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Prajna Temple grand opening, Newmarket, Sept 6

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Distinguished Friends, The opening ceremony of the Canada Buddhist Prajna Temple and Canada Wisdom Compassion Center (CWCC) will be held at 10:00 AM, September 6, 2014. We are pleased to extend a sincere invitation for all to attend this spectacular event and express our heartfelt gratitude to those all who have been showing interest and supporting... Read more »

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Four Sacred Mountains recreated in Peterborough – pictures

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Here’s a nice article from a Peterborough tourism website with some excellent photos of the first of four Cham Shan Temple complexes being built in the area: http://www.ptbocanada.com/journal/2014/7/4/here-are-photos-of-a-cham-shan-buddhist-temple-being-constructed-near-peterborough This is the same temple complex that was recently in the news over a dispute with the Ontario government about a proposed wind farm development nearby. Thanks... Read more »

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Mahamevnawa Bhavana Asapuwa

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I recently had the opportunity to drop by our local Sinhala monastery and take some pictures on a beautiful sunny afternoon…  

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Dale’s Temple Adventures

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Dale Quarrington, a 36-year-old Canadian teacher of English in Korea, also contributes to spreading the beauty and knowledge of Korean Buddhism through his blog titled, Dale’s Korean Temple Adventures. Since January 2011, Quarrington has visited more than 190 temples in Korea and posted pictures and reviews. That breaks down to three or four temples every... Read more »

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Video walk through Sitavana – Birken Forest Monastery

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Abbot Ajahn Sona takes us on a tour of the spiritual and practical design elements of Birken Forest Monastery (‘Sitavana’) – a Canadian Theravada Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition located in the interior region of British Columbia. – For more information: http://birken.ca | meditate@birken.ca

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