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The Gathering of Intentions reviewed
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The Gathering of Intentions A History of a Tibetan Tantra Jacob P. Dalton Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231176002, 272 pages, Hardcover, $60.00 / £44.00 E-book edition also available FROM THE PUBLISHER The Gathering of Intentions reads a single Tibetan Buddhist ritual system through the movements of Tibetan history, revealing the social and material dimensions of an ostensibly timeless... Read more »
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The Driftwood Shrine now published
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We are pleased to announce publication of The Driftwood Shrine: Discovering Zen in American Poetry By John Gendo Wolff, Sensei Foreword by Gerry Shishin Wick, Roshi ISBN 978-1-896559-28-5 (pbk) $19.95 USD, 160 pages, 6 x 9 Representing a new approach to the West’s evolving understanding of Buddhism, The Driftwood Shrine is the first collection of... Read more »
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Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies 11 here now
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Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies 11, 2016 is Published! The first newly revised edition of the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies is now available online. In this issue, we are glad to feature: Professor Donald S. Lopez, Jr.’s report on the “Buddhist Studies Today” symposium convened at the University of British Columbia in 2015 ... Read more »
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Toronto Zen Centre reading fundraiser
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Sumeru author Richard Bryan McDaniel was recently at the Toronto Zen Center for a reading and book signing as a fundraiser for renovations to their Buddha Hall. He read from Cypress Trees in the Garden: The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in America (which includes a chapter on Taigen Henderson of the Toronto Zen Centre).... Read more »
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The Third Step East reviewed
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Richard Bryan McDaniel will be reading from his latest book, Cypress Trees in the Garden: The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in America, at the Toronto Zen Centre on Tuesday evening, May 24th. His earlier book, The Third Step East: Zen Masters of America, was recently reviewed in Plum Mountain News. Here’s the review… Third... Read more »
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