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Montréal Tibetan Bazaar #20
Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Montreal
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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Fierce Light
Buddhism around the World Buddhism in Canada Education Movies Peace work Practice! Teacher Stories
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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Dramgyen – The Lute
Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Movies Toronto
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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Ephemera update
Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Education Ephemera Teacher Stories Temple Stories Vajrayana
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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Tibet before 1950: Digital Photo Archives
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The Tibet Album: British Photography in Central Tibet 1920-1950 http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/tibet_prm-collections.html This collection of 4000+ photographs is from the Pitt Rivers Museum and the British Museum. It is by far the most extensive digital resource I found on this subject, and part of a collection that holds 125,000 images in total. The site is content-rich, beautifully... Read more »
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