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Self-Immolation in Buddhist Tradition
Buddhist Psychology Death Publishing in a digital world
CNN recently ran a story on their website entitled… An Act of faith, desperation or protest: Self-Immolations through time, featuring the famous picture of Thich Quang Duc burning himself to death while meditating in Vietnam in 1963. Here is the link to that story: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/19/self.immolation.history/ The article makes reference to a book by James A. Benn... Read more »
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CanadianBuddhism.info featured at Osler Health Centre
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The Olser Health Centre recently hosted a Multi-faith and Diversity Day featuring a presentation about Buddhist perspectives on healthcare from Sean Hillman, a former Tibetan Buddhist monk who works in the ICU at St. Michael’s Hospital. As part of the presentation, participants explored a variety of resources including www.canadianbuddhism.info (Sumeru’s sister site). Sean’s Buddhist Ethics... Read more »
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HHDL Psychology Symposium UTSC
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While His Holiness the Dalai Lama was in Toronto recently, he participated in a small private symposium hosted by the University of Toronto Scarborough on the topic: “Cognitive Science, Mindfulness and Consciousness.” Here is a re-cap of the event from The Varsity, U of T’s student newspaper: http://thevarsity.ca/articles/36608 They also ran a few photos in... Read more »
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Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche on Toronto’s newest spiritual website
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Toronto Body Mind (formerly Toronto Meditation Guide) has a smart new look and a broadened scope. Check out the new site, and this video of a talk by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche when he was in Toronto this summer at Riwoche Temple… http://torontobodymind.ca/articles/public-dharma-talk-chokyi-nyima-rinpoche
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REBIRTH now available in print
Books Buddhist Psychology Media Publishing Publishing in a digital world
We are pleased to announce publication of the print edition of Professor Suwanda Sugunasiri’s book: Rebirth as Empirical Basis for the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths. The book is available from Amazon for $9.99. For further details, please visit our Press Releases page and click on the latest link.
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