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Buddhism in America

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Buddhism in America, a historical overview by renowned Professor Charles Prebish, is now available as a free e-book download from Scribd. At first glance it appears to be a welcome perspective, and one of the few books about this subject other than the excellent How the Swans Came to the Lake, written by Rick Fields... Read more »

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Khmer monk lauded in Vaughan, ON

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Ven. Nil Choen, resident monk at the Khmer Buddhist Temple in Maple, Ontario, was recently profiled in the Vaughan News. Here’s the link… http://www.vaughantoday.ca/story.php?id=2106

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Maitreya Project Heart Relic Tour

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The Tibetan Cultural Centre in Etobicoke hosted this event on September 23, 24 and 25, 2009. www.maitreyaproject.org Cristian Cowan, who is travelling with the exhibition, is keeping an excellent blog full of interesting facts and photos. http://cristiancowan.wordpress.com/

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Canada bars monks for poverty vow

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Canadian temples are having trouble bringing in qualified monks because of immigration rules… http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Poverty+keeps+monks+country/2113481/story.html

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Dalai Lama Montréal – Oct 2009

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Here are some links to information about His Holiness’ recent visit to Montréal. Sorry I wasn’t able to post them before the event. http://www.dalailamamontreal2009.org/index.html http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/dalailama/

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