Sumeru News — Ethics
Buddhist Abortion Rituals in Modern Japan
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While he is Toronto this week, Professor Hori will give a morning talk at the University of Toronto, entitled Buddhist Abortion Rituals in Modern Japan 10:30am-12pm Friday, November 16 2012 Jackman Humanities Building, Room 318 170 St George Street Department for the Study of Religion University of Toronto This event is free and open to... Read more »
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Buddhist Right Speech, from the IEET
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Here’s a thought-provoking piece about parallels in Right Speech in Buddhism and Christianity and how they can best be applied in today’s culture, from Manitoba-based Alex McGilvery for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET)… http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/McGilvery201206171
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HH Dalai Lama Ottawa 2012 website / tickets
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a public talk in Ottawa on April 28, 2012. The topic is “Ethics for a Whole World.” The website, where one can buy tickets online and view related material, is now up on the Canada Tibet Committee’s site: http://www.tibet.ca/2012/
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Designer Babies Welcome in Buddhism
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Suwanda Sugunasiri, Canadian Buddhist scholar and community activist, weighs in on Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, an important aspect of bioethics, with a Buddhist perspective: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=44144
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The Cyborg Buddha Project
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From the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET), comes this article on Religion and Transhumanism, written by Alex McGilvery, a United Church minister in Flin Flon, Manitoba. Normally, that would not be something we cover at Sumeru, but he makes extensive reference to Buddhism, and especially the “Cyborg Buddha Project.” Here’s the IEET link: http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/McGilvery20120122... Read more »
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