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Numata lecture on Nalanda, Reading group on Ajanta

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The University of Toronto / McMaster University Yehan Numata Buddhist Studies Program presents: NICOLAS MORRISSEY (University of Georgia) LECTURE: Reflections on an Enigmatic Structure at Nalanda and Visual Eclecticism in the Buddhist Art of Medieval Bihar and Bengal THURSDAY, January 23, 2014, 3-5 pm, UTSG, JHB 317 The monument identified as ‘Stone Temple Number 2’ within... Read more »

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Critical Indology series launches with Buddhist lecture (updated location info)

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Critical Indology Lecture Series This new lecture series presents scholars whose work is indebted to the study of the history, languages, and cultures of South Asia through the textual testimony of the region, and who at the same time in their work critically reflect on that debt, the baggage, and responsibilities that come with it,... Read more »

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Plot to Save the Earth – update

Buddhism around the World Eco Action Environmental Issues

Last year I teamed up with Mickey Glantz and Dhiraj Pradhananga to launch a Facebook group: Plot to Save the Earth. It is a global Buddhist eco-initiative. Our mission is to raise awareness about the need for sustainable development on our fragile planet, about the role Buddhists are taking on in that transformation, and about... Read more »

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Zen Masters of Japan – a conversation with Rick McDaniel

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Zen Masters of Japan The Second Step East Richard Bryan McDaniel Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 9784805312728 Hardcover, Published 11/5/2013 5.125 x 8, 288p. 20 b&w illustrations $22.95 From the publisher: Zen Masters of Japan is the second book in a series that traces Zen’s profoundly historic journey as it spread eastward from China and Japan, toward the United... Read more »

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Mahamudra108 blog from Norman Steinberg

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www.mahamudra108.ca is a new Canadian Buddhist blog by Norman Steinberg. The blog title is: Journey to the Summit of Understanding by Giving Back A Buddhist Pilgrimage of Transformation and Growth in Dharmsala Here’s Norm’s bio: Norman Steinberg recently moved to Dharmsala, India where volunteers for the Central Tibetan Administration. He is a grandfather, and a... Read more »

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