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Canadian Buddhism and banned cult

Buddhism around the World Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Cults Groups Vajrayana

His Holiness the Dalai Lama banned the practice of the Shugden deity more than ten years ago. Here is a link to a story explaining the reasons, from Time Magazine, reproduced from the Canada Tibet Committee website, where it was posted in 2008: http://tibet.ca/en/newsroom/wtn/3218 This practice is associated with the New Kadampa Tradition and their Canadian... Read more »

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Canadian Buddhist Meetups

Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Calgary Edmonton Groups Halifax Montreal Ottawa Practice! Toronto Vancouver Victoria

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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Peace Walk needs Toronto participants! Support vehicles held back at border.

Buddhism in Canada Events Groups Ontario Peace work Practice! Toronto

Early Thursday morning five of the walkers crossed the border into Canada with no problem. The other vehicle with a few walkers and the walkers’ luggage was not able to make it. So the walk needs support. We’ve read about you, students of Toronto! Come out and walk for a week, a day, or an hour. March... Read more »

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“No More Fukushimas” on Flickr

Buddhism in Canada Events Groups Ontario Peace work Practice! Walking

Grafton Peace Pagoda (Nipponzan Myohoji) are staging a walk around Lake Ontario over the coming weeks. Here’s a picture from one of their previous walks. Schedule and contact for the walk can be found at: http://www.sumeru-books.com/2012/07/no-more-fukushimas-peace-walk-around-lake-ontario-july-11-aug-11-2012/ The Peace Walks page is: http://peacewalks.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/no-more-fukushimas/ Their Flickr page is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/81076938@N02/

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Dirty Laundry

Buddhism in Canada Cults Groups Practice! Teachers Temples

Unfortunately, the story of dharma in the west is not all sweetness and light. As His Holiness the Dalai Lama says: “When teachers break the precepts, behaving in ways that are clearly damaging to themselves and others, students must face the situation, even though this can be challenging, criticize openly, that’s the only way.” Here is the... Read more »

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