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March 15, 2011 PRESS RELEASE TITLE: Canada Cares – Hands of faith come together for Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief DATE: Saturday, March 26th, 2011 12 Hour Vigil/Prayer/Chanting for Earthquake and Tsunami Relief On March 11, 2011 at 2:50 PM (Japan time), Japan experienced the . . . Read More. Here’s an interesting article called Faith Communities Take Lead With Inter-Faith Bridging Project, from The Link (Canada’s leading Indo-Canadian newspaper). Sounds like a great initiative. Hopefully, it will expand and communities in other cities will take up the idea as well. A small collection of photos of celebrations at the International Buddhist Temple, in Richmond BC – featured in the Globe & Mail… http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/worshippers-begin-lunar-new-year-with-prayers-at-richmond-temple/article1892823/ Here’s a neat article from the Nelson Daily about celebrating the Lunar New Year in British Columbia… http://thenelsondaily.com/news/general/welcoming-year-rabbit-—-bc-style-9460 To all our readers who will be celebrating this week, “Gong Hei Fat Choy!” and “Cung hỉ phát tài!“ Earlier this year, the University of British Columbia hosted a landmark conference on Buddhism in Canada. Charles Prebish, one of the leading scholars in the area of North American Buddhism for many years, provided the keynote address: The Swans Came to Canada Too – Looking . . . Read More.  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Buddhism in Canada, Events  British Columbia, Buddhism, Buddhist community, Conferences, Education 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 there . . . Read More. 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 detailed . . . 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, but . . . Read More. |
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