Sumeru News — Buddhism in Canada

Ven. Nil Choen, resident monk at the Khmer Buddhist Temple in Maple, Ontario, was recently profiled in the Vaughan News. Here’s the link… http://www.vaughantoday.ca/story.php?id=2106

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Amazingly – the 2oth anniversary (!) of this fabulous event coming up Nov 27-28, 2009. Details at www.tibet.ca Here’s a story about it from the Montreal Gazette… http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Tibetans+from+home+find+comfortable+nesting+place+Longueuil/2274108/story.html

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Velcrow Ripper’s Toronto-based film production company specializes in documentaries about the integration of spirituality and activism. Fierce Light – the movie trailer Also from Velcrow Ripper: Prayers for Bat Nha, a short documentary (Fierce Light Flash!) about Thich Nhat Hanh’s return to Viet Nam in 2005 and 2007, the temple’s inspiring rebirth, the tragic consequences... Read more »

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Endless Knot Films  is a Tibetan-Canadian production company.www.endlessknotfilms.com Dramgyen – The Lute is a short film they made about the Tibetan-Canadian immigrant experience. You can watch it online at http://www.endlessknotfilms.com/ekf/dramgyen.html Champion of Compassion is their documentary of the 2004 Kalachakra Initition in Toronto, led by HH the Dalai Lama. Preview and details at their website.

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Here are the records of many significant Vajrayana events in Toronto between 1998 and 2002. As you can see, it is a great start, but very incomplete. We owe it to future practitioners and historians to complete this record for all Buddhist faith communities across Canada in years gone by. Your contribution of information is... Read more »

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