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New free course in Buddhism in Toronto – updated

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New free course in Buddhism at Pho-Hien Temple Learning Modern Buddhism in Western culture context When: February 22 to November 2014, Saturdays at 2:00 – 4:00 pm Where: Pho-Hien Temple (普賢寺), 297 Garyray Dr., Toronto, ON M9L 1P2 New Students: Free Repeat Students: Enquire at The Academy of Wisdom & Enlightenment (智覺學苑) www.AWE-edu.com World Wide Students: Can attend our classes via internet. All... Read more »

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Visit from Monks of Longquan Monastery, Beijing to UBC

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Via Lower Mainland Buddhism… Jan 20 and 22 (Chinese Language): Visit from Monks of Longquan Monastery, Beijing to UBC UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, generously supported by The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, together with UBC’s Tzu-chi Buddhist Studies Forum, are pleased to welcome Ven. Xianli 賢立 and Xianxun 賢遜 to UBC campus. (These are Chinese... Read more »

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Numata lecture on Nalanda, Reading group on Ajanta

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The University of Toronto / McMaster University Yehan Numata Buddhist Studies Program presents: NICOLAS MORRISSEY (University of Georgia) LECTURE: Reflections on an Enigmatic Structure at Nalanda and Visual Eclecticism in the Buddhist Art of Medieval Bihar and Bengal THURSDAY, January 23, 2014, 3-5 pm, UTSG, JHB 317 The monument identified as ‘Stone Temple Number 2’ within... Read more »

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Critical Indology series launches with Buddhist lecture (updated location info)

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Critical Indology Lecture Series This new lecture series presents scholars whose work is indebted to the study of the history, languages, and cultures of South Asia through the textual testimony of the region, and who at the same time in their work critically reflect on that debt, the baggage, and responsibilities that come with it,... Read more »

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SFU offers first M.Ed. in ‘Contemplative Inquiry’

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Via The Vancouver Sun… Drawn to meditation? Contemplation? The inner life? Mindfulness? Simon Fraser University has just given approval to North America’s first Master of Education Degree program in “Contemplative Inquiry.” Created in part by Education professor Heesoon Bai, it starts in the fall of 2014. Full article here.

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