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Murder in the Snow
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On September 30, 2006, more than 100 international mountain climbers witnessed Chinese border police shooting and killing three members of a group of Tibetan monks, nuns, laypeople and children trying to escape over the Nagpa Pass into Nepal. Some climbers were able to film the events and subsequently report the incident to the world. This... Read more »
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Canadian Buddhist News updates
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From the Peterborough Examiner, August 7, 2009: Larry Tyldsley went searching for spirituality. The 47-year-old Peterborough resident said there was something missing from his life, the spiritual element. The former director of the New Canadians Centre, Tyldsley’s now a self-described “cultural explorer,” and embarked on a journey to discover Buddhism after talking with a friend and practicing... Read more »
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MUSE – Academic Journal Articles on Buddhism
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Project MUSE is an initiative by Johns Hopkins University to provide easy keyword search through academic journals. A search for “Buddhism” yields 2186 scholarly articles. Happy browsing! http://muse.jhu.edu/
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Montreal Religious Sites Project
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In 2006, MgGill University launched a project to document a variety of religious institutions outside of Montreal Judeo-Christian traditions. It includes ten interesting accounts and analyses of Buddhist centres in Montreal. The reports are available for download in PDF format, or viewable online in HTML. http://mrsp.mcgill.ca/
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“Dalai Lama Renaissance” now on DVD
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Award-winning film-maker Kashyar Darvich’s recent (much-lauded) documentary about a meeting between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and “40 of the world’s most innovative thinkers” is now available on DVD. Here’s the trailer… The official website is http://dalailamafilm.com/
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