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WESAK 2012 (Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment & Parinibbana) Join in a Buddha Puja. Offer flowers to the Buddha. Chant the Avalokitesvara, Lotus & Wisdom Sutras. Transfer Merit to the Departed. Join in the singing of the Unity Song. Listen to an inspirational speaker. Saturday, May 5, 2012 6 pm to 8 pm Queen’s Park Grounds, Toronto... Read more »

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This excellent article recently appeared in the Face to faith section of The Guardian, one of the top international newspapers in the United Kingdom. It’s well worth a read… http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/mar/16/western-buddhism-10-things-learned?INTCMP=SRCH The article was written by Vishvapani Blomfield, whose blog, Wise Attention, is always interesting.

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We are please to announce we have reached our 501st post on Sumeru and have been posting since February 2009. We currently receive more than 18,000 visitors a year to Sumeru and its companion site, the Sumeru directory.

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www.buddhismcanada.com has re-launched as a news portal, published by the BuddhismCanada Project. Chief Editor: Chris Ng wisdom.tor@rogers.com They are looking for a web designer, multi-lingual editors and contributors for their project. These are volunteer positions. Please e-mail Chris Ng if interested.    

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Here are new flyers for the Buddhist Day Camps being sponsored in Toronto this year by the Buddhist Education Network, Fu Sien Tong Temple, Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada and the Green Think Tank:

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