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Buddhists Texts in Mongolia, UofT lecture 10.15.12

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Date: October 15, 2012 Time: 3 – 5 pm Location: Jackman Humanities Institute, 170 St. George Street, 10th floor Join Mrs. Munkhchimeg Tserendorj, acting International Relations Director of the National Library of Mongolia, for a lecture on the rare books collections housed in her institution. This collection largely grew from materials confiscated from monasteries by... Read more »

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Chinese Buddhist history UofT lecture 10.12.12

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Critical China Studies Workshop Presents Dewei Zhang (Ph.D., UBC), SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University Where Two Worlds Met: Spreading a Buddhist Canon in Wanli (1573-1620) China Oct 12 (Friday) 1:00-3:00 p.m. Location: Munk 023N, University of Toronto

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“Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths” new survey report from the Pew Forum

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The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has recently released their latest survey data on Asian American religious affiliation and practice, available on their website: http://www.pewforum.org/Asian-Americans-A-Mosaic-of-Faiths.aspx I don’t know how closely the data is mirrored in Canada, or how accurate the survey is (since their last one had some methodological problems that were the... Read more »

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Two Buddhisms Today – Secular Buddhist Association podcast

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This is a round-table moderated by Ted Meissner, from SBA. Participants are Charles Prebish, Sarah Haynes, Justin Whitaker and Danny Fisher. http://secularbuddhism.org/2012/09/22/episode-135-charles-prebish-sarah-haynes-justin-whitaker-danny-fisher-two-buddhisms-today/

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“An American Buddhist Life” now available in Canada as Kobo e-book

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Sumeru is pleased to announce the publication launch of our latest e-book… http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/An-American-Buddhist-Life-Memoirs/book-BzO_s4kXpUa0AXAVBoOQyQ/page1.html Available for your Kobo e-reader or desktop for $7.69. Coming soon to Kindle, Nook & iPad.

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