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Plot to Save the Earth, up close and personal

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Check out our global Buddhist eco-initiative on Facebook at: Plot to Save the Earth! Join us.

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High Plains Doctor: Healing on the Tibetan Plateau

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HIGH PLAINS DOCTOR follows Isaac Sobol, Chief Medical Officer of Nunavut, on his tenth medical mission in a remote Tibetan village. The film shows the natural and cultural beauty of Northern Canada and Eastern Tibet and reveals disquieting parallels facing these traditional peoples. HIGH PLAINS DOCTOR contains footage that will never be seen again. In... Read more »

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Tibetan self-immolations lecture @ U of T

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Sorry I missed this. I just got the notice yesterday and didn’t have time to post it. However, for the record… Tibetan Self-Immolations: Shedding Light on China’s Rule in Tibet Thonsur Memorial Lecture with Dr. Tsering Shakya Join us for the Thonsur Memorial Lecture on Tibetan Self Immolation: Shedding Light on China’s Rule in Tibet with Dr.... Read more »

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Mindfulness? Universal Responsibility? It’s all HERE.

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Shyam Selvadurai’s new novel explores Sri Lanka now

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Shyam Selvadurai has a new novel out after a long hiatus: “Hungry Ghosts.” It explores the intersections modern Sri Lanka faces between its Singha and Tamil citizens, with their respective Buddhist and Hindu perspectives, with an added gay twist. We hope to put a review on Sumeru soon, but meanwhile here is one from the... Read more »

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