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The Third Step East reviewed
Books Buddhism in Canada Sumeru Sumeru Books Teacher Stories Teachers Zen
Richard Bryan McDaniel will be reading from his latest book, Cypress Trees in the Garden: The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in America, at the Toronto Zen Centre on Tuesday evening, May 24th. His earlier book, The Third Step East: Zen Masters of America, was recently reviewed in Plum Mountain News. Here’s the review… Third... Read more »
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Choosing Buddhism book review
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Choosing Buddhism: The Life Stories of Eight Canadians By Mauro Peressini March 2016, ISBN 978-0-7766-2331-3 Mercury Series, Cultural Studies Paper 86 472 pages, 125 images, 17 x 24 cm $54.95 pbk https://press.uottawa.ca/choosing-buddhism-2946.html From the publisher: Choosing Buddhism explores the experience of Canadians who chose to convert to Buddhism and to embrace its teachings and practices in... Read more »
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Albert Low memorial
Buddhism in Canada Death Montreal Teacher Stories Teachers Zen
In Memory of Albert Low Richard Bryan McDaniel Albert Low, the Director of the Montreal Zen Center, died on the morning of January 27. He was 87 years old. In 2013, I had arranged to interview Albert and four of his students for a book I was writing on the second generation of Zen teachers... Read more »
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Cypress Trees in the Garden book review
Books Sumeru Sumeru Books Teacher Stories Teachers Zen
Cypress Trees in the Garden: The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in America, by Richard Bryan McDaniel (Sumeru, 2015), was recently reviewed in Chobo-ji’s Plum Mountain News, Winter 2015-16 edition. In fact, there were two reviews. Here they are… Cypress Trees in The Garden by Rev. Rinzan Pechovnik McDaniel’s previous book, The Third Step East... Read more »
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Albert Low dead
Buddhism in Canada Death Montreal Teacher Stories Teachers Zen
Albert Low, long-time director of the Montreal Zen Centre, has passed away, peacefully in his sleep, during the early morning hours of January 27th, 2016. Gate, gate, para gate, para sam gate. Bodhi, sva ha. Here is the statement from the Montreal Zen Centre: We at the Montreal Zen Center are mourning the recent death... Read more »
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