Sumeru News — Montreal

Lama RabtenTshering in Montréal

Buddhism in Canada Events Montreal Vajrayana

Lama Rabten Tshering will teach on Lojong: Seven Points of Mind Training Lama Rabten Tshering is Nalandabodhi Canada’s resident teacher. He became a monk at the age of 16 and trained at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India, the principal seat of His Holiness the Karmapa. In 1992 Lama Rabten was appointed senior Disciplinary Master of... Read more »

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I’m Your Man book review from a Buddhist perspective

Books Buddhism in Canada Montreal Music Zen

I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons McClelland & Stewart, 2012 ISBN-13: 9780771080401 Paperback edition coming in August 2013 Everybody loves Leonard, and rightly so. He is one of Canada’s great treasures, known worldwide through his songs, poetry and novels. He is a master of the nexus between mystery and dis-enchantment. Sylvie... Read more »

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Enjoy the Brush – Calligraphy with Kaz Tanahashi in Montreal

Art Buddhism in Canada Events Montreal Zen

April 5 at 7:00 pm until April 7 at 4:00 pm Enpuku-ji Zen Centre, 4620 St-Dominique, Montreal, QC Using bio-degradable watercolor paint, we will explore the 1,700-year-old wisdom of East Asian calligraphy and take a glimpse into the heart of the creative process by reproducing selected ideographs in the tradition of ancient Chinese masterpieces. While... Read more »

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Face to face with Thupten Jinpa Langri, the Dalai Lama’s translator

Buddhism in Canada Dalai Lama Montreal Teacher Stories Vajrayana

Thupten Jinpa Langri, who calls Montreal home when he is not travelling and translating for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, is the subject of an in-depth series of profiles here.

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Valentine’s Week Retreat at Dharma House in Morin Heights, Quebec

Buddhism in Canada Events Montreal Québec Retreats

Valentine’s Week Retreat at the Morin Heights Dharma House on the the Four Immeasurables “The Most Contagious Activism is Linked to Celebration and Joy”–Alice Walker “My activism – cultural, political, spiritual – is rooted in my love of nature and my delight in human beings. It is when people are at peace, content, full, that they are... Read more »

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