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Sumeru is pleased to announce the publication launch of our latest e-book… http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Rimey-Lama-Chopa-Tibetan-Rimey/book-t_hYerRmM020XDrDoxHlFg/page1.html?s=1P8bKQsgL0KeH-Zl5nfsrg&r=1 Available for your Kobo e-reader or desktop for $6.29. Coming soon to Kindle, Nook & iPad.

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DIXIE DHARMA Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South by Jeff Wilson 296 pp., 18 illus., 6 tables ISBN 978-0-8078-3545-6 $36.95 cloth http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/T-9131.html From the publisher: Buddhism in the United States is often viewed in connection with practitioners in the Northeast and on the West Coast, but in fact, it has been spreading and... Read more »

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Our first two e-book titles: Rimey Lama Chopa (Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, translated by Glenn Mullin) and An American Buddhist Life (Charles Prebish) will be out next week! You’ll be able to buy them for Kindle, Kobo, iPad, Nook, Sony e-Reader, and a variety of other formats, from your favourite online vendor, along with the print versions. Our next... Read more »

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Research on Western Buddhists in Toronto My name is Glen Choi and I’m currently a doctoral student at the University of Ottawa who is researching the ways in which our respective cultures shape the way we perceive and practice Buddhism. I have interviewed many Korean Buddhists to better understand the “Eastern” cultural approach to Buddhism.... Read more »

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From The Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/mobile/news/national-news/China+journalist+denies+spying+claim+Canadian+freelancer+quit/7129845/story.html

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