Sumeru News — Buddhism around the World

Congratulations to all the Buddhist bloggers worldwide who participated in the 2010 Blogisattva Awards. Blogisattva.org is one of the sites I most admire and they are to be commended on their remarkable energy and dedication. Here is a link to their site, so you can check out all the “winners” of this year’s Blogisattva Awards.... Read more »

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E. Gene Smith was a great friend to Tibetan Buddhism. He passed away earlier this month. Here is his obituary from the New York Times…

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Cables and other documents pertaining to the Tibet situation, culled from the large pool of material released by Wiki Leaks, are available on the Canada Tibet Committee website.

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The Canadian government yesterday announced it will facilitate the immigration of up to 1000 Tibetan refugees living in Arunachal Pradesh in India over the next five years. Details of the press release can be found here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2010/2010-12-18.asp

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The British Film Institute (BFI) has recently released a DVD version of The Lost World of Tibet: The Director’s Cut – based on colour home movies taken there by James Guthrie in 1945. The entire DVD, which runs 90 minutes and has an additional 90 minutes of extras, is available from the BFI Filmstore. Excerpts... Read more »

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