Sumeru News — Buddhism in Canada
One Million Grains of Light at Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver
Art Buddhism in Canada Events Vajrayana Vancouver
The Museum of Anthropology Vancouver (MOA) will host a group of Tibetan monks from the Dzongkar Choede monastery for a 4-day sand mandala creation. They will be here on October 24, 25, 27,and 28 to create and demonstrate the making of a sand mandala, and will finalize with the destruction of the piece.
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Impermanence and Canadian Buddhist organizations redux
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In an earlier post in 2010, we listed Canadian Buddhist organizations that had ceased operations. Since then, we have revised the list several times to include more recent changes. Here it is again, in its most current form: In preparing the 2010 edition of the www.canadianbuddhism.info directory, we were unable to contact the following organizations... Read more »
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DDMBA Toronto welcomes Ven Guo Dong for Dharma Gaia 2012
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Ven. Guo Dong, president of the International Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association and successor to Ven. Master Sheng Yen, will be visiting Toronto with a group of five other Venerables for DDMBA Ontario’s annual fundraising events — October 19, 20 and 21. Dear Friend,We would like to thank you for your continued kind support and generous... Read more »
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Free Dhamma books from Khmer Buddhist Library
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Khmer Buddhist Library 9575 Keele Street, Maple, ON L6A 1M1 is offering free copies of their recent dhamma publications. These are small, soft-cover booklets, approx. 50 pages in length, comprising a translation of the following sutras: Sigalovada Sutta Vyagghapajja Sutta Parabhava Sutta Maha Magala Sutta The author has translated the Sutras (Suttas) from Pali into... Read more »
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“Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths” new survey report from the Pew Forum
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The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has recently released their latest survey data on Asian American religious affiliation and practice, available on their website: http://www.pewforum.org/Asian-Americans-A-Mosaic-of-Faiths.aspx I don’t know how closely the data is mirrored in Canada, or how accurate the survey is (since their last one had some methodological problems that were the... Read more »
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