Sumeru News — Psychology
Geshe Thupten Jinpa interview
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Thupten Jinpa was born in Tibet in 1958. He received his early education and training as a monk at Zongkar Chöde Monastery in South India and later joined the Shartse College of Ganden monastic university, South India, where he received the Geshe Lharam degree. He taught Buddhist epistemology, metaphysics, Middle Way philosophy and Buddhist psychology... Read more »
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Medicine Buddha Initiation, Toronto, 6.7.12
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Thursday, June 7th, 2012 “Medicine Buddha Initiation” with: Acharya Zasep Jamseng Rinpoche Medicine Buddha embodies the healing qualities of all the Buddhas, whose realizations overcome the ‘diseases’ of physical sickness, delusion, and other obstructions. Receiving this initiation allows individuals to engage in Medicine Buddha practice, and thus to cultivate Medicine Buddha’s special qualities in their own... Read more »
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2012 Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada Essay Prize
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The Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada (BEFC) announces a student essay competition demonstrating the association between Buddhism/Buddhist psychology and western psychology, science or society. Submissions should focus on the specific and creative ways that the western academic and clinical disciplines, (e.g. psychology, sociology, religious studies, philosophy, medicine, psychotherapy, cognitive sciences) have encountered Buddhism and Buddhist... Read more »
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Buddhism + Psychology Student Union, U of T – 1st undergrad academic journal
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Upaya is the journal of the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health undergraduate program student union (BPSU) at New College, University of Toronto. Their first issue was released in May 2011. Here is a link to it: UPAYA 1 For further information about the program, click here: http://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/academics/new-college-academic-programs/buddhism-psychology-and-mental-health/
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Designer Babies Welcome in Buddhism
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Suwanda Sugunasiri, Canadian Buddhist scholar and community activist, weighs in on Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, an important aspect of bioethics, with a Buddhist perspective: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=44144
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