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Professor Albert Welter on Buddhist Relic Veneration in Medieval China

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UBC’s Tzu-chi Buddhist Studies Forum, together with the Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program (generously supported by the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Foundation), are pleased to invite you to a public lecture by Professor Albert Welter, University of Winnipeg. January 24, 5:00 – 6:30pm, Asian Center 604 Buddhist Rulers and Rulers of Buddhists: Buddhist Relic Veneration in... Read more »

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Dharma Voices for Animals (from Secular Buddhist)

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This SBA podcast includes Paul McCartney’s 13-minute video “Glass Walls” promoting vegetarian diet and an end to animal cruelty. http://secularbuddhism.org/2013/01/05/episode-150-bob-isaacson-dharma-voices-for-animals/  

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Mandarin Gate

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Mandarin Gate Eliot Pattison Minotaur Books; First Edition November 27, 2012 ISBN 978-0312656041 It is hard to look into the face of evil. I am not talking here about the evil of insane individuals or coercive abuse of unequal power relationships, as difficult as those may be to bear. At least we can harbour the... Read more »

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Amita O’Toole Buddhist Therapist in BC

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I recently discovered Amita’s website: http://www.buddhisttherapist.com She is based in British Columbia and a registered clinical counsellor. Here’s what she says on her “About me” page… I am a Buddhist integrative psychotherapist. I offer: telephone and online counselling and psychotherapy online and residential courses corporate services Most of my clients are based in Canada, the US... Read more »

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Ajahn Punnadhammo lecture at University of Tennessee

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Ajahn Punnadhammo, of the Arrow River Forest Hermitage in Northern Ontario, will give a lecture this Friday at the University of Tennessee, entitled: “The Buddhist Worldview and Its Relation to Practice,” in conjunction with the current exhibit in place in the McClung Museum, “Zen Buddhism and the Arts of Japan.” Full details (and some information about... Read more »

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