks because of immigration rules…

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Poverty+keeps+monks+country/2113481/story.html

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Dalai Lama Montréal – Oct 2009

By Yönten, on October 11th, 2009%

Here are some links to information about His Holiness’ recent visit to Montréal. Sorry I wasn’t able to post them before the event.

http://www.dalailamamontreal2009.org/index.html

http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/dalailama/

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Dalai Lama Canada 2010

By Yönten, on October 11th, 2009%

Here is a site with information about upcoming visits to Canada by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan Buddhist leaders…

http://www.trainingthemind.org/canadateachers.html

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Chogyam Trungpa

By Yönten, on August 22nd, 2009%

The first time I met Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche was in the Montreal Zen Centre on Versailles Street in Pointe-St-Charles, in 1969.

Trungpa had just arrived from Samye Monastery in Scotland after having given up his vows. He wore a beige suit . . . Read More.

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Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

By Yönten, on July 16th, 2009%

Here’s a great video about Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, celebrating the 50th anniversary of his parinirvana, from a great blog called “Remembering the Masters”. http://www.rememberingthemasters.org/2009/06/tribute-to-jamyang-khyentse-chokyi.html

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Unmistaken Child

By Yönten, on June 3rd, 2009%

There’s a new documentary movie out, about a Tibetan geshe’s search for the reincarnation of his deceased teacher. It’s called “Unmistaken Child,” and was produced by an Israeli film crew over a period of six years in India and Tibet. The movie was . . . Read More.

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One Hundred Years for Freedom

By Yönten, on March 25th, 2009%

Sumeru has it here! Check out our “Ephemera” page to download…

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Tashi

By Yönten, on March 17th, 2009%

In 1977, Toronto’s first Tibetan store opened, in a renovated white bungalow on the south side of Scollard Street in Yorkville. The proprietor was Tashi Lhanendapo.

At that time, there were very few Tibetans living in Ontario, let alone . . . Read More.

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The black crows, part 2

By Yönten, on March 10th, 2009%

When Panchen Otrul Rinpoche returned to Toronto from Lindsay, he bestowed the Yamantaka initiation. Since the hall at Tengye Ling was too small for the event, a room was rented on the top floor of the Library Sciences tower in Robarts Library on the U . . . Read More.

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The black crows

By Yönten, on March 10th, 2009%

In 1992, Panchen Otrul Rinpoche visited Toronto. He gave a number of teachings and initiations at Tengye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple and was then heading off to Lindsay to visit a number of Tibetan families who lived there. I volunteered to drive him . . . Read More.

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The Black Dog

By Yönten, on March 7th, 2009%

In 1972, Piyadassi Mahathera visited the Zen Meditation Centre of Montreal, to give a series of two afternoon lectures on a summer week-end.

The centre was housed in a former estate home on Mountain Street above Pine Avenue. Public . . . Read More.

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Beginner’s Mind

By Yönten, on March 4th, 2009%

The first time I met Samu Sunim, he was living in a very sparsely furnished walk-up apartment on l’Avenue du Parc near the mountain in Montréal. It was 1969 and I was 18 years old. Eastern religion was sweeping the west. I . . . Read More.

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