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Samaneri ordination at Sati Saraniya Hermitage, Perth, Ontario

Buddhism in Canada Ontario Practice! Theravada Women

Via Aspiring to Awaken / Sati Saraniya Hermitage… We were 100 strong at Sati Saraniya Hermitage on September 14, 2013 to witness the Pabbajja, Going Forth from home to homelessness, of Samaneri Ahimsa as a 10-precept novice nun. The occasion of her samaneri ordination was historic – the first to be held in the new... Read more »

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Great Compassion Repentance Service

Buddhism in Canada Events Mahayana Practice! Temples Toronto

Fo Guang Shan Temple of Toronto will host a Great Compassion Repentance Service on Sunday, October 27, 2013 from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm. The Great Compassion Repentance Service is based on the Great Compassion Mantra. The full name of the Great Compassion Mantra literally means, “Thousand-arms and thousand-eyes Avalokitesvera Bodhisattva’s all embracing great compassion... Read more »

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Pyung Hwa Sa walking trails

Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Meditation Practice! Temple Stories Temples Toronto

I took a day off work today to restore my spirit, and stopped by Pyung Hwa Sa, the Chontae Korean Buddhist temple down the street. They have a large property and have devoted a lot of energy to urban farming and communion with nature! After considerable effort, they have created a beautiful walking trail system... Read more »

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“The Buddhist View of Emotions” retreat, Whistler, BC, Nov. 15-17

British Columbia Buddhism in Canada Events Meditation Practice!

Via the Lower Mainland Buddhism group… The Buddhist View of Emotions, November 15-17, 2013 “ For aeons, almost everything we think and feel, all our interpretations have been rooted in hope and fear, which in turn, have bound our minds up in turbulent emotions, constraining them to such a degree that we no longer have any control... Read more »

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Jayantā Shirley Johannesen interviews Ayya Medhanandi, founder of Sati Saraniya Hermitage in Canada

Buddhism around the World Buddhism in Canada Practice! Teachers Women

AYYA MEDHANANDI: We are truly on the cusp of a wonderful new era. I see the changes as historical for both Theravada Buddhist monasticism and the outreach of the Buddha’s teachings in western society. The Buddha said that when a person native to the country in which the Dhamma teachings are introduced becomes a monastic, then... Read more »

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