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New e-books from Sumeru

• Books • Publishing • Sumeru Books • Teacher Stories • Zen

Cypress Trees in the Garden: The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in America, by Richard Bryan McDaniel, is now available as an e-book from your favourite online vendor, as well as in paperback. Catholicism and Zen, by Richard Bryan McDaniel, is also now available as an e-book from your favourite online vendor, as well as in paperback.

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How Buddhist Chaplains are trained

• Buddhism in the West • Buddhist Psychology • Chaplaincy • Hospice Care • Interfaith • Publishing • Sumeru Books

I recently discovered this short piece from National Public Radio in the States on how Buddhist Chaplains are trained: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/05/26/buddhist-chaplains It was particularly interesting because Sumeru is pleased to announce that next year we will be publishing a new textbook for Buddhist chaplains: Kalyāṇamitra: A Buddhist Model for Spiritual Care This book will be only the fourth work ever published in the field of Buddhist spiritual care and the first to provide a comprehensive theory to guide the work of Buddhist chaplains. That theory is the Three Prajñās Framework for Spiritual Care. Prajñā means wisdom (roughly) and the Three Prajñās...

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Shambhala Books launches children's imprint

• Art • Books • Buddhism • Children • Publishing

Shambhala Books is launching a children's imprint, in association with the Khyentse Foundation's Children's Book prize. Below is the information from their new press release. Although the submission date seems to have passed, making it impossible to submit a book for consideration, it is worth noting. Perhaps it was a typo and they meant 2019?... Here's what they are saying: We are delighted to announce that Shambhala is launching a children’s imprint named Bala Kids in the Fall of 2018. Bala Kids will be devoted to inspiring the next generation through the Buddhist values of compassion and wisdom. With a shared...

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Welcome to the new Sumeru Books website

• Books • Buddhism around the World • Buddhism in Canada • Film • Movies • Publishing • Sumeru Books

   We're pleased to introduce the new Sumeru Books site on the Shopify platform, which will give us a host of great new features to serve you better. For starters, we now offer fully secure e-commerce. You can now purchase from us directly as well as from the 3000+ online book stores who already represent us. You'll also find pages load faster (which is always nice). In addition to infrastructure, we have a few other new developments in the works... Buddhist films are coming soon! We have been busy forging relationships with a broad range of motion picture distributors around the...

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Sumeru has a major upgrade coming soon

• Books • Publishing • Publishing in a digital world • Sumeru • Sumeru Books

Sumeru has a major upgrade coming soon: we are leaving WordPress and moving to Shopify. The platform is much more robust and secure, faster, and offers a cleaner design that is better suited to a book publishing business. Two especially important features for us are the addition of reliable e-commerce on our site and on... Read more »

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