Sumeru News — Buddhism

Here’s the latest status report from Save Buddhist Heritage, on UNESCO efforts to establish the world heritage site at Lumbini: http://save-buddhist-heritage.org/Lumbini/?page_id=583

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Dear Friends, Hope this finds you smiilng. :)We want to let you know that we will be releasing some special “Day of Show” tickets for Thich Nhat Hanh’s public talk in Toronto at the Sony Centre. These Day of Show tickets will only be available in person at the Sony Centre box office starting at... Read more »

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Recently I posted a letter I had received about current controversy over the fact that no Buddhist monks had been appointed to the board of directors of the newly re-vivified Nalanda University in India. Here is a solid article from Buddhist Channel about what the new Nalanda U could be, if based on Buddhist principles.

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This letter about India’s proposed revival of Nalanda University crossed my desk recently… Suppressing the Buddhist identity from the proposed Nalanda University – Unchallenged by the Buddhist world This entire project led by Dr. Amrtya Sen must be made the basis of a wide ranging discussion in the Buddhist world in respect to the direction,... Read more »

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Robert Y.C. Ho, a scion of a historic Hong Kong family, is the chairman of the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, which supports study in the fields of Buddhism, Chinese art and culture. The Tung Lin Kok Yuen charity, set up by his grandmother in Hong Kong in 1935, is currently based in Vancouver.... Read more »

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