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Tibetan self-immolations lecture @ U of T

• Buddhism around the World • Buddhist Studies • China • Education • Events • Tibet • Toronto • Visiting Teachers

Sorry I missed this. I just got the notice yesterday and didn’t have time to post it. However, for the record… Tibetan Self-Immolations: Shedding Light on China’s Rule in Tibet Thonsur Memorial Lecture with Dr. Tsering Shakya Join us for the Thonsur Memorial Lecture on Tibetan Self Immolation: Shedding Light on China’s Rule in Tibet with Dr.... Read more »

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Pali for beginners at U of T

• Buddhism around the World • Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist Studies • Burma • Education • Theravada • Toronto

Dear All, With students having begun planning their course schedules for the next academic year, I would like to send out the announcement of the new year-long Pali beginners course “Reading Pali with Burmese Manuscripts, I will be offering starting September, pasted below. It is open to undergraduate and graduate students of any level and... Read more »

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English Dharma lecture in Toronto with Ven. Master Hueiguang

• Buddhism • Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist Studies • Education • Events • Mahayana • Toronto • Visiting Teachers • Zen

You are invited to a Buddhist Dharma lecture in Toronto by Venerable Hueiguang, the Abbot of IBS http://www.ibs.tw/. Free admission. All welcome. Feel free to circulate the attached flyer to your friends. RSVP please to helenchy@gmail.com, The Truth of Life April 26, 2013 / 7:30pm-9:30pm Sidney Smith Hall, Room 2110, University of Toronto 100 St. George Street, Toronto,... Read more »

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The Earliest Recoverable Language of Buddhism, Linguistic Ambiguities, and the Process of its Transmission

• Buddhism • Buddhism around the World • Buddhist Studies • Education • Events • History • Toronto

The RELIGION GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM at the Department for the Study of Religion of the University of Toronto presents: BRYAN LEVMAN The Earliest Recoverable Language of Buddhism, Linguistic Ambiguities, and the Process of its Transmission Thursday, April 25, 2013, 2.00-3.30 pm, JHB 318 Respondent: Christoph Emmrich Abstract: We do not know the original language(s) in which... Read more »

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Buddhist Expansion Along the Silk Road colloquium at U of T Mississauga, 4.19.13

• Buddhism around the World • Buddhist Studies • Education • Events • History • Silk Road • Toronto

Winter 2013 Anthropology Colloquium Series presents: Prof. Jason Neelis  (Religious Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University) Shipping Dharma: Long-distance Mobility and Cross-cultural Transmission between South Asia and Southeast Asia Friday, April 19, 2013 / 2:00-4:00pm Location: UTM, 262 North Building, Dean’s Lounge. A limited number of bus tickets will be available for those commuting from St. George Campus. Abstract: In... Read more »

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