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Sumeru Books 2015 plans

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Our major goal at Sumeru Books for 2015 is to upgrade our website with many new features, focusing more on our Buddhist publishing. We’ll be purchasing a new WordPress specialized publisher storefront theme to do it. The transformation begins in January! We’ve been receiving requests from Buddhist authors around the world to publish some amazing,... Read more »

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Sumeru books donated to the Shambhala Sun Foundation online auction

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We donated some items to the Shambhala Sun Foundation online auction: Searching for the Heart of Sacred Space https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/item.action?id=222434588  Buddhist Astrology https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/item.action?id=222434916 An American Buddhist Life https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/item.action?id=222433460

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Richard Bryan McDaniel signs with The Sumeru Press for two Zen books

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We are pleased to announce that Richard Bryan McDaniel has signed with The Sumeru Press to publish his next two books: The Third Step East: Zen Masters of America (Spring  2015) and Cypress Trees in the Garden: The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in America (Autumn 2015). Rick’s first two Zen books, The First Step East:... Read more »

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“Flowers on the Rock: Global and Local Buddhisms in Canada” published by McGill/Queen’s U Press

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Via the publisher’s website… Flowers on the Rock: Global and Local Buddhisms in Canada Edited by John S. Harding,  Victor Sogen Hori and  Alexander Soucy Analyzing the dramatic growth of Buddhism in Canada in global and historical contexts. When Sasaki Sokei-an founded his First Zen Institute of North America in 1930 he suggested that bringing Zen Buddhism to America was... Read more »

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Dhamma Aboard Evolution, new e-book from Nalanda Publishing

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PRESS RELEASE Oct. 13, 2014 / Nalanda Publishing Canada Dhamma Aboard Evolution: the Breakthrough Research on the Aggañña Sutta by the well-known US Fulbright & Canadian Scholar Prof.  Suwanda H J Sugunasiri The Aggaña Sutta has been characterized by Western scholars as ‘satire’ and ‘parody’. But this research shows how the Buddha is outlining the... Read more »

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