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A short film by Tashi Wangyal. Cultural values form the founding principles of one’s life. By preserving a culture, one keeps their traditions, family values, sociological standards and language intact. Without a culture, no one knows what the traditions are and where the family . . . Read More. Narrating the Previous Lives of the Buddha in 14th Century Tibetan Murals Asian Institute PhD Seminar Series Sarah Richardson PhD Candidate, Department of Art History University of Toronto Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs . . . Read More. After months of negotiation, THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener is honoured to be announcing the North American premiere of a spectacular collection of rock carvings from Chongqing, China. Having only left China once before, these almost fifty stunning sculptures, which are part of a World . . . Read More. In a Cape Breton village, Buddhist monks and nuns pray in their abbey, while French-speaking fishermen put out to sea to haul in their lobster traps. Seemingly divided by language, culture and religion, these people share more than meets the eye. The film delicately . . . Read More. UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, funded by The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, will hold a conference on contemporary Buddhist art July 6-8, 2012 at the University of British Columbia’s Point Grey campus. Part of event series for Summer 2012 that includes . . . Read More. New album now available to play or download from their website: http://yamantakasonictitan.bandcamp.com/ Yamantaka // Sonic Titan are a music collective from Montreal. They bill themselves as a Black Metal band. The two leads, Alaska B and Ruby Atwood, identify themselves as practicing Buddhists. Here’s a recent article about them: http://www.avclub.com/toronto/articles/alaska-b-and-ruby-atwood-of-yamantaka-sonic-titan,68404/ Speaking of Buddhist Metal (?), don’t forget . . . Read More. Coming very soon, from the director of Baraka and Koyaanisqatsi… http://barakasamsara.com/ Listen here - http://www.npr.org/2012/01/22/145340430/first-listen-leonard-cohen-old-ideas Here’s a beautiful photo-essay on this Buddhist temple by Nathan Bauman, from his excellent blog, Western Odysseus: http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=1238 Here’s a beautiful photo-essay on this Buddhist temple by Nathan Bauman, from his excellent blog, Western Odysseus: http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=2660 Here’s a beautiful photo-essay on this Buddhist temple by Nathan Bauman, from his excellent blog, Western Odysseus: http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=2852 Here’s a beautiful photo-essay about this Korean Buddhist temple in BC, from Nathan Bauman’s blog, Western Odysseus: http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=1862 One of Japan’s most famous poems, translated, from the Manitoba Buddhist Church blog… Don’t forget Japan’s tsunami tragedy! http://www.manitobabuddhistchurch.org/jodoshinshu/unbeatenbyrain.html The UBC Kameyama Lecture Series, with the UBC Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, presents a lecture by Dr. Eugene Wang, the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art at Harvard University: “What to See in a Buddhist Cave?” Date: Wednesday, 30 November 2011 Time: 4:30 – . . . Read More. Review from The Province: http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/VIFF+Waking+love/5533449/story.html The movie “Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche” is also a potential candidate for entry in the Arclight Documentary Film Festival, if enough of the public “Like” it on the Arclight YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZRiE7C_Ac Bop jazz drummer Jerry Granelli, a well-known fixture in the Halifax Buddhist community for many years, will be performing at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Wednesday, October 12. Here’s a feature article and details about the event from the Ottawa Citizen: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Buddhism+cutting+edge/5519227/story.html This year’s Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will feature four films on Buddhism, October 6-18, 2011. Here’s a link to the Buddhist Feature on the site: http://www.viff.org/e-blasts/viff-2011/outreach/Buddhism.htm |
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