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Mindful Magazine launched in Halifax by Shambhala

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Mindful magazine is a new periodical about all things related to mindfulness, with topic areas including: In Body & Mind In Love & Relationships At Home At Work In Your Life Mindfulness Practice The Mindful Society The Science Partners News Resources Mindful Voices The second issue is on news stands now. Mindful.org is part of the... Read more »

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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction vs Buddhism in Macleans magazine

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Canada’s weekly news magazine, Macleans, has just published an article exploring the tension between mindfulness based stress reduction vs Buddhism, under the title “Mindfulness goes corporate – and purists aren’t pleased.” In the article, author Anne Kingston discusses the secular Buddhism notion from the perspective of its everyday proponents, from hospitals and corporate America to the... Read more »

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Inmates suing over Canada’s cut to non-Christian prison chaplains

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Non-Christian prisoners in Canadian jails have launched a legal challenge to Ottawa’s decision cutting non-Christian prison chaplains. Here’s the story in the Winnipeg Free Press: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/inmates-suing-over-ottawas-decision-to-cut-muslim-sikh-wiccan-chaplains-199015341.html

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Introduction to Buddhism lectures in Vancouver

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2013 Public Lecture Series: Introduction to Buddhism The Vancouver Buddhist Temple will be holding a public lecture series entitled “Introduction to Buddhism”, featuring five distinguished scholars. Date: The first lecture will be on March 19, 2013. Location: Vancouver Buddhist Temple, 220 Jackson Ave, Vancouver BC, V6A 3B3 Website: http://www.vancouverbuddhisttemple.com/

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Vancouver Mindfulness Network Meeting

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The next Vancouver Mindfulness Network Meeting is Feb 13, 7-9pm, at BC Children’s Hospital, Ambulatory Care Building, Room K0-155. Preliminary Agenda Items: – Planning for Vancouver mindfulness conference in 2013 (M. Callahan) – Report-back from Mindfulness with Youth Conference at UCSD (M. Callahan, B. Callahan, D. Vo) In general we plan to meet about every... Read more »

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