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Hoping you will enjoy these Buddhist Season’s Greetings…

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Dear Friend, On behalf of the University of Toronto Scarborough, I invite you to attend our upcoming event, which is part of the 2013-2014 Tung Lin Kok Yuen  Perspectives on Buddhist Thought and Culture series (a TLKY Canada event). We are honoured to host Dr. Markus Viehbeck, Assistant Professor at the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe... Read more »

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Bob McDonald from CBC’s Quirks and Quarks science show interviews Professor Robin Coningham from the University of Durham in England , the archeologist who recently transformed our understanding of Buddha’s birthplace in Lumbini, Nepal. The segment is about 10 minutes long: http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Quirks+and+Quarks/Excerpts/ID/2421298166/

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Via NBC News… Archaeologists in Nepal say they have found traces of a temple structure linked to Buddha’s nativity going back to the sixth century B.C. The remnants of a timber structure — unearthed at the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, Nepal, which has traditionally been venerated as the spiritual leader’s birthplace — represent the... Read more »

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Dear Dharma friends and colleagues: Sumeru Books is collecting a series of anecdotal stories for inclusion in a book we are editing with Charles Prebish, called “The Little Book of Buddhist Humor.” In difficult times, we feel that the Buddhist world has the opportunity to contribute to and inject some happy, Buddhist-inspired humor into our... Read more »

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