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Ottawa – Ethics for a Whole World: A Public Talk by the Dalai Lama The Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) is honoured to host an historic Public Talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Saturday, 28 April at the Ottawa Civic Centre. Doors open at . . . Read More. A series of benefit concerts for the Tibetan Resettlement Project. Sunrise and Good People starts the tour off in BC on March 28th at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver and on March 31st at the Felicita’s Pub in Victoria. Vancouver – Rock for Tibet Date: . . . Read More. Living the Heatrt of Wisdom is a 21-month study and practice program exploring the liberating teachings of the Buddha, intended for those who wish to deepen in Dharma practice. The program is taught by Daryl Lynn Ross, a Buddhist teacher with True North Insight. CLICK . . . Read More. We just discovered this article by D. Mitra Bhikkhu in the 2011 edition of the Journal of Global Buddhism — Temporary Ordination for Character Transformation: A Diasporic Practice with Transnational Connections. It’s about short-term precepts in the Theravada tradition and draws heavily from material from . . . Read More. This excellent article recently appeared in the Face to faith section of The Guardian, one of the top international newspapers in the United Kingdom. It’s well worth a read… http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/mar/16/western-buddhism-10-things-learned?INTCMP=SRCH The article was written by Vishvapani Blomfield, whose blog, Wise Attention, is always interesting. . . . Read More. The Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada (BEFC) announces a student essay competition demonstrating the association between Buddhism/Buddhist psychology and western psychology, science or society. Submissions should focus on the specific and creative ways that the western academic and clinical disciplines, (e.g. psychology, sociology, religious studies, . . . Read More. We are please to announce we have reached our 501st post on Sumeru and have been posting since February 2009. We currently receive more than 18,000 visitors a year to Sumeru and its companion site, the Sumeru directory. April 13-15 2012: TLKY Conference on Buddhism and the Political Process, Miller Lash House, UTSC. Details TBA For more information, see updates at: http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/ READING GROUP: “Yogācāra Prehistory: The Interpretation of Bhāva, Svabhāva, Abhiniṣpanna, and Pariniṣpanna in a Gāndhārī Scholastic Text” – Thursday, March 22, 4-6, McMaster, University Hall 122 LECTURE: “Brittle Birch Bark Speaks: the Earliest Buddhist Manuscripts of Ancient Gandhāra” - Friday, March 23, 3-5, U . . . Read More. The 14th World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine will take place in Toronto this May. Here’s a link to the website: http://www.modernhealer.ca/14wcq/wcq.php?l=home Further details to follow. Tenzin Tulku, born Elijah Ary in Montréal in 1972 and currently living in France, has launched his new personal website: http://www.tenzintulku.com/ As covered by the CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/03/10/toronto-tibet-rally.html www.buddhismcanada.com has re-launched as a news portal, published by the BuddhismCanada Project. Chief Editor: Chris Ng wisdom.tor@rogers.com They are looking for a web designer, multi-lingual editors and contributors for their project. These are volunteer positions. Please e-mail Chris Ng if interested.
Mui Kwok Temple, Edmonton, (affiliated with Tai Bay Buddhist Temple, Toronto) has launched a web-based fundraising campaign on YouTube with the goal of financing construction of a new, larger location. Here is the video (mostly in Chinese): Upaya is the journal of the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health undergraduate program student union (BPSU) at New College, University of Toronto. Their first issue was released in May 2011. Here is a link to it: UPAYA 1 For further information about the program, click . . . Read More. From a recent article in the Toronto Star about the top six tourist attractions in Richmond, BC: 3. Quiet your mind . . . and your belly A) With its superb craftsmanship and exquisitely carved statues, the International Buddhist Temple is as magnificent as it . . . Read More. If you are interested in Buddhism in Nepal, and/or how things are going with the Lumbini Development Project, there is no better source with which to begin your research than Mikel Dunham’s blog: http://www.mikeldunham.blogs.com/ Mikel’s blog covers a wide range of topics pertaining to Buddhist countries, . . . Read More. Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s beleaguered but resurgent democracy advocate, has joined His Holiness the Dalai Lama as one of Canada’s select group of five honorary citizens. The honour was bestowed upon her in person by Minister John Baird during his recent, historic visit to . . . Read More. |
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