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Doug Duncan, Canadian Buddhist teacher in Kyoto
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From This45: http://this.org/magazine/2011/05/26/this45-gordon-laird-sensei-doug-duncan/ From Doug Sensei’s website: http://www.dharma-japan.org/
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Ven. Sik Yin Kit on teaching the dhamma in Canadian prisons
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Here’s a 50-minute video of a talk by the abbess of the Po Lam Nunnery in Chilliwack, speaking about Buddhist chaplaincy in the Canadian prison system. Her talk was given at the University of British Columbia to about 90 people last March. http://ubcbuddhism.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/1578/ The UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society program also ran a workshop in... Read more »
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Obon Ceremonies, July 30 & 31
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From The Comox Valley Echo: This year, on July 30 and 31, Reverend Grant Ikuta, the resident minister for the Steveston Buddhist Temple and recently-elected Bishop of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples of Canada, will be visiting five Japanese-Canadian cemetery sites on Vancouver Island and performing an additional Obon service at a private residence. The... Read more »
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Nitobe Japanese Garden @ UBC
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A nice write-up and video from the Vancouver Sun: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Life+lessons+from+Nibobe+Garden/5146770/story.html
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2011 North American Kagyu Monlam webcasts
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The 2011 North American Kagyu Monlam began in Richmond, BC, several days ago. Webcasts of this auspicious event can be seen at: http://www.kk-video.com/wp/ The main Kagyu Monlam site can be seen at: http://kagyumonlamnorthamerica.org/
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