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New Zendo in Toronto!! – Stone Bridge Zendo
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This is a biweekly gathering that uses meditation, zen koans and the arts as a way to access and integrate insight and joy into our life. Everyone is welcome, no experience with meditation or zen is required. There is no charge, but a suggested $10 donation would be helpful. This is a group where you... Read more »
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Toronto Tibetans in the Cosmopolis
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Colin Boyd Shafer is the Toronto photographer behind the “Cosmopolis Project.” Here’s how he describes it on his website, cosmopolistoronto.com: Welcome to Cosmopolis Toronto Cosmopolis Toronto should speak to modern day Toronto (including the Greater Toronto Area) – a city that some argue is the most cosmopolitan in the world. For this project, I set out on a yearlong... Read more »
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Tzu Chi Foundation Canada opens new headquarters in Richmond, BC
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Via the Richmond Review… One of Richmond’s largest volunteer foundations just got bigger. Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation volunteers and city officials gathered on Wednesday to declare the opening of the global relief organization’s new and improved establishment. “We get so much from Canada, that’s why we have to contribute our volunteer services and many other... Read more »
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4th Annual North American Nonsectarian Conference of Tibetan Religious Schools seeks Canada representation
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Dear dharma friends, My name is Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and I am the resident teacher of Ligmincha International (www.ligmincha.org). I am writing this email as President of the North American Nonsectarian Group of Tibetan Religious Schools. Attached is an invitation for the resident Tibetan teacher at your center, inviting him or her to join the... Read more »
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Becoming Citizens: Student-Monks and the Rise of Social Engagement in Modern Chinese Buddhism
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UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program presents a lecture by the Venerable Rongdao Lai. Becoming Citizens: Student-Monks and the Rise of Social Engagement in Modern Chinese Buddhism Date: Wednesday, 9 April 2014 Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM Place: Room 120, C.K. Choi Building, 1855 West Mall University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Lectures are free... Read more »
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