Sumeru News — Buddhism in Canada

This new film by Canadian film-makers Pierre Mignault and Hélène Magny explores the face of non-violent resistance in Burma today. They recently received accolades for their work after the film’s first English-language presentation in Thailand recently. More on this story at: http://www.mizzima.com/edop/commentary/3441-the-face-of-burmas-non-violent-resistance.html

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The Canada Tibet Committee announced on Saturday that they are launching a new resource centre. Here is the press release, from PR-Inside.com: Canada Tibet Committee launches resource centre for Buddhists with message from Dalai Lama You can also find out more at CTC’s own website: Canada Tibet Committee

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The CJBS was published annually in paper form by Nalanda College in Toronto for four years. The Journal is now moving online at the following URL: Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies According to editor Prof. Suwanda Sugunasiri, the journal will offer its archived content for free, along with free access to current content for a... Read more »

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Just a quick note to say we’ve registered a sister site. Details and launch to follow. Sarva mangalam.

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Ayya Medhanandi, Canada’s (only?) Theravada Bhikkuni, operates a center near Perth, Ontario. She was recently profiled in the Ottawa Citizen on Dec 29, 2009. The article discusses not only her practice, but some of the larger issues around bhikkuni ordination that are swirling around the global Buddhist community right now. For the record, we support... Read more »

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