Sumeru News — Buddhism in Canada

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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Thank you to everyone for your support since our launch this year. This is our 100th post! We are looking forward to 2010… and the upcoming publication of two books: Rebirth as Empirical Basis for the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, by Prof. Suwanda Sugunasiri; and Understanding the Chinese Buddhist Temple, by Karma Yönten Gyatso. We... Read more »

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I recently read an interesting article about Master Cheng Yen from Taiwan, how she founded the Tzu Chi Foundation and how it became Taiwan’s largest charity organization. The charity has been active in Canada for some time, but with a low profile. Most people don’t associate Buddhism in Canada with global charity work. I know... Read more »

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Controversial new article from Canada’s leading news magazine, that’s for sure… http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/25/stop-the-lama-love-in/

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Toronto Maha Vihara, a Sri Lankan temple, was hit by arson for the second time in six months. Here are the links to stories from the local papers… http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2278390 http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/731991–buddhist-temple-attacked-again

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