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Shambhala Sun Foundation seeks Digital Content Creator

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Right Livelihood: Shambhala Sun Foundation seeks Digital Content Creator The Shambhala Sun Foundation, publishers of Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma, is an independent not-for-profit media company dedicated to the publication of content about the Buddhist meditative tradition in print and digital form. We’re seeking a Digital Content Creator who will work with our New Media and Editorial departments on... Read more »

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Numata lecture series 2014-15: U of T and McMaster

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If you are in Toronto or Hamilton, you won’t want to miss these wonderful lectures and reading groups… University of Toronto / McMaster University NUMATA BUDDHIST STUDIES PROGRAM 2014-15 Lucia Dolce (School of Oriental and African Studies) LECTURE: Of Monks and Embryos: Tantric Practices and the Ritualization of Buddhist Embryology in Mediaeval Japan THURSDAY, September... Read more »

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A better way than rockets and bombs

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To win hearts and minds, here is a better way than rockets and bombs. Each of us: start where we are, work with what we have, do what we can…in peace, together.

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Kalachakra 2014 with His Holiness the Dalai Lama – extensive videos

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Here is a link to the livestream account for the Kalachakra 2014 initiation in Ladakh, featuring quite a few videos of  the preparations and teachings from the event (now underway) and from celebrations for His Holiness’ 79th birthday (today). May it benefit all… http://new.livestream.com/accounts/7896152/events/3149332

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Rediscovering the Women of Northern Wei with Stephanie Balkwill

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Here’s an interesting article about women in the development of the sangha in China in times gone by…featuring a Canadian Buddhist scholar. Rediscovering the Women of Northern Wei with Stephanie Balkwill Here’s the bio on Stephanie Balkwill and the context of the story: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies... Read more »

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