Sumeru News — Buddhist community

Not too long ago, the Vancouver Sun printed a rather provocative but poorly-researched article on the state of Buddhist practice in British Columbia, which sparked significant push-back from Buddhists themselves. Arun, over at Angry Asian Buddhist, published a rebuttal, as did we. Now, Suwanda Sugunasiri, a well-resepected figure in the Canadian Buddhist larger community, has... Read more »

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We are pleased to announce that we distributed more than $350 in donations from the Sumeru Press for 2012. Recipients included a temple in Canada, a charity in Nepal and a monastery in India. The funds were raised through crowdsourcing.

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Regina Leader-Post reprints bad Vancouver Sun article on Canadian Buddhism: http://www.leaderpost.com/life/Buddhism+house+divided/7755402/story.html I hope people are writing letters to the editors of these newspapers to tell them their articles are inaccurate and offensive! Perhaps the publishers of these papers should also seriously consider sending their staffers to the Pure Land Buddhism conference being held at the end of... Read more »

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Myanmar Buddhist Temple (Calgary) has recently purchased the property at 2804, 14 Avenue, SE, Calgary T2A 0J7 and is at its new location. In other recent news from the temple… Dear Myanmar Canadian Friends, We are delighted to invite you to join in the New Year 2013 Community Alms Offering (Supaung Swan) to Sayadaw Dr. Cintita. And... Read more »

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Thank you Sumeru authors, for choosing us to publish your book. Royalty statements and cheques for 2012 will be going out very soon.

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