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Compassionate Earth Walk

Alberta Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Environmental Issues Events Peace work Saskatchewan

Runs this summer, from Hardisty, AB, with 13 stops in Canada before crossing into the USA, following the Keystone XL Pipeline route. Organized by Shodo Spring. Here’s the link… www.compassionateearthwalk.org

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Tibetan Uprising Day and Tibetan Martyrs Day on March 10

Buddhism around the World Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Peace work Tibet

Events across Canada for Tibetan Uprising Day 2013 Ottawa:  Sunday, March 10 12:00  Rally on Parliament Hill 13:00  Walk to Chinese Embassy 13:30  Prayer vigil in solidarity with Tibetan people details – http://www.tibet.ca/en/ottawa contact – ctcoffice@tibet.ca Toronto: Sunday, March 10 10:00  Rally at Chinese Consulate, 240 George Street Main program at Dundas Square details – info@ctao.org Victoria: ... Read more »

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Thich Nhat Hanh Peace Prize 2013

Buddhism around the World Peace work

You can help nominate Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize 2013. Here’s the link on how to do it: http://www.peaceisthewayfilms.com Here’s more info, from Buddhadharma Practitioner’s Quarterly: Campaign strives to nominate Thich Nhat Hanh for Nobel Peace Prize Forty-five years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the team behind Peace is the Way... Read more »

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Mandarin Gate

Books Buddhism Buddhism around the World Peace work Politics Tibet Vajrayana

Mandarin Gate Eliot Pattison Minotaur Books; First Edition November 27, 2012 ISBN 978-0312656041 It is hard to look into the face of evil. I am not talking here about the evil of insane individuals or coercive abuse of unequal power relationships, as difficult as those may be to bear. At least we can harbour the... Read more »

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Syria, unfiltered

Buddhist Psychology Peace work

My brother sent me the link to this Russian photo-journalism site with many pictures of what is going on in Syria today. It is unimaginably horrific. A stark reminder of why we all need to see each other as brothers and sisters, not enemies or objects to be subjugated. The photos are not for the... Read more »

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