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Tentative 2013 Blogisattva Award categories announced

By Yönten, on April 11th, 2013%

The 2013 Blogisattva Award categories have been announced, based on the 2008 awards. The team is looking for keep/drop/modify suggestions before finalizing them.

Have your say at: http://blogisattva.blogspot.ca/2013/04/tentative-categories-of-awards-for-2013.html

Buddhist Fiction Blog tries crowdsourcing reviews

By Yönten, on January 18th, 2013%

We received notice of this initiative recently from the Buddhist Fiction Blog:

Special Invitation for Currently Reading: Buddha on a Midnight Sea by Francesca Hampton Posted on January 18, 2013

Happy New Year! This month I’m going to read Francesca Hampton’s collection of short stories in Buddha on . . . Read More.

Angry Asian Buddhist takes the Vancouver Sun to task

By Yönten, on December 25th, 2012%

Arun, the Angry Asian Buddhist takes the Vancouver Sun to task for their ridiculous recent article about Buddhist practice in Canada. I knew I didn’t like the article, and he articulates its many flaws with his usual flair.

http://www.angryasianbuddhist.com/2012/12/stereotypes-of-asian-buddhists-in-canada.html

Derek’s Dharma Blog

By Yönten, on November 22nd, 2012%

Derek Rasmussen blogs about meditation, Dharma and activism from his home in Ottawa. Lots of good stuff here, folks!

http://dereksdharma.wordpress.com

Albert Low bio on Sweeping Zen

By Yönten, on September 2nd, 2012%

Albert Low, roshi at the Montréal Zen Centre, has his (very short) bio now posted on the Sweeping Zen blog. Good to see more Canadian teachers there.

http://sweepingzen.com/albert-low-bio

A fake Sumeru Books in China?

By Yönten, on August 6th, 2012%

I recently received an e-mail from a Chinese domain name registration company informing me that someone in China wishes to register the domain name: “sumeru-books.cn” and asking if they are either a distributor or a partner of sumeru-books.com. I explained that they are not, and . . . Read More.

New Buddhist Forum opens

By Yönten, on July 15th, 2012%

Alexander Duncan has launched a new Buddhist forum, “Dharma Transmission to the West” at the following address:

http://chronikerpress.com/dtw/

For those of you wondering how a Buddhist forum works, or what it could include, here is a link to another long-standing Buddhist forum “Dharma Wheel”:

http://www.dharmawheel.net/

. . . Read More.

Cults, crowdsourcing and common sense

By Yönten, on July 2nd, 2012%

I’ve been having a few online conversations recently about Buddhist cults, and whether or not I should be de-listing certain centres from the canadianbuddhism.info directory on the basis of allegations about them. My position has been to take centres at face value and list them, . . . Read More.

Charles Prebish on Secular Buddhism

By Yönten, on June 11th, 2012%

Here’s a recent podcast with Charles Prebish by Ted Meissner on the Secular Buddhism blog: http://secularbuddhism.org/2012/06/10/episode-121-charles-prebish-an-american-buddhist-life/

Among the vital messages emerging from the hour-long interview are conversations about the impacts of sangha democratization, feminism, LGBT issues, narcissism, over-emphasis on meditation and other Western-led trends (positive and . . . Read More.

Daeung Sunim’s bike ‘n’ blog across Canada

By Yönten, on June 10th, 2012%

Follow his epic journey on this English-language blog: http://journeyofspirit108.blogspot.ca/

And if you would like to host Sunim or assist him on his journey through Ontario and points east, please contact: journeyofspirit108@gmail.com

Peter Renner, heartmind, end-of-life care, Fernwood Zendo, Victoria

By Yönten, on May 31st, 2012%

This is good… http://heartmind.ca/

Sumeru launches on Twitter

By Yönten, on May 31st, 2012%

Interview with Nick Pederson

By Yönten, on March 25th, 2012%

Zen artist Nick Pederson is the New York-based illustrator of the book “Sumeru” – an allegory of the Zen journey. He is currently artist in residence at the Banff Centre in Alberta.

In this podcast interview with Adam Tebbe, of the Sweeping Zen blog, he . . . Read More.

Online Meditation Practice with the Victoria Zen Centre

By Yönten, on March 25th, 2012%

Eshu Martin, teacher at the Victoria Zen Centre, discusses their e-zendo program in a podcast with Adam Tebbe, webmaster at the Sweeping Zen blog:

Here’s the link: http://sweepingzen.com/2012/03/16/episode-5-online-meditation-practice-with-the-victoria-zen-centre/

Here’s the link for the Victoria Zen Centre: http://www.zenwest.ca/

Sumeru Post #501

By Yönten, on March 14th, 2012%

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.

Buddhismcanada website re-launched

By Yönten, on March 11th, 2012%

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.

Lumbini updates

By Yönten, on March 11th, 2012%

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.

Tanis Wetaskiwin / Grey Buffalo

By Yönten, on February 26th, 2012%

If you are a fan of Tibetan music, look no further than the incredible Tanis Wetaskiwin from Edmonton for the latest and greatest in Tibetan music vids…

She’s on Facebook, representing for Native Canadian culture, Tibetan culture, and justice everywhere! http://www.facebook.com/people/Tanis-Wetaskiwin/100000737791353

She’s also on YouTube, with . . . Read More.