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Buddhism + Psychology Student Union, U of T – 1st undergrad academic journal

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Upaya is the journal of the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health undergraduate program student union (BPSU) at New College, University of Toronto. Their first issue was released in May 2011. Here is a link to it: UPAYA 1 For further information about the program, click here: http://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/academics/new-college-academic-programs/buddhism-psychology-and-mental-health/

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Numata lecture on Buddhist medicine, McMaster/U of T 3.1-2.12

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The University of Toronto / McMaster University Yehan Numata Buddhist Studies Program Presents Pierce Salguero Pennsylvania State University Reading Group Session:  “Narrating Buddhist Healing: Representations of Buddhist Medicine in Medieval Chinese Hagiographies”   Thursday, March 1, 4-6 pm University Hall 122, McMaster University Lecture: “Chinese Buddhist Medicine: Global and Local Perspectives on a Tradition of Religious Healing” Friday, March... Read more »

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Cutting through spiritual materialism in virtual reality?

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I’m really not sure what to say about this… The Second Life Marketplace lists the following items for sale (or for free): 821 items under the search term: Buddhism 1184 items under the search term: Buddha 2439 items under the search term: Zen 118 items under the search term: Tibet 2376 items under the search... Read more »

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Call for Papers (Conference): “Icons of Impermanence: Contemporary Buddhist Art”

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UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, funded by The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, will hold a conference on contemporary Buddhist art July 6-8, 2012 at the University of British Columbia’s Point Grey campus. Part of event series for Summer 2012 that includes the “Visions of Enlightenment” exhibition (May 10 – September 30), sponsored... Read more »

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Designer Babies Welcome in Buddhism

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Suwanda Sugunasiri, Canadian Buddhist scholar and community activist, weighs in on Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, an important aspect of bioethics, with a Buddhist perspective: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=44144

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