By Yönten, on January 31st, 2012%
Suwanda Sugunasiri, Canadian Buddhist scholar and community activist, weighs in on Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, an important aspect of bioethics, with a Buddhist perspective: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=44144
By Yönten, on January 28th, 2012%
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s weekly science show, Quirks and Quarks, did a segment this week on the positive medical science associated with insight meditation. The coverage consists of an interview with Dr. Judson Brewer, of the Yale Therapeutic Neural Science Centre, speaking about his . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on January 24th, 2012%
From the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET), comes this article on Religion and Transhumanism, written by Alex McGilvery, a United Church minister in Flin Flon, Manitoba. Normally, that would not be something we cover at Sumeru, but he makes extensive reference to . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on January 3rd, 2012%
Parkdale singer Mary Cobham’s second CD is titled “Mazeway Resynthesis” and is thematically connected to both her Shambhala practice and her many Tibetan neighbours.
Here’s the story: http://www.insidetoronto.com/what’s%20on/article/1271323–songs-helped-artist-articulate-the-abstract
By Yönten, on September 22nd, 2011%
This is a very recently-formed organization.
Here is their mission statement:
The Buddhism and Psychology Student Union (BPSU) is a child of the ongoing dialogue between Buddhism and the mind sciences. Our main aim is to offer a forum for University of Toronto students . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on September 13th, 2011%
Lama Chöpa (The Guru Puja) is a central practice in the Gelugpa Vajrayana tradition, often incorporating a Tsog Offering (ritual tantric feast). One of the most beloved versions of this prayer service is one that was written about 360 years ago by the fourth . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on July 26th, 2011%
Sumeru is pleased to announce publication of:
NATURAL APPEARANCES, NATURAL LIBERATION A Nyingma Meditative Guide on the Six Bardos of Living and Dying By Master Tam Shek-wing Translated by Samten Migdron Foreword by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
ISBN 978-1-896559-10-0 $24.95 US/CAN €17.50 EUR Perfect bound . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on June 4th, 2011%
Coming soon from The Sumeru Press Inc.
NATURAL APPEARANCES, NATURAL LIBERATION: A Nyingma Meditative Guide on the Six Bardos of Living and Dying by Master Tam Shek-wing
Translated by Samten Migdron and with a Foreword by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
ISBN: 978-1-896559-10-0
180 pages, 6″x9″ . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on May 13th, 2011%
The 2011 Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada Essay Prize
The Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada announces a student essay competition demonstrating the association between Buddhism/ Buddhist psychology and western psychology, science or society. Submissions should focus on the specific and creative ways that the western . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on April 3rd, 2011%
From the Winnipeg Free Press, April 2, 2011:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/buddhism-explains-stoic-reaction-to-disaster-119110664.html
By Yönten, on February 4th, 2010%
A research study by the Université de Montréal recently reported in the January issue of Psychosomatic Medicine that Zen meditation practitioners have 18% better pain resistance than average folk. That’s not how I remember sesshin!
http://www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca/udem-news/press-releases/study-finds-zen-meditation-alleviates-pain.html
By Yönten, on January 24th, 2010%
Find out more on the web at: http://www.mindandlife.org/
Find out more on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/mindandlife?ref=nf
By Yönten, on January 24th, 2010%
According to United Airlines’ Hemispheres magazine, Buddhist psychology is one of the hot new trends for 2010 – specifically, the Mind & Life Institute in Boulder, CO. Here’s a link to the article…
Mind & Life Institute in Tech Trends . . . Read More.
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