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Toronto Theravada Temple Torched (Again!)

By Yönten, on December 1st, 2009%

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

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Ephemera update

By Yönten, on November 12th, 2009%

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 . . . Read More.

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Buddhism in Canada re-launches

By Yönten, on October 26th, 2009%

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 . . . Read More.

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Shaolin 2.0

By Yönten, on October 13th, 2009%

Everything you wanted to know about Shaolin Monastery, but were afraid to ask…

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/708890–going-global-with-modesty#article

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Moncton Buddhist Centre

By Yönten, on August 18th, 2009%

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 ceremony: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/08/14/buddhist-centre.html

. . . Read More.

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Montreal Religious Sites Project

By Yönten, on August 6th, 2009%

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 . . . Read More.

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Toronto Maha Vihara burns

By Yönten, on May 18th, 2009%

Arsonists broke into the Toronto Maha Vihara Sri Lankan Buddhist Temple early in the morning of May 16 and set fire to the wooden structure, which was recently constructed with donations from the community. This follows similar attacks in recent weeks on Sri . . . Read More.

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The Consecration of Dzambhala

By Yönten, on April 5th, 2009%

Karma Tekchen Zabsal Ling in Aurora has been hard at work completing their main shrine room. The right side shrine alcoves are now home to a set of exquisite rupas of the 21 Taras. The left side shrine alcoves are now home to . . . Read More.

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Equinox e-Launch

By Yönten, on March 20th, 2009%

In the spirit of the Dharma, Sumeru joyously announces the publication of our first title:

A Rosary of Precious Offerings to Enrich the Mind

This collection of annotated photographs of Vajrayana Buddhist shrine offerings at Karma Tekchen Zabsal Ling . . . Read More.

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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 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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Dr. Ambedkar

By Yönten, on March 1st, 2009%

The Ambedkar Mission in Toronto was founded by Darshan Chaudhary in 1979 to celebrate the life and continue the work of  a great modern Indian Buddhist bodhisattva, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. The mission is still going strong.

In . . . Read More.

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Vancouver Temples, 1973

By Yönten, on February 28th, 2009%

In 1972, Kalu Rinpoche came to Canada and stayed with us at the Montreal Zen Centre for a few months. In the winter of 1973, he went on to Vancouver to inaugurate a centre to be run by Lama Tsewang Gyurme on Heather . . . Read More.

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