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“Architects of Buddhist Leisure” lecture, Hamilton, Sept 20, 2013

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The University of Toronto / McMaster University NUMATA BUDDHIST STUDIES PROGRAM 2013-14 presents: JUSTIN McDANIEL (University of Pennsylvania) NUMATA READING GROUP (co-sponsored by the Asian Institute?s Centre for Southeast Asian Studies): “The Bird in the Corner of the Picture. Some Problems with the Use of Buddhist Texts to Study the Buddhist Ornamental Art of Thailand”... Read more »

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“The Buddhist View of Emotions” retreat, Whistler, BC, Nov. 15-17

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Via the Lower Mainland Buddhism group… The Buddhist View of Emotions, November 15-17, 2013 “ For aeons, almost everything we think and feel, all our interpretations have been rooted in hope and fear, which in turn, have bound our minds up in turbulent emotions, constraining them to such a degree that we no longer have any control... Read more »

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Upcoming events, International Buddhist Society, Steveston, BC

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Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Ordination Day DATE: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 TIME: 9:30 – 11:15 AM Chanting Congregation * (Free lunch to cultivate merits of friendship) * Chung Yeung Festival DATE: Sunday, October 13, 2013 TIME: 6:00 – 9:00 PM “Mung Shan” Food Offering to the Deceased Chung Yeung Festival – 3 days worship (Ancestry Remembrance Festival)... Read more »

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Victoria dancer Nath Keo inspired by Buddhism

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Sacred Centre Dance presents: SAMSARA McPherson Playhouse September 7 at 8:00PM *Tickets are $23.00 Inspired by choreographer Nath Keo’s year as a Buddhist monk in Cambodia, this unique choreography explores the cycles of birth, love, sickness, suffering, death and re-birth as understood through Buddhism. In his most personal work to date, Nath Keo showcases a... Read more »

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Manjushri initiation, Ottawa, Sept 12, 2013

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Manjushri Initiation Chittamani Mahayana Buddhist Meditation Centre Thursday September 12th, 7:30pm Astanga Yoga Ottawa, 200-1/2 Bank St, Ottawa Cost: $20 studio fee plus an offering to the teacher Manjushri is the Vajrayana Buddhist practice that is the doorway to wisdom.  Manjushri holds to his heart a scriptural text symbolic of seeing all things as they,... Read more »

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