Sumeru News — Calgary

Calgary Myanmar Buddhist Temple new home

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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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Sakyadhita Conference Calgary follow-up

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PRESS RELEASE (Nov. 21, 2012) Buddhist Council of Canada, Board Member at the Sakyadhita ‘Daughters of the Buddha’ (Canada) Conference. This is to share the news that Thich Nu Tinh Quang made a presentation, “Balancing East And West As a Canadian Vietnamese Buddhist Nun”, at the First Sakhyadhita Conference in Calgary. “On Saturday September 15, 2012,... Read more »

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Canadian Women in Buddhism conference, Calgary, 9.15.12

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Sakyadhita Canada is a Buddhist women’s organization that seeks to support both monastics and laywomen through a variety of initiatives. Sakyadhita Canada has begun an outreach program designed to inform Canadian women about Sakyadhita and create links between them. On Saturday September 15th, 2012 Sakyadhita Canada will be holding its first conference in Calgary. The... Read more »

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Canadian Buddhist Meetups

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Vancouver & Victoria Calgary Edmonton Toronto Ottawa Montréal Halifax Excluding groups that are tangentially tagged as “Buddhist” the breakdown is as follows: 4 Theravada 7 Mahayana (including three that focus on martial arts) 10 Vajrayana (mostly Shambhala) 13 New Kadampa (which many people do NOT consider as Buddhist, bur rather as a cult) 4 Non-denominational

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Transforming minds and lives through Buddhism, Calgary, 4.2-3.12

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From the Calgary Herald: The first time Lara Braitstein learned anything about Buddhism, she was struck at just how much sense it all made to her. “What I learned at first was about understanding, that our minds are the source of our experience of the world as positive or negative, and that if we learn... Read more »

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