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Thich Nhat Hanh 2013 Canadian events

Buddhism in Canada Education Events Practice! Teachers Toronto Visiting Teachers Zen

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh will be on tour in North America in the summer/fall of 2013. He will have two Canadian events. Happy Teachers will Change the World is a 5-day mindfulness retreat for educators, August 11-16, 2013. Registration is expected to open between mid January and early February. Get notified about registration from the Ontario... Read more »

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Exploring the Five Traditional Buddhist Precepts and Guided Meditation Practices

Buddhism in Canada Events Practice! Retreats Vancouver

Exploring the Five Traditional Buddhist Precepts and Guided Meditation Practices Saturday January 26th – 9.30 am to 5 pm The Canadian Memorial Centre For Peace 1825 West 16th Ave, Vancouver The Recovery Monday Team/Vancouver Buddhist Centre presents: a day of looking at the how the Five Buddhist Precepts can help to train our Mind. Reflections... Read more »

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Regina Leader-Post reprints bad Vancouver Sun article on Canadian Buddhism

Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Media Practice! Regina

Regina Leader-Post reprints bad Vancouver Sun article on Canadian Buddhism: http://www.leaderpost.com/life/Buddhism+house+divided/7755402/story.html I hope people are writing letters to the editors of these newspapers to tell them their articles are inaccurate and offensive! Perhaps the publishers of these papers should also seriously consider sending their staffers to the Pure Land Buddhism conference being held at the end of... Read more »

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A Buddhist New Year’s Eve

Buddhism in Canada Events Meditation Practice! Toronto Zen

One of the most profound New Year’s passages I can remember was practicing zazen in a downtown urban centre, when at the stroke of midnight the city around us became alive with shouts, banging pots, horns and such. The divergent motivations of the dharmic and worldly paths were never more apparent! So if you are... Read more »

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Angry Asian Buddhist takes the Vancouver Sun to task

Blogs Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Media Practice! Vancouver

Arun, the Angry Asian Buddhist takes the Vancouver Sun to task for their ridiculous recent article about Buddhist practice in Canada. I knew I didn’t like the article, and he articulates its many flaws with his usual flair. http://www.angryasianbuddhist.com/2012/12/stereotypes-of-asian-buddhists-in-canada.html

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