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Buddhist Care working group formed in Toronto

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Very recently, a Buddhist Care working group consisting of medical doctors, social workers, Buddhist monastics, palliative care volunteers, educators and community leaders and advocates has been formed in Toronto to support the creation of a referral list/network of Buddhist Care volunteers to help others-in-need within the formal health system in hospitals, hospices and nursing homes,... Read more »

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HE Lho Ontul Rinpoche, Teachings in Vancouver & Galiano Island, Sept 18-28

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Via Lower Mainland Buddhism… It is with great pleasure that Lama Mark Webber and the Crystal Mountain Society welcome His Eminence Lho Ontul Rinpoche to Vancouver and Galiano Island this September. Ontul Rinpoche will be travelling with his son, His Eminence Lho Ratna Rinpoche, the emanation of a great Terton. Asian Centre at UBC Point... Read more »

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The Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada Community Care Scholarships 2015

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The Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada Community Care Scholarships 2015 We are offering a number of scholarships of $500 per course to students of Emmanuel College of the University of Toronto who are registered in Buddhist Mindfulness and Mental Health Program. In the semester starting January 2015, two courses are offered in this program, and therefore the... Read more »

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Zasep Rinpoche in Toronto, October – Revised schedule & pricing

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The Venerable Acharya Zasep Tulku Rinpoche is a highly accomplished and realized Vajrayana master of the Gelugpa school in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition Born in eastern Tibet in 1948, Zasep Rinpoche was enthroned as the Thirteen Zasep Tulku (incarnation) at Zuru Monastery at the age of five. After the Chinese Army invaded in 1959, Rinpoche... Read more »

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U of T Social Work certificate in Mindfulness launches

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The Factor-Intewash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto is launching four new certificate programs in mindfulness… Applied Mindfulness Meditation Grounded in comparative literatures of humanities and social science, traditional and contemplative medicines, the arts and sciences, education theory and practice, business and ethics, this program is intended to teach mindfulness meditation practices with a focus on its... Read more »

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