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Thich Nhat Hanh, world-honoured Vietnamese Zen Master, peace activist, and inspirational teacher, will be in Vancouver in August 2011. Here is the information about his visit, from his hosts – the University of British Columbia… ————————————- The Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh and monastics of Plum Village, Deer Park . . . Read More. Perhaps you take your freedom to surf for granted. Please reconsider; China recently sentenced three Uyghur webmasters to life in prison for purported crimes against the state. Here is the link from . . . Read More. The New York Times recently published an article about how China has re-cast the 1904 British invasion of Tibet for their own propaganda purposes. In their version, the Tibetans are “stand-ins” for the Chinese who were oppressed by foreign powers during the Qing dynasty. The Tibetan . . . Read More. An enlightening short video of Goenka’s speach to the UN Peace Summit . . . Read More. The Information Warfare Monitor/ (Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and the SecDev Group, Ottawa) and the Shadowserver Foundation announce the release of Shadows in the Cloud: An investigation into cyber espionage 2.0. The report can be downloaded from any of their websites. . . . Read More. Here is the . . . Read More. This new film by Canadian film-makers Pierre Mignault and Hélène Magny explores the face of non-violent resistance in Burma today. They recently received accolades for their work after the film’s first English-language presentation in Thailand recently. More on this story . . . Read More. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I’m torn asunder by the world The mirror’s edge has . . . Read More. Keep up to date with Aung San Suu Kyi, the monk-led democratic resistance, and all things . . . Read More. Revolution of the Spirit in Burma is a short Fierce Light Video Flash documentary about Aung San Suu Kyi and the way of non-violence. More information . . . Read More. Velcrow Ripper’s Toronto-based film production company specializes in documentaries about the integration of spirituality and activism. Fierce Light – the movie trailer Also from Velcrow Ripper: Prayers for Bat Nha, a short documentary (Fierce Light Flash!) about Thich Nhat Hanh’s . . . Read More. Many Buddhists these days have the unfortunate karma of struggling with repressive regimes. In this they are not alone. iRevolution is a blog focusing on the nexus of modern communications technology and liberation. It is definitely worth a look for anyone seriously . . . Read More.  Comments are closed  Buddhism around the World, Publishing in a digital world  Education, Peace work, Practice!, Publishing No name; just . . . Read More. On September 30, 2006, more than 100 international mountain climbers witnessed Chinese border police shooting and killing three members of a group of Tibetan monks, nuns, laypeople and children trying to escape over the Nagpa Pass into Nepal. Some climbers were able to film the events . . . Read More. Interesting videos with a positive . . . Read More. Award-winning film-maker Kashyar Darvich’s recent (much-lauded) documentary about a meeting between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and “40 of the world’s most innovative thinkers” is now available on DVD. Here’s the trailer… The official website . . . Read More. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country will receive its Canadian premieres August 7, 2009. Toronto: opening August 7, Royal Cinema Ottawa and Vancouver: opening August 7, theatres to be announced Here is a brief synopsis of the movie from the . . . Read More. View Comments - (Comments are closed) Buddhism around the World Buddhist community, Education, Movies, Peace work, Theravada That Buddhist chaplaincy story from Canadian Press got me stewing. Here’s what I want to know… How many members of the Canadian prison population (including workers) self-identify as Buddhists? How many who don’t are nevertheless interested in Buddhism? On the flip side, how . . . Read More. |
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