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Steven Seagal at Kathok Gonpa, Vancouver Island

By Yönten, on October 10th, 2010%

US celebrity Buddhist Steven Seagal delivered a talk entitled “Life and the Dharma” at Kathok Gonpa, in Qualicum Beach, recently. Here’s a news article from the advance publicity…

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Steven+Seagal+give+talk+Buddhism+Vancouver+Island/3582669/story.html

Not sure why they are calling Kathok Gonpa the only temple on Vancouver Island, since there . . . Read More.

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Controversial Regina Buddhist Temple approved

By Yönten, on October 10th, 2010%

Establishment of a Buddhist temple in Regina’s heritage district has been approved by City Council, after controversy about the temple’s proposed food donation program. Here’s a link to the most recent news article about it…

http://www.newstalk980.com/story/20101005/41381

For background, Google “Regina Buddhist Temple”

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Understanding the Chinese Buddhist Temple

By Yönten, on June 15th, 2010%

Just published! UNDERSTANDING THE CHINESE BUDDHIST TEMPLE

by Karma Yönten Gyatso

ISBN 978-1-896559-03-2 PDF e-book, 58 pages, 11” x 8½″, 23 MB © John H. Negru, 2010

This book is available as a free download from our “Latest Releases” page.

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Buddhism in America

By Yönten, on December 9th, 2009%

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 . . . Read More.

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Buddhism in Canada re-launches

By Yönten, on October 26th, 2009%

We are pleased to announce the launch of the re-designed Buddhism in Canada directory. The new website features enhanced navigation features such as search by full text, map, alpha, location and/or tradition. It also incorporates photographs from the Buddhist community, a community event . . . Read More.

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Moncton Buddhist Centre

By Yönten, on August 18th, 2009%

Buddhist Centres aren’t springing up like mushrooms these days, so it was inspiring to see that Montreal’s Tibetan Buddhist Temple has opened a sister centre in Moncton, New Brunswick. http://zawatulku.org/index.htm

Here’s a news story too, about this week-end’s inauguration ceremony: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/08/14/buddhist-centre.html

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Montreal Religious Sites Project

By Yönten, on August 6th, 2009%

In 2006, MgGill University launched a project to document a variety of religious institutions outside of Montreal Judeo-Christian traditions. It includes ten interesting accounts and analyses of Buddhist centres in Montreal. The reports are available for download in PDF format, or viewable online . . . Read More.

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Shrine project update

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 . . . Read More.

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Buddhism in Canada website update

By Yönten, on July 29th, 2009%

This summer, Sumeru has had the unique opportunity to work with George Klima and Chris Ng to revamp the extremely popular Buddhism in Canada website – a directory of all the Buddhist temples, centres, organizations, etc.

The website was created in 1995 and was in . . . Read More.

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Toronto temple project

By Yönten, on July 11th, 2009%

On July 7, I photographed at Zen Buddhist Temple, Ching Kwok Temple, Fu Sien Tong Temple and Karma Sonam Dargye Ling. About 250 photos in all. Currently processed in Photoshop.

On July 15, I photographed at Pyung Hwa Sa, a Chontae . . . Read More.

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Panoramio photos

By Yönten, on July 11th, 2009%

I have begun to post my photographs of Buddhist pilgrimage sites on Panoramio, viewable through Google maps and Google Earth. Bodhgaya, Ajanta, Shwedagon (in Rangoon), and Koh Samui (in Thailand) are up. Many more to come. You can browse the locations or search . . . Read More.

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Calling the lama from afar

By Yönten, on June 22nd, 2009%

Recently began to converse on Facebook with Chagdud Tulku’s lineage in Uruguay.

Their web address is http://pt.chagdud.org/en/

Their sister site of Tibetan music may also be of interest… http://www.dakinimusic.com/

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Toronto Maha Vihara burns

By Yönten, on May 18th, 2009%

Arsonists broke into the Toronto Maha Vihara Sri Lankan Buddhist Temple early in the morning of May 16 and set fire to the wooden structure, which was recently constructed with donations from the community. This follows similar attacks in recent weeks on Sri . . . Read More.

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The Consecration of Dzambhala

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 to . . . Read More.

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Equinox e-Launch

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 Ling . . . Read More.

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The Black Dog

By Yönten, on March 7th, 2009%

In 1972, Piyadassi Mahathera visited the Zen Meditation Centre of Montreal, to give a series of two afternoon lectures on a summer week-end.

The centre was housed in a former estate home on Mountain Street above Pine Avenue. Public . . . Read More.

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Dr. Ambedkar

By Yönten, on March 1st, 2009%

The Ambedkar Mission in Toronto was founded by Darshan Chaudhary in 1979 to celebrate the life and continue the work of  a great modern Indian Buddhist bodhisattva, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. The mission is still going strong.

In . . . Read More.

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Vancouver Temples, 1973

By Yönten, on February 28th, 2009%

In 1972, Kalu Rinpoche came to Canada and stayed with us at the Montreal Zen Centre for a few months. In the winter of 1973, he went on to Vancouver to inaugurate a centre to be run by Lama Tsewang Gyurme on Heather . . . Read More.

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