Sumeru News — Buddhism in Canada

The Tibet Resettlement Project now has a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/tibetresettlementproject The Government of Canada is facilitating the immigration of up to 1,000 Tibetans living in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India, at the request of the Canada Tibet Committee and Canada’s Tibetan community. Up to 1,000 displaced Tibetans, including principal applicants and their eligible family... Read more »

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Derek Rasmussen blogs about meditation, Dharma and activism from his home in Ottawa. Lots of good stuff here, folks! http://dereksdharma.wordpress.com

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Wayne Codling, retired Zen monk living in Victoria, BC, blogs regularly on Buddhism for the “Spiritually Speaking” column in the Victoria Times Colonist. Here is a sampling of his recent posts:  Zen meditation is about authenticity  What is the essential Buddhist question? Suffering. The grievous harm done in war VWCC hosts premier of new documentary ... Read more »

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At his lecture (Buddhism in Canada) last night in Toronto, hosted by the Japan Foundation, Victor Sogen Hori of McGill University announced that his newest book, Flowers on the Rock – More Buddhism in Canada, co-edited with John Harding and Alexander Soucy, has gone to the publisher (MQUP) now. This is the sequel to their... Read more »

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Canada’s newest Buddhist Temple is the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple Waterloo – Buddha’s Light Centre, which was inaugurated last week. Here’s a photo…                   More pictures from the opening ceremony

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