By Yönten, on January 4th, 2012%
Here’s a beautiful photo-essay on this Buddhist temple by Nathan Bauman, from his excellent blog, Western Odysseus: http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=1238
By Yönten, on January 4th, 2012%
Here’s a beautiful photo-essay on this Buddhist temple by Nathan Bauman, from his excellent blog, Western Odysseus: http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=2660
By Yönten, on January 4th, 2012%
Here’s a beautiful photo-essay on this Buddhist temple by Nathan Bauman, from his excellent blog, Western Odysseus: http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=2852
By Yönten, on January 4th, 2012%
Here’s a beautiful photo-essay about this Korean Buddhist temple in BC, from Nathan Bauman’s blog, Western Odysseus: http://nathanbauman.com/odysseus/?p=1862
By Yönten, on October 22nd, 2011%
From the organizing committee at the Montreal Buddhist Monastery & Cultural Center:
A PRECIOUS COLLECTION of THE BUDDHA’S SACRED RELICS from SRI LANKA
After His Nirvana 2500 years ago, the Supreme Buddha’s precious relics were preserved by gods and kings. In Sri Lanka, they . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on August 20th, 2011%
Pictures of the Wutaishan Buddhist Garden site in Peterborough, now a Photobucket group.
Here’s the link: http://gs173.photobucket.com/groups/w62/N9Z582MFSF/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ32
By Yönten, on July 5th, 2011%
Cham Shan Temple in Thornhill, Ontario, has undertaken a major initiative to build four temples near Peterborough, each replicating one of the Four Sacred Mountains of China. The project began several years ago, and Wutai Shan is the first temple being constructed. Here is . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on May 2nd, 2011%
Cham Shan Temple, Recruitment of Volunteers
Every weekend and holiday during the months of June to October, we are hosting guided tours for visitors at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sarira Stupa located in Niagara Falls.
We are recruiting tour guides (fluent in English), receptionists, . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on July 13th, 2010%
Nice write-up of the upcoming visit, including schedule, in the Edmonton Journal. Visit includes talk by Dr. Steven Aung, president of the International Buddhist Friends Association, a well-known figure in Western Canada.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/Jade+Buddha+poised+make+Alberta+debut/3260817/story.html
By Yönten, on May 5th, 2010%
Cham Shan Temple is building the Wutai Shan Buddhist Gardens in Peterborough, Ontario, as a replica of the Buddha Light main hall of the Tang Dynasty Wutai Shan temple, using lumber milled specifically for this purpose in China. Several weeks ago, the . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on February 19th, 2010%
This remarkable statue was sculpted in the image of the Shakyamuni Buddha rupa in the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya. It is carved from a single piece of Polar Pride jade, found in Canada in 2000. The statue is the largest Buddha statue . . . 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 . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on April 5th, 2009%
Karma Tekchen Zabsal Ling in Aurora has been hard at work completing their main shrine room. The right side shrine alcoves are now home to a set of exquisite rupas of the 21 Taras. The left side shrine alcoves are now home . . . Read More.
By Yönten, on March 20th, 2009%
In the spirit of the Dharma, Sumeru joyously announces the publication of our first title:
A Rosary of Precious Offerings to Enrich the Mind
This collection of annotated photographs of Vajrayana Buddhist shrine offerings at Karma Tekchen Zabsal . . . Read More.
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