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Pali for beginners at U of T
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Dear All, With students having begun planning their course schedules for the next academic year, I would like to send out the announcement of the new year-long Pali beginners course “Reading Pali with Burmese Manuscripts, I will be offering starting September, pasted below. It is open to undergraduate and graduate students of any level and... Read more »
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Plot to Save the Planet update 4.23.13
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Dear [Sumeru], I recently received a letter with one of your Plot to Save the Planet badges from Chuck Prebish, and thought it would be good to make contact with you. I am a scholar of Japanese Buddhism, with particular focus on modernity, ethics, and politics. I also happen to be Canadian, though I presently... Read more »
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The Earliest Recoverable Language of Buddhism, Linguistic Ambiguities, and the Process of its Transmission
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The RELIGION GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM at the Department for the Study of Religion of the University of Toronto presents: BRYAN LEVMAN The Earliest Recoverable Language of Buddhism, Linguistic Ambiguities, and the Process of its Transmission Thursday, April 25, 2013, 2.00-3.30 pm, JHB 318 Respondent: Christoph Emmrich Abstract: We do not know the original language(s) in which... Read more »
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Tibetan Resettlement Project Canada video: From Arunachal Pradesh to Canada
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Short video posted by the Project Tibet Society as part of the Tibetan Canadian Resettlement Project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVXbVyktG4w&feature=youtu.be
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Buddhist Expansion Along the Silk Road colloquium at U of T Mississauga, 4.19.13
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Winter 2013 Anthropology Colloquium Series presents: Prof. Jason Neelis (Religious Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University) Shipping Dharma: Long-distance Mobility and Cross-cultural Transmission between South Asia and Southeast Asia Friday, April 19, 2013 / 2:00-4:00pm Location: UTM, 262 North Building, Dean’s Lounge. A limited number of bus tickets will be available for those commuting from St. George Campus. Abstract: In... Read more »
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