By Yönten, on August 4th, 2010%
We are pleased to launch our new design for Sumeru – featuring improved navigation and sharing, as well as a crisp, easy-to-read style. We hope you enjoy it! Over the next few weeks we will be tweaking some items (such as link colours on old posts), . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on June 27th, 2010%
This summer promises to be a busy one for Sumeru. Here are the highlights:
♦ Just published Understanding the Chinese Buddhist Temple.
♦ Created a revised edition of Rebirth as Empirical Basis for The Buddha’s Four Noble Truths for publication in Australia.
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By Yönten, on February 3rd, 2010%
The Sumeru Press is pleased to announce publication of Rebirth as Empirical Basis for The Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, by Prof. Suwanda Sugunasiri, PhD.
Rebirth is a chronological analysis of Buddha’s enlightenment meditation and how Buddha’s growing awareness of the rebirth process was . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on December 4th, 2009%
Digital Dharma: One Man’s Mission to Save a Culture looks like a wonderful movie about rescuing Tibet’s sacred literature. A wonderful cause, a wonderful resource, and an inspiration for future practitioners and scholars… www.digitaldharma.com
Trailer now posted . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on October 12th, 2009%
We are pleased to announce Sumeru’s forthcoming publication of “REBIRTH as a basis for the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths” by renowned Canadian Buddhist scholar and activist, Dr. Suwanda Sugunasiri.
This exegesis of the pivotal events of Buddha’s enlightenment, from the point of view . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on October 11th, 2009%
The University of Toronto has a growing program in Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health. In conjunction with this initiative, the directors of the program are launching a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, with a working title of: “The International Journal for Buddhism and Psychology.”
Aims: To . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on September 4th, 2009%
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.
By Yönten, on August 24th, 2009%
Sumeru now supports Open Journal System – a free, open-source software package used to create and publish academic journals. OJS was created by a consortium of universities led by Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, known as the Public Knowledge Project (http://pkp.sfu.ca/). OJS is used . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on August 6th, 2009%
Project MUSE is an initiative by Johns Hopkins University to provide easy keyword search through academic journals.
A search for “Buddhism” yields 2186 scholarly articles. . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on July 29th, 2009%
This summer, Yönten has taken extensive archival photographs of the shrine rooms at Ching Kwok Temple, Fu Sien Tong Temple, Karma Sonam Dargye Ling, Zen Buddhist Temple, Pyung Hwa Sa, Khmer Buddhist Temple of Ontario, and Yanviriya II Thai Buddhist Temple, as well as the grotto . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on May 25th, 2009%
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By Yönten, on May 24th, 2009%
We are pleased to announce our expansion with three new domains:
www.sumeru.ca
www.sumeru-press.com
www.sumeru-press.ca
The sites are currently under construction and will manifest shortly.
OM SVABHAVA-SHUDDHAH SARVADHARMAH . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on April 22nd, 2009%
We are pleased to announce the addition of a new member to our team: Justin Wah Kan, application developer. Justin comes to us with a background in media production, content management systems and social media. He will be providing technical leadership on Sumeru’s upcoming . . . Read More.
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