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Natural Appearances, Natural Liberation

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Coming soon from The Sumeru Press Inc. NATURAL APPEARANCES, NATURAL LIBERATION: A Nyingma Meditative Guide on the Six Bardos of Living and Dying by Master Tam Shek-wing Translated by Samten Migdron and with a Foreword by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche ISBN: 978-1-896559-10-0 180 pages, 6″x9″ paperback

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An American Buddhist Life published

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Sumeru announces publication of: AN AMERICAN BUDDHIST LIFE Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer By Charles S. Prebish ISBN 978-1-896559-09-4 $24.95 US/CAN    €17.50 EUR Perfect bound paperback, 266 pages, 6” x 9″ Now available worldwide at www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and many other online retailers From the beginning of Charles Prebish’s involvement with Buddhism in 1965, Buddhism... Read more »

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Wesak with Torana in Toronto

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A Press Release from the Buddhist Council of Canada… History was made on May 17, 2011 when a WESAK  TORANA was displayed on Canadian public soil for the first time, on the south lawn of the Ontario Legislature grounds, better known as Queen’s Park. It  was to commemorate the ushering in of the 2600th year... Read more »

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Edo Japan Restaurant’s 100th location

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Edo Japan Grill recently celebrated the opening of their 100th restaurant franchise location, in Edmonton. So what’s the Buddhist connection? The chain was launched in Calgary in 1979 by Susuma Ikuta, a Buddhist minister who resigned in 1999 to become Bishop of the Buddhist Churches of Canada! Here’s the full article from the Edmonton Journal: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Japan+opens+100th+restaurant+Edmonton/4759388/story.html

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“Buddhism & Psychology” Student Essay Competition

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The 2011 Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada Essay Prize The Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada announces a student essay competition demonstrating the association between Buddhism/ Buddhist psychology and western psychology, science or society.  Submissions should focus on the specific and creative ways that the western academic and clinic disciplines, (e.g. psychology, sociology, religious studies, philosophy, medicine,... Read more »

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