Sumeru News — Interfaith

Open Letter from the Buddhist Community on Islamophobia

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Please read and sign: http://buddhistletteronislamophobia.wordpress.com

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Sensei Fredrich Ulrich of the Manitoba Buddhist Temple in multifaith video

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From the Winnipeg Free Press: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/video-video-celebrates-winnipegs-diverse-faith-communities-150799865.html

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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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Prof. Sugunasiri featured by Tony Blair Faith Foundation

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A recent initiative of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation (http://www.faithsact.org/) features the stories of spiritual interaction by  individuals of different faith communities, in Canada as well as elsewhere. Recently featured on its website is Prof. Suwanda H J Sugunasiri, President of the Buddhist Council of Canada and Founder of Nalanda College of Buddhist Studies (Canada). In... Read more »

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Buddhists weigh in on Canada’s new Office of Religious Freedom

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It hasn’t even opened, and Canada’s Office of Religious Freedom is already stirring up controversy. This article from the Toronto Star brings up some of the problems, and if you read between the lines, you can get some idea of Canadian Buddhists’ thoughts on the subject… http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1119007–does-the-office-of-religious-freedom-have-any-teeth

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