Shambhala’s Sakyong Mipham and his wife the Sakyong Wangmo are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo, in Halifax on August 11.
For full details, visit the Shambhala Community . . . Read More.
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Toronto’s Khenpo Sonam Topgyal Rinpoche will be bestowing Guhyagarbha teachings at the Blazing Wisdom Institute in New York State this autumn. Here is the info from Blazing Wisdom’s site: Teachings on The Guhyagarbha Tantra with Khenpo Sonam Topgyal Rinpoche Khensur Rinpoche Sonam Topgyal, senior Khenpo of Riwoche Monastery, . . . Read More. The new Thrangu Monastery which opened last month in Richmond, BC, now has a website with lots of . . . Read More. His Excellence Chöje Ayang Rinpoche will bestow important Phowa initiations and teachings in Canada this autumn: Kinmount, ON August 28-29 (For information contact virgowoman@hotmail.com) Edmonton, AB September 1-5 (For information contact metaweave@shaw.ca) Vancouver, BC September 7-18 (For information contact amitabhafoundation.vancouver@gmail.com) H.E. Chöje Ayang Rinpoche is 71 years old, and one . . . Read More. His Holiness Sakya Trizin will visit Canada in 2011 as part of a North American tour: Victoria Aug 17-18 For tour details and contacts, visit . . . Read More. Lama Jigme Jinpa, a well-qualified Western Vajrayana practitioner who is affiliated with Machik Chöling, will be conducting a number of teachings and initiations relating to the Tibetan practice of Chöd during the first two weeks of October in Toronto, at the Institute of Traditional Medicine. Here is . . . Read More. A new Kargyu monastery has opened in Richmond, BC. Here are links to some articles about it: http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=66,9374,0,0,1,0 http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Canada+first+traditional+Tibetan+Buddhist+monastery+opens/3316549/story.html?tab=PHOT I’m not sure why the media are calling it Canada’s first traditional Tibetan Buddhist monastery, since Tibetan monks have been living in . . . Read More. Montreal’s Tibetan Arts Centre hosts the Tibetan Festival, a home-grown multi-venue event running from May 1-8, 2010. Details at: . . . Read More. Living in the Face of Death: The Tibetan Tradition with Glenn Mullin Glenn H. Mullin is a Tibetologist, translator of classical Tibetan literature, and Buddhist writer and teacher. He is the author of over 20 acclaimed books on various aspects of the Tibetan . . . Read More. The Saskatchewan Leader-Post catches up with Heather Damcho on one of her Canadian . . . Read More. Here is the . . . Read More. Here are the records of many significant Vajrayana events in Toronto between 1998 and 2002. As you can see, it is a great start, but very incomplete. We owe it to future practitioners and historians to complete this record for all Buddhist faith . . . Read More.  Comments are closed  Buddhism in Canada, Teacher Stories, Temple Stories  Buddhist community, Education, Ephemera, Vajrayana The first time I met Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche was in the Montreal Zen Centre on Versailles Street in Pointe-St-Charles, in 1969. Trungpa had just arrived from Samye Monastery in Scotland after having given up his vows. He wore a beige suit with a . . . Read More. 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 . . . Read More. The Gaden Jangtse monks are again touring in Canada with a variety of programs in cities across the country. For details of their itinerary, here is the link. The tour schedule is in the upper right corner (and subject to change, so contact . . . Read More. Devotion and Defiance: Communist Crackdown on Buddhism in Tibet is a 34-minute video produced by the International Campaign . . . Read More. Here’s a great video about Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, celebrating the 50th anniversary of his parinirvana, from a great blog called “Remembering . . . Read More. Thrangu Rinpoche, one of the great living Vajrayana masters, will visit Canada this summer: Aug. 12 – 14 Aug. 15 – 25 |
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