Sumeru News — Books

Buddhist walking practice

• Books • Buddhism • Buddhism around the World • Buddhism in Canada • Health • Practice! • Retreats • Sumeru • Sumeru Books

Sumeru author Innen Ray Parchelo speaks with Ted Meissner of the Secular Buddhist podcast… Chances are if you are on a silent meditation retreat, the primary focus is sitting practice. Not just on retreats, either; sitting has a dominant focus in contemplative practice, interspersed with periods of short walking which seem geared to loosen up... Read more »

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Buddhists Helping Buddhists

• Books • Buddhism around the World • Buddhist Psychology • Chaplaincy • Practice! • Psychology • Sumeru • Sumeru Books • Teachers

Here’s a review from Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly of A THOUSAND HANDS: A Guide to Caring for Your Buddhist Community, edited by Nathan Jishin Michon and Daniel Clarkson Fisher (Sumeru, 2016). Buddhists Helping Buddhists  

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A Thousand Hands reviewed in Tricycle Magazine

• Books • Buddhist community • Chaplaincy • Education • Psychology • Sumeru • Sumeru Books

Here’s the review, from the summer 2017 issue…

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Buddhist Compassion Tzu Chi donation

• Books • Buddhism around the World • Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist community • Sumeru • Women

We are pleased to announce that Sumeru has made a $618 donation to the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation of Canada (Toronto branch), on behalf of the many Canadian Buddhist teachers, practitioners, and scholars who contributed to our book Lotus Petals in the Snow: Voices of Canadian Buddhist Women. Thank you to these noble bodhisattvas. Thank... Read more »

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Upcoming Toronto Buddhist events

• Books • Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist community • Chaplaincy • Children • Events • Publishing • Toronto

Presented by the Buddhist Education Network of Ontario – Compassionate Care Project 30-hour Community and Palliative Care Education Program for Volunteers 9325 Yonge Street (Yonge and 16th Ave.) Email benocct2016@gmail.com or call 416-800-8032 or 416-910-4858 for more information/registration (Instructions in Cantonese) 8 Saturdays starting April 29, 2017 April 29 (Saturday) 9:30 am – 1:00 pm... Read more »

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