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Glenn Mullin at Lumbini 2013
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Here’s a short video from Glenn Mullin about Lumbini, with pix of all the temples and gardens. The site is much more well-developed than it was even 25 years ago, in part because the United Nations was pressing the international community to take its designation as a World Heritage Site more to heart. There’s a... Read more »
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The Earliest Recoverable Language of Buddhism, Linguistic Ambiguities, and the Process of its Transmission
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The RELIGION GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM at the Department for the Study of Religion of the University of Toronto presents: BRYAN LEVMAN The Earliest Recoverable Language of Buddhism, Linguistic Ambiguities, and the Process of its Transmission Thursday, April 25, 2013, 2.00-3.30 pm, JHB 318 Respondent: Christoph Emmrich Abstract: We do not know the original language(s) in which... Read more »
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Buddhist Expansion Along the Silk Road colloquium at U of T Mississauga, 4.19.13
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Winter 2013 Anthropology Colloquium Series presents: Prof. Jason Neelis (Religious Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University) Shipping Dharma: Long-distance Mobility and Cross-cultural Transmission between South Asia and Southeast Asia Friday, April 19, 2013 / 2:00-4:00pm Location: UTM, 262 North Building, Dean’s Lounge. A limited number of bus tickets will be available for those commuting from St. George Campus. Abstract: In... Read more »
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Buddhism in Metropolitan Toronto in 1989
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We are pleased to inform you that we have received a “new” article for our History of Buddhism in Canada page: Buddhism in Metropolitan Toronto: a Preliminary Overview, by Suwanda Sugunasiri, originally published in the Journal of Canadian Ethnic Studies, XXI, No. 2, in 1989. You can read it HERE. We would also like to... Read more »
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Sumeru Buddhist e-books on iTunes, BarnesandNoble and Kobo
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We are pleased to announce that our first four e-book titles are now available through the iTunes bookstore, Barnes and Noble, and Chapters/Indigo. Currently available titles: Rimey Lama Chopa Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (translation, Glenn Mullin; foreword, Ven. Matthieu Ricard) Lama Chöpa Panchen Lozang Chokyi Gyaltsen (translation, Robert Preece; foreward, Zasep Tulku Rinpoche) Natural Appearances, Natural... Read more »
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