Sumeru News — Buddhism in Canada

Maitreya Heart Shrine Relic Tour, Vancouver, 7.14-15.12

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Buddhist relics drop in, inviting bliss and awe, at the Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour Touring the globe for 11 years, The Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour lets us gaze upon the crystals found in the ashes of 42 masters, including Buddha himself. From The Georgia Straight. By Janet Smith, July 11, 2012 Relics are... Read more »

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Dungse Jampal Norbu Namgyel, Montreal, 6.27-28.12

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Mangala Shri Bhuti presents… Basic Buddhism, Montreal JULY 27 & 28, 2012 STUDIO BLISS 3841 blvd Saint Laurent Montreal Quebec H2W 1X9 3 Talks: Friday 6:30 pm, Saturday 9:30 am – 4:00 pm Full program Pre-Registration: $60 online / $80 at the door 25 & under: $45 online / $60 at the door Friday night... Read more »

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Theft and random acts of kindness for Daeung Sunim

Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Practice! Toronto

While Daeung Sunim has been in Toronto, his laptop, cellphone and GPS were stolen. Here’s the article about it from The Toronto Star:  http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1222306–korean-monk-on-continental-bicycle-odyssey-has-laptop-gps-stolen-in-toronto Fortunately, from adversity has come the opportunity for acts of kindness, in the form of offers to assist Sunim in re-provisioning him for the next leg of his journey. Here is... Read more »

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Canadian Buddhist cult, Montréal, circa 1970s

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http://coolopolis.blogspot.ca/2009/12/quiz-whos-guy-on-left.html http://coolopolis.blogspot.ca/2010/04/more-tyndale-martin-and-his-greatheart.html Even though some of the details are wrong, these articles are still cause for sadness. Buddhism in Canada has come a long way in the past 40 years. Many of the original members of the community which became Greatheart (including me) have gone on to make valuable contributions. Nothing is ever fully black... Read more »

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Cults, crowdsourcing and common sense

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I’ve been having a few online conversations recently about Buddhist cults, and whether or not I should be de-listing certain centres from the canadianbuddhism.info directory on the basis of allegations about them. My position has been to take centres at face value and list them, but to openly share negative news on the Sumeru website.... Read more »

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