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Sugunasiri discusses his novel “Untouchable Woman’s Odyssey” in Lanka-focused arts mag from Toronto

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My Bindi, a Lankan arts, culture and lifestyle website based in Toronto, has recently posted an interview with Canadian Buddhist novelist, Suwanda Sugunasiri. Here’s the link: http://www.mybindi.com/articles/interview-with-suwanda-sugunasiri-author-of-untouchable-womans-odyssey The novel centres on a love relationship between two people struggling to overcome ethnic and caste barriers in post-colonial Sri Lanka (with a strong Buddhist rebirth angle).

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Kamloops Buddhist monk teaches path to the simple life

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Very nice bio and interview with Ajahn Sona of Birken Forest Monastery here, from the Kamloops Daily News.

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Social Media Guidelines for so-called Vajrayana students

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Social Media Guidelines for so-called Vajrayana students, from Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche @ Siddhartha’s Intent: Social Media Guidelines for so-called Vajrayana students published on January 17, 2013 If you think or believe that you are a student of Vajrayana – whether or not that’s true is another matter – but as long as you think you are a Vajrayana... Read more »

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Sugunasiri weighs in on Vancouver Sun’s “Two Buddhisms” gaffe

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Not too long ago, the Vancouver Sun printed a rather provocative but poorly-researched article on the state of Buddhist practice in British Columbia, which sparked significant push-back from Buddhists themselves. Arun, over at Angry Asian Buddhist, published a rebuttal, as did we. Now, Suwanda Sugunasiri, a well-resepected figure in the Canadian Buddhist larger community, has... Read more »

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Buddhist Fiction Blog tries crowdsourcing reviews

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We received notice of this initiative recently from the Buddhist Fiction Blog: Special Invitation for Currently Reading: Buddha on a Midnight Sea by Francesca Hampton Posted on January 18, 2013 Happy New Year! This month I’m going to read Francesca Hampton’s collection of short stories in Buddha on a Midnight Sea. The poignant, insightful short stories in this... Read more »

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