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Dalai Lama wins $1.7 million Templeton Prize

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From the Vancouver Sun: http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/03/29/dalai-lama-wins-1-7-million-templeton-prize/

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Griefwalker on Tricycle Film Club

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Stephen Jenkinson is one of Canada’s leading palliative care educators, and the subject of a full-length documentary by Tim Wilson, titled “Griefwalker.” The movie is Tricycle Magazine’s March selection for their Buddhist film club, and featured on their website: http://www.tricycle.com/filmclub A 20-minute Tricycle audio interview with Jenkinson is available here: http://www.tricycle.com/blog/tricycle-talks-stephen-jenkinson-aka-griefwalker Information about the film, a short... Read more »

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On Fire for Tibet (CBC Day Six)

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CBC’s “Day Six” radio newsmagazine will be covering Tibetan self-immolations on its March 31, 2012 show tomorrow. For those who don’t know, there have been a great number of Tibetan self-immolations in Tibet and in Tibetan areas of China in the past year, in protest against the Chinese occupation. For this segment, they have interviewed... Read more »

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Cutting through spiritual materialism in virtual reality?

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I’m really not sure what to say about this… The Second Life Marketplace lists the following items for sale (or for free): 821 items under the search term: Buddhism 1184 items under the search term: Buddha 2439 items under the search term: Zen 118 items under the search term: Tibet 2376 items under the search... Read more »

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Tanis Wetaskiwin / Grey Buffalo

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If you are a fan of Tibetan music, look no further than the incredible Tanis Wetaskiwin from Edmonton for the latest and greatest in Tibetan music vids… She’s on Facebook, representing for Native Canadian culture, Tibetan culture, and justice everywhere! http://www.facebook.com/people/Tanis-Wetaskiwin/100000737791353 She’s also on YouTube, with her own Grey Buffalo channel of Tibetan music videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/greybuffalo

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