Sumeru News — Books
Jeff Wilson’s “Dixie Dharma” published
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Jeff Wilson, associate professor of religious studies and East Asian studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo, has just published “Dixie Dharma: Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South” with the University of North Carolina Press. You can read a short description of the book and hear a podcast interview with Jeff at... Read more »
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La Révolte – A Young Adult novel from Québec about time in a Burmese monastery
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Zacharie semble avoir vraiment tout pour être heureux, mais pour lui rien n’a de sens sans l’attention et l’amour de ses parents. Par provocation, il décide de «rater» ses examens, son année, et même de ne plus parler du tout. Les parents n’ont plus le choix : ils doivent s’occuper de leur fils. Comment Zack... Read more »
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Geshe Thupten Jinpa interview
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Thupten Jinpa was born in Tibet in 1958. He received his early education and training as a monk at Zongkar Chöde Monastery in South India and later joined the Shartse College of Ganden monastic university, South India, where he received the Geshe Lharam degree. He taught Buddhist epistemology, metaphysics, Middle Way philosophy and Buddhist psychology... Read more »
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Natural Appearances, Natural Liberation – book launch video
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Just discovered somebody at the event last August caught it on video. Here are Master Tam’s speech and some other presentations.
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The Buddhist Garden – coming soon from Sumeru Books
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Coming soon… The Buddhist Garden: A Journey from Kyoto to Western Tibet, by Dennis Winters. This book explores the spiritual, psychological and physical history of Buddhist geomancy in the creation of sacred meditation gardens. Dennis is a well-known Canadian landscape architect and Vajrayana practitioner.
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