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Who is Dicki Chhoyang?
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She’s a Tibetan Canadian from Montréal, who is a new minister (Kalon) in the 15th Tibetan Government in Exile. Here’s a brief 6-minute English video she made to explain her background, while running for that position: And here’s a brief description about her from an article introducing all the new ministers, taken from an article... Read more »
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Dalai Lama Montréal controversy
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There have been several news articles in the past few days about controversy surrounding the Second Global Conference on World’s Religions, happening tomorrow in Montréal. According to an article in the Edmonton Journal (originally appearing in the Montreal Gazette), His Holiness is “being duped into promoting Islamic fundamentalism.” Here’s the link for you to make... Read more »
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“Tibet: Home of the Brave” Montréal première 9.9.11
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From the film’s website, http://tibetterredesbraves.net/en/accueil/ A cinematic journey to one of the most remote places on the planet, Tibet: Land of the Brave transports the audience into the everyday lives of Tibetan herders, seen through the eyes of Gyamtso, Marijo and their daughter, Yangchen. Following this Tibetan-Canadian couple, who are expecting their second child in Tibet’s... Read more »
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Key Buddhist texts translated by Geshe Thubten Jinpa for free download
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Geshe Thubten Jinpa, PhD, is one of Canada’s treasures. He is the former translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and founder of the Institute of Tibetan Classics in Montréal where he lives. On the ITC website are offered a selection of texts translated by Geshe Jinpa. Here is the link: http://www.tibetanclassics.org/Jinpa_Translation.html
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Buddhist Council of Canada – the definitive history
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Various people have written about the Buddhist Council of Canada, which operated in the 1980s, but none have given a definitive account of the who, what, where, when, why and how of it. Now Suwanda Sugunasiri has written a comprehensive history which has been edited and revised by John Negru and Stanley Fefferman. Since those... Read more »
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