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Green Buddhism article

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Here's my latest article. It's an introduction to Green Buddhism for an international quarterly magazine for environmental educators in the K-12 space: https://greenteacher.com/green-buddhism/  

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GEMS: an introduction to Canadian Buddhism

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Sumeru is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of   GEMS AN INTRODUCTION TO CANADIAN BUDDHISM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE YOUNG AT HEART   The author is Ken Tanaka. Several years ago he wrote a similar book for the US market, which was published by BDK America, the U.S. branch of Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai, the Society for the Promotion of Buddhism, an international organization with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Late last year he approached me about doing a Canadian version and sent me the manuscript. The original obviously needed all the US references stripped out and Canadian ones put in....

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The Ox Herder's Diary

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My latest column for Buddhistoor Global... THE OX HERDER'S DIARY

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Zen Conversations

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Pleased to announce Sumeru will be publishing Rick McDaniel's upcoming book featuring interviews with 40 Zen teachers across North America, Zen Conversations. Autumn 2021 publication date?

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Shinko Roshi and the Five Goddesses

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Shinko Roshi, the subject of my latest column for Buddhistdoor, talks about her journey through Zen to invocations of the Five Goddesses. Here's the link: https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/shinko-roshi-and-the-five-goddesses

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