Plans to expand Lingyen Mountain Buddhist Temple in Richmond, BC, hit a roadblock this week when city officials requested the architect to withdraw the temple’s proposal. The city is re-evaluating zoning regulations for the area where the temple is located on Number 5 Road . . . Read More.
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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. Establishment of a Buddhist temple in Regina’s heritage district has been approved by City Council, after controversy about the temple’s proposed food donation program. Here’s a link to the most recent news article about it… http://www.newstalk980.com/story/20101005/41381 For background, Google “Regina Buddhist Temple” 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. . . . Read More. The new Thrangu Monastery which opened last month in Richmond, BC, now has a website with lots of interesting info. http://thrangumonastery.org/ 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 Western Canada. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/Jade+Buddha+poised+make+Alberta+debut/3260817/story.html 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 . . . 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, . . . Read More. Just published! UNDERSTANDING THE CHINESE BUDDHIST TEMPLE by Karma Yönten Gyatso ISBN 978-1-896559-03-2 PDF e-book, 58 pages, 11” x 8½″, 23 MB © John H. Negru, 2010 This book is available as a free download from our “Latest Releases” page. . . . 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 . . . Read More. Wild Geese: Buddhism in Canada Edited by John S. Harding, Victor Sogen Hori, and Alexander Soucy The most comprehensive study of Buddhism in Canada to date McGill-Queen’s University Press Paper (0773536671) 9780773536678 / CA $29.95, US $29.95 . . . Read More. 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 . . . Read More. MEDITATION RETREAT AT TORONTO MAHAVIHARA Based on the URAGA SUTTA (Eradication of defilements) 11-day meditation retreat will be conducted at Toronto Mahavihara from Thursday the 29th of April to Sunday the 9th of May, 2010 starting daily at 9.00am and terminating at 7.00pm. ALL THOSE . . . 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 local papers… http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2278390 http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/731991–buddhist-temple-attacked-again 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 . . . 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 . . . Read More. |
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