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Shambhala Sun seeks Associate Art Director

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JOB POSTING  Shambhala Sun Foundation  Associate Art Director We are seeking a colleague to join our editorial team to design elegant and effective layouts for the Shambhala Sun magazine, perform production- management duties, and undertake other design tasks to support the work of the Shambhala Sun Foundation. The Shambhala Sun Foundation, an independent non-profit located... Read more »

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Buddhapuja research by Sugunasiri now on YouTube

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This is to announce that the recent research on the Buddhapuja in Sinhala Buddhism and Arahant Mahinda as its Redactor by Prof. Suwanda H J Sugunasiri is now available on YouTube, hosted by www.torontobodymind.ca. Here is the URL: https://www.youtube.com/user/torontobodymind. Full text for FREE download: http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/search?q=sugunasiri&submit=Go&rep=tspc You may contact the author at suwanda.sugunasiri@utoronto.ca. BCC Presss Release re... Read more »

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Plot to save the earth – update

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Wow. Less than a week since launching our global Buddhist eco-initiative, Plot to save the earth, from the Oak Ridges Moraine and we already have 104 members in our open Facebook group, sending in pictures from all over the planet. Visit us there to see the pictures, join the group, and invite your friends to... Read more »

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Social Media Guidelines for so-called Vajrayana students

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Social Media Guidelines for so-called Vajrayana students, from Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche @ Siddhartha’s Intent: Social Media Guidelines for so-called Vajrayana students published on January 17, 2013 If you think or believe that you are a student of Vajrayana – whether or not that’s true is another matter – but as long as you think you are a Vajrayana... Read more »

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Buddhist Fiction Blog tries crowdsourcing reviews

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We received notice of this initiative recently from the Buddhist Fiction Blog: Special Invitation for Currently Reading: Buddha on a Midnight Sea by Francesca Hampton Posted on January 18, 2013 Happy New Year! This month I’m going to read Francesca Hampton’s collection of short stories in Buddha on a Midnight Sea. The poignant, insightful short stories in this... Read more »

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