International Buddhist Society, Richmond, BC

Wutaishan & Four Sacred Mountains re-created in Peterborough

Cham Shan Temple in Thornhill, Ontario, has undertaken a major initiative to build four temples near Peterborough, each replicating one of the Four Sacred Mountains of China. The project began several years ago, and Wutai Shan is the first temple being constructed. Here is . . . Read More.

Ruth Ozeki’s CBC reflection on Japan’s tragedy

Ruth Ozeki is a well known Japanese-Canadian author and filmmaker who was ordained as a Zen priest in June 2010. She is affiliated with the Mountain Rain Zendo on Fraser Island, BC.

She recently contributed a short reflection to end a broadcast of CBC’s . . . Read More.

Thich Nhat Hanh Vancouver website now up

The website for Thich Nhat Hanh’s August 2011 retreat and public talk in Vancouver is now up and running, although registration has not started yet.

For more information about the events (and to register when that portion of the website goes live), please visit:

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Understanding the Chinese Buddhist Temple

Just published! UNDERSTANDING THE CHINESE BUDDHIST TEMPLE

by Karma Yönten Gyatso

ISBN 978-1-896559-03-2 PDF e-book, 58 pages, 11” x 8½″, 23 MB © John H. Negru, 2010

This book is available as a free download from our “Latest Releases” page.

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Between Ignorance & Enlightenment

Between Ignorance & Enlightenment is an audio CD of eight dharma sermons in English, produced in 2003 by Fo Guong Shan Temple of Mississauga, book-ended by an Ode to the Triple Gem and Songs of Fo Guang Shan.

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