Sumeru News — Buddhism in Canada

CanadianBuddhism.info featured at Osler Health Centre

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The Olser Health Centre recently hosted a Multi-faith and Diversity Day featuring a presentation about Buddhist perspectives on healthcare from Sean Hillman, a former Tibetan Buddhist monk who works in the ICU at St. Michael’s Hospital. As part of the presentation, participants explored a variety of resources including www.canadianbuddhism.info (Sumeru’s sister site). Sean’s Buddhist Ethics... Read more »

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Rebel Buddha Tour – Halifax/Toronto

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Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, of the Nalandabodhi group of centres, has a new book out, entitled “Rebel Buddha” with a complementary website: http://www.rebelbuddha.com/ To promote the book, he is embarking on a series of speaking engagements with a panel of speakers and two of the events will take place soon in Canada… HALIFAX, NS – November... Read more »

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TULKU: Divine birth, ordinary life (NFB movie)

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The National Film Board of Canada recently released an autobiographical movie by Gesar Mukpo. In this documentary, young Canadian Gesar Mukpo struggles with life as a tulku — the reincarnation of a great Buddhist master. Details at… http://films.nfb.ca/tulku/

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Canadian Buddhist Radio

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Did you know you can listen to Buddhist radio in Canada? As it turns out, CMR (Canadian Multicultural Radio) at 101.3 FM, broadcasts a variety of shows from Buddhist communities… Radio Sinhala (Saturday 6-7 am) Radio Tibet (Saturday 7-7:30 am) Namaste Radio – Nepali (Saturday 7:30-8 am) You can also listen to streamed shows via... Read more »

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Canadian Buddhist Blogs

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Thanks to the awesome Blogisattva directory (http://www.blogisattva.org/p/blog-directory.html), here is a list of Canadian Buddhist blogs… WOW! http://www.lashamutual.com/ http://bodhileaf.wordpress.com/ http://www.zendotstudio.blogspot.com/ http://my-buddha-nature.info/ http://fullcontactenlightenment.com/ http://panchenlama.wordpress.com/ http://www.amareway.org/ http://azenperspective.com/ http://paxicab.wordpress.com/ http://108zenbooks.com/ http://yuttadhammo.sirimangalo.org/ http://bhikkhublog.blogspot.com/ http://diydharma.org/ And of course – Sumeru (which you are now reading) and www.canadianbuddhism.info (our directory of Canadian Buddhist organizations).

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