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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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Buddhism and Science International Workshop at U of T, April 13-14

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Buddhism and Science: An International Workshop An International Workshop at the University of Toronto Scarborough / April 12th-14th, 2013 Organized by Prof. Geoffrey Samuel. Sponsored by the Tung Lin Kok Yuen 東蓮覺苑 Perspectives on Buddhist Thought and Culture Series, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough. Friday April 12th: 3.30pm     Workshop... Read more »

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Cultivating mindfulness in children – Vancouver, May 9-11

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Heart-Mind 2013: Helping Children Thrive Thursday, May 9, 2013 – Saturday, May 11, 2013 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Heart-Mind 2013 brings together some of the leading minds in child development and contemplative practice – from scientific researchers to practitioners – to address the Dalai Lama’s question, “How can we educate the hearts of children?” Register Now Early bird... Read more »

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Buddhism and the Unforgetting of the 1976 Massacre in Bangkok

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Virtuous Silence: Buddhism and the Unforgetting of the 1976 Massacre in Bangkok Southeast Asia Seminar Series Thongchai Winichakul Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison Friday, March 8, 2013, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM LOCATION: SS 3130, Political Science Conference Room, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Toronto Register Online at: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13572 The 6th October... Read more »

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