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Shodo Spring’s Compassionate Earth Walk

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Shodo Spring’s Compassionate Earth Walk begins in Alberta on July 4th, and will follow the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline route south into the USA. Her initiative was recently profiled in The Huffington Post, with the title – An Inconvenient Walk: A Grandmother’s Invitation.

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Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu in Manitoba, on the web and on YouTube

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I recently discovered Venerable Yuttadhammo (formerly Noah Greenspoon), a Canadian-born Theravada Buddhist monk, ordained in 2001 under the guidance of Venerable Ajaan Tong Sirimangalo of Chiang Mai, Thailand. His blog is: Truth Is Within / Just another Buddhist monk’s weblog I’ll be adding him to the Sumeru directory of Canadian Buddhist organizations shortly, but here’s his... Read more »

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Face to face with Thupten Jinpa Langri, the Dalai Lama’s translator

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Thupten Jinpa Langri, who calls Montreal home when he is not travelling and translating for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, is the subject of an in-depth series of profiles here.

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Arahant Mahinda and the Buddhapujava

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Suwanda Sugunasiri’s investigation into the origins of the Buddhapujava, one of the key texts of Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhism, identifying Arahant Mahinda as the author, is now available as a book, published by Nalanda Publishing Canada, 3 Ardmore Rd, Toronto, ON M5P 1V4. Telephone: 416-487-2777. Arahant Mahinda – Redactor of the Buddhapujava in Sinhala Buddhism ISBN... Read more »

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“An American Buddhist Life” now available in Canada as Kobo e-book

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Sumeru is pleased to announce the publication launch of our latest e-book… http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/An-American-Buddhist-Life-Memoirs/book-BzO_s4kXpUa0AXAVBoOQyQ/page1.html Available for your Kobo e-reader or desktop for $7.69. Coming soon to Kindle, Nook & iPad.

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