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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 From the Nova News: http://www.novanewsnow.com/section/2011-09-28/article-2762691/Monk-visits-meditation-group/1 From their website: http://www.sakyadhita.org/canada/about.html From Fo Guang Shan Temple, Mississauga: http://www.fgs.ca/english/2011_VeggieGala.html From the Bodhikaram website: http://www.bodhikaram.com/ Upcoming Events Bonn Pchum Ben (Khmer Ancestor’s Memorial Festivity) On September 24, 2011 Location: Towm Brown Arena, Bayview, Ottawa, ON Bonn Chenh Vossa (The End of Buddhist Lent) On October 8, 2011 Location: Bodhikaram Temple Kathina Ceremony (Anual Robe . . . Read More. From the Shambhala Times: http://shambhalatimes.org/2011/09/06/shambhala-lineage-festival/ Jeff Wilson, University of Waterloo Jeff Wilson (Assistant Professor, Religious Studies and East Asian Studies, University of Waterloo, Ontario) has a great article in the new September issue of the journal Religion Compass. The article is called: What is Canadian about Canadian Buddhism? . . . Read More. A chance to get together, enjoy traditional food and music, and help raise funds to support Tibetan refugees coming to settle in Canada. 6-8:30 PM, Saturday, September 10th, 2011 Church of St. John the Divine, 1611 Quadra St, Victoria Adults: $25 children under 7: . . . Read More. Ann Henderson’s 1991 film, A Song for Tibet, is available for free online viewing through the National Film Board of Canada’s website: http://www.nfb.ca/film/a_song_for_tibet/ It lends an important contextual perspective to Québec film-maker Geneviève Brault’s new film, Tibet: Land of the Brave, premiering this month (see . . . Read More. From the film’s website, http://tibetterredesbraves.net/en/accueil/ A cinematic journey to one of the most remote places on the planet, Tibet: Land of the Brave transports the audience into the everyday lives of Tibetan herders, seen through the eyes of Gyamtso, Marijo and their daughter, Yangchen. Following . . . Read More. Charles Prebish’s newest book, “An American Buddhist Life: Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer” was recently reviewed on the Full Contact Enlightenment blog. Here’s the link: http://fullcontactenlightenment.com/ Various people have written about the Buddhist Council of Canada, which operated in the 1980s, but none have given a definitive account of the who, what, where, when, why and how of it. Now Suwanda Sugunasiri has written a comprehensive history which has been . . . Read More. As part of Thaye’s recent Vancouver Retreat and Public Talk, he held a dialogue with David Suzuki on environmental issues. Here’s a review of that event, and a video clip, from the Vancouver Sun: http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2011/08/20/despair-famous-buddhist-and-famous-environmentalist-offer-antidote.aspx On Saturday, August 13, the Vajrayana Buddhism Association in Scarborough, ON, hosted a book launch for Master Tam’s newest book, published by the Sumeru Press, entitled “Natural Appearances, Natural Liberation: A Nyingma Meditative Guide on the Six Bardos of Living and Dying.” Master Tam . . . Read More.
The Flower is Full of Everything Except One Thing from Plum Village Online Monastery on Vimeo.
A Deep Volition to Practice: Question and Answer Session from Plum Village Online Monastery on Vimeo.
Miracles of Reconciliation from Plum Village Online Monastery on . . . Read More. Here’s a 50-minute video of a talk by the abbess of the Po Lam Nunnery in Chilliwack, speaking about Buddhist chaplaincy in the Canadian prison system. Her talk was given at the University of British Columbia to about 90 people last March. http://ubcbuddhism.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/1578/ The . . . Read More. |
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