Prof. Sugunasiri featured by Tony Blair Faith Foundation

A recent initiative of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation (http://www.faithsact.org/) features the stories of spiritual interaction by  individuals of different faith communities, in Canada as well as elsewhere. Recently featured on its website is Prof. Suwanda H J Sugunasiri, President of the Buddhist Council of . . . Read More.

Samsara: the Movie

Coming very soon, from the director of Baraka and Koyaanisqatsi…

http://barakasamsara.com/

Investigating + Integrating Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care + Society

The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School will be holding their 10th annual International Scientific Conference, March 28-April 1, 2012, at the Four Points Conference Center in Norwood, Massachusetts.

Among the plenary sessions are:

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“Moving Body, Knowing Mind” review

Moving Body, Knowing Mind: Ritualizing and learning at two Buddhist centres in Toronto Patricia Q. Campbell Oxford University Press, 2011 ISBN 9780199793815   $39.95 paperback Hardcover also available

From the publisher: Knowing Body, Moving Mind investigates ritualizing and learning in introductory meditation classes at two . . . Read More.

Vipassana Lecture, Vancouver: 9.29.11

UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program presents a lecture by Dr. Paul R. Fleischman, the Vipassana Teacher responsible for Outreach in the West:

“Vipassana Meditation: A Practice and a Path”

Date: Thursday, 29 September 2011 Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM Place: First Nations Longhouse, . . . Read More.