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Buddha’s relics in Montreal and Toronto CANCELLED
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From the organizing committee at the Montreal Buddhist Monastery & Cultural Center: A PRECIOUS COLLECTION of THE BUDDHA’S SACRED RELICS from SRI LANKA After His Nirvana 2500 years ago, the Supreme Buddha’s precious relics were preserved by gods and kings. In Sri Lanka, they were royal gifts, venerated for centuries in holy stupas. For the... Read more »
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Who is Dicki Chhoyang?
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She’s a Tibetan Canadian from Montréal, who is a new minister (Kalon) in the 15th Tibetan Government in Exile. Here’s a brief 6-minute English video she made to explain her background, while running for that position: And here’s a brief description about her from an article introducing all the new ministers, taken from an article... Read more »
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Focus on Buddhism @ Vancouver Int’l Film Fest
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This year’s Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will feature four films on Buddhism, October 6-18, 2011. Here’s a link to the Buddhist Feature on the site: http://www.viff.org/e-blasts/viff-2011/outreach/Buddhism.htm
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Charles Prebish podcast on “New Books in Buddhist Studies”
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Charles Prebish is among the most prominent scholars of American Buddhism. He has been a pioneer in studying the forms that Buddhist tradition has taken in the United States. Now retired, he has written this unusual new book, An American Buddhist Life: Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer (Sumeru Press, 2011). The book tells the story of Prebish’s... Read more »
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Three Buddhist TV shows by David Cherniack on ONE network
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Can you find enlightenment in the modern Western World? Dharma Rising airs on The Brand New ONE starting October 17 By the 1960’s Buddhism had arrived in the West to stay. Challenges of modernity were always its nemesis, but now that Buddhism is attracting unprecedented numbers, how is it adapting to modern materialism? This three part documentary... Read more »
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