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Edmonton Buddhist Temple for sale

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There is a Korean Buddhist temple in Edmonton for sale right now. Here’s the story, picked up from the CBC (complete with various spelling mistakes): http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/buddhist-temple-for-sale-in-historic-riverdale-1.2968544

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Edmonton’s Truc Lam Monastery features in documentary

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Via the Edmonton Journal… Movie preview: Edmonton filmmaker explores diversity in Brothers in the Buddha EDMONTON – When Beth Wishart MacKenzie taught world religion at the University of Alberta, she visited a local Buddhist monastery and decided a film about an aspiring monk could educate Edmontonians about the diversity within. Her locally shot and produced... Read more »

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Tibetan Bazaar, Edmonton, Sept 20-21

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Tibetan Bazaars have become a pan-Canadian tradition. This one, hosted by Gaden Samten Ling, will be in Edmonton.

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21st annual Edmonton Tibetan Bazaar leaves lasting legacy

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Via the Edmonton Examiner… The 21st annual Tibetan Bazaar brought hard-to-find Himalayan wares from India, Tibet and Nepal to the Alberta Avenue Community League, with eager shoppers checking out rich textiles, handcrafted jewelry and beautiful spiritually relevant items. But the Tibetan Bazaar, hosted by the Gaden Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Society, also offered a... 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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