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Updated poster… PDF version here Wesak 2012 Flyer 1 april 04 12          

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From The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/9169986/Tom-Lodge.html

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Stephen Jenkinson is one of Canada’s leading palliative care educators, and the subject of a full-length documentary by Tim Wilson, titled “Griefwalker.” The movie is Tricycle Magazine’s March selection for their Buddhist film club, and featured on their website: http://www.tricycle.com/filmclub A 20-minute Tricycle audio interview with Jenkinson is available here: http://www.tricycle.com/blog/tricycle-talks-stephen-jenkinson-aka-griefwalker Information about the film, a short... Read more »

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From the Calgary Herald: The first time Lara Braitstein learned anything about Buddhism, she was struck at just how much sense it all made to her. “What I learned at first was about understanding, that our minds are the source of our experience of the world as positive or negative, and that if we learn... Read more »

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WESAK 2012 (Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment & Parinibbana) Join in a Buddha Puja. Offer flowers to the Buddha. Chant the Avalokitesvara, Lotus & Wisdom Sutras. Transfer Merit to the Departed. Join in the singing of the Unity Song. Listen to an inspirational speaker. Saturday, May 5, 2012 6 pm to 8 pm Queen’s Park Grounds, Toronto... Read more »

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