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The website “Buddhism in Canada” (www.buddhismcanada.com) has closed, after 16 years. The site was operated by George Klima, out of St. John, NFLD. A great debt of gratitude is owed to him for his unstinting service to the far-flung communities that the directory served. It grew to . . . Read More. The new Thrangu Monastery which opened last month in Richmond, BC, now has a website with lots of . . . Read More. I recently had the opportunity to visit Ottawa’s Chinatown. The city has invested more than $600,000 in stimulus money to revitalize the area and brand it as a visitor destination, similar to Little Italy nearby. Most of the money has been used to create a giant . . . Read More. A new Kargyu monastery has opened in Richmond, BC. Here are links to some articles about it: http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=66,9374,0,0,1,0 http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Canada+first+traditional+Tibetan+Buddhist+monastery+opens/3316549/story.html?tab=PHOT I’m not sure why the media are calling it Canada’s first traditional Tibetan Buddhist monastery, since Tibetan monks have been living in . . . Read More. Nice write-up of the upcoming visit, including schedule, in the Edmonton Journal. Visit includes talk by Dr. Steven Aung, president of the International Buddhist Friends Association, a well-known figure in . . . Read More. Asian Religions in British Columbia (Edited by Larry DeVries, Don Baker, & Dan Overmyer; University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 2010) provides a sociological overview of communities, places of worship, teachers and traditions in British Columbia whose background is Asian. For a detailed description . . . Read More.  Comments are closed  Buddhism in Canada, Publishing in a digital world, Temple Stories  Books, British Columbia, Buddhist community University of British Columbia Press has graciously sent us a review copy of their new book, Asian Religions in British Columbia, first published in hardcover last month and shortly to be available in paperback. Our review will follow in an upcoming post, but here . . . Read More. Just published! by Karma Yönten Gyatso ISBN 978-1-896559-03-2 This book is available as a free download from our “Latest Releases” page. ♦ To download the book, you can . . . Read More. Buddhists have been in Canada for more than 100 years, but Canadian Buddhism remains in many ways a fragmented collection of solitudes. Wild Geese is the first serious attempt to understand the multiple realities of Canadian Buddhism in an organized fashion. As such, it . . . Read More. Wild Geese: Buddhism in Canada McGill-Queen’s University Press Paper (0773536671) 9780773536678 / CA $29.95, US $29.95 Comments are closed Buddhism in Canada, Teacher Stories, Temple Stories Buddhist community, Education, History, Publishing Cham Shan Temple is building the Wutai Shan Buddhist Gardens in Peterborough, Ontario, as a replica of the Buddha Light main hall of the Tang Dynasty Wutai Shan temple, using lumber milled specifically for this purpose in China. Several weeks ago, the first containers . . . Read More. MEDITATION RETREAT AT TORONTO MAHAVIHARA The retreat . . . Read More. Toronto Maha Vihara, a Sri Lankan temple, was hit by arson for the second time in six months. Here are the links to stories from the . . . Read More. Here are the records of many significant Vajrayana events in Toronto between 1998 and 2002. As you can see, it is a great start, but very incomplete. We owe it to future practitioners and historians to complete this record for all Buddhist faith . . . Read More. Comments are closed Buddhism in Canada, Teacher Stories, Temple Stories Buddhist community, Education, Ephemera, Vajrayana We are pleased to announce the launch of the re-designed Buddhism in Canada directory. The new website features enhanced navigation features such as search by full text, map, alpha, location and/or tradition. It also incorporates photographs from the Buddhist community, a community event calendar . . . Read More. Everything you wanted to know about Shaolin Monastery, but were afraid to ask… . . . Read More. Buddhist Centres aren’t springing up like mushrooms these days, so it was inspiring to see that Montreal’s Tibetan Buddhist Temple has opened a sister centre in Moncton, New Brunswick. http://zawatulku.org/index.htm Here’s a news story too, about this week-end’s inauguration . . . Read More. In 2006, MgGill University launched a project to document a variety of religious institutions outside of Montreal Judeo-Christian traditions. It includes ten interesting accounts and analyses of Buddhist centres in Montreal. The reports are available for download in PDF format, or viewable online in . . . Read More. Comments are closed Buddhism in Canada, Buddhist Shrine Project, Publishing in a digital world, Temple Stories Buddhist community, Education, Montreal, Temples |
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