Sumeru News — Buddhism around the World

The 7th annual International Conference on Media, Religion and Culture is on this week at Ryerson University in Toronto. The program runs to 112 pages. While a preponderance of presentations deal with Christianity, Islam, secularism and such, there are a few Buddhist nuggets being presented. Follow this link for the full program: http://www.journalism.ryerson.ca/uploadedFiles/Websites/CMRC2010/Main/Latest_Updates/programaug1.pdf Here is... Read more »

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The New York Times recently published an article about how China has re-cast the 1904 British invasion of Tibet for their own propaganda purposes. In their version, the Tibetans are “stand-ins” for the Chinese who were oppressed by foreign powers during the Qing dynasty. The Tibetan resistance has been glorified with a museum, a block-buster... Read more »

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An enlightening short video of Goenka’s speach to the UN Peace Summit in 2009.

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Veteran Canadian film-makers Robin Benger and Christopher Sumpton, of Cogent/Benger Productions, have produced an excellent two-part documentary entitled China’s Leap of Faith, about that country’s amazing resurgence of religious practice in the face of Communist atheism. Part One: The Gods Come Home deals with Buddhism and other traditional Chinese faiths. Part Two: The Bamboo Cross... Read more »

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May the blessings, peace and joy of Wesak inspire you for the coming year!

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