Sumeru re-design

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.

Summer Plans

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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WILD GEESE: Buddhism in Canada

Wild Geese: Buddhism in Canada
Edited by John S. Harding, Victor Sogen Hori, and Alexander Soucy
The most comprehensive study of Buddhism in Canada to date

McGill-Queen’s University Press

Paper (0773536671) 9780773536678   /   CA $29.95, US $29.95
Cloth (0773536663) 9780773536661   /   CA $95.00, US . . . Read More.

REBIRTH & the FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

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.

Buddhism in America

Buddhism in America, a historical overview by renowned Professor Charles Prebish, is now available as a free e-book download from Scribd. At first glance it appears to be a welcome perspective, and one of the few books about this subject other than the excellent . . . Read More.

Digital Dharma

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.

Rebirth

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.

Buddhism in Canada 2.0 – Update

Files now on BiC server and undergoing beta testing. Stay tuned . . . Read More.

Journal for Buddhism and Psychology

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.

iRevolution

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.

Public Knowledge Project

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.

Buddhism in Canada 2.0

The Buddhism in Canada website re-design is now one step closer to launch. Last week, Justin Wah Kan (working with Sumeru), received his MA in media production from Ryerson University for his work on the project. . . . Read More.

MUSE – Academic Journal Articles on Buddhism

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.

Shrine project update

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.

Sumeru joins Buddhist webring

Find us on the Buddhist Blog webring…

Powered by WebRing.

This site is a member of WebRing.

To browse . . . Read More.

Sumeru grows again

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.

Canadian Buddhist Directory upgrades with Sumeru

Buddhism in Canada (www.buddhismcanada.com), a directory of Canadian Buddhist temples, centres, associations, groups, etc. is partnering with The Sumeru Press for an important upgrade to their web service. The original site was created in 1997 and has been maintained by George Klima with some assistance from . . . Read More.

Justin Wah Kan joins Sumeru

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.