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Vesak Mississauga photos
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Sadahan Canada has posted 446 photos on his Picasa site from the joint GTHA Vesak Mississauga (Buddha’s Birthday event) held June 1st at Mississauga’s Celebration Square. The event was sponsored by 30 local Buddhist temples and attended by more than 3000 participants. Here’s the link to the pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/110996962821760040787/BuddhaSBirthdayCelebrationJune12013
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Vesak Mississauga round-up
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The weather cooperated and more than 3000 people attended the Buddha’s Birthday event hosted by Phap Van, Fo Guang Shan and West End Buddhist Temple and 27 other temples from the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area in Celebration Square, Mississauga, on June 1st, 2013. Here’s a round-up from the Mississauga news site, with a nice two-minute... Read more »
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Jing Yin Temple joins Toronto’s “Doors Open” event
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Jing Yin Temple is open for architectural viewing today and tomorrow, as part of the City of Toronto “Doors Open” event. Here’s the listing: http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/culture/doorsopen.nsf/7810A7D0D6C0033D8525799C004D29F5/38CB4A55A31E186085257B2C0015C818?opendocument And here’s the temple’s website: http://www.tbjyt.org/portal_tbjyt/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=85
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Party for Buddha’s Birthday in Mississauga update
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Here are complete details on the GTA Vesak celebrations happening June 1st in Celebration Square, Mississauga: To All Devotees and Friends, Please click on the link: http://www.mississauga.com/ community/article/1618160– party-for-the-buddha-at-the- square We have pleasure in inviting you to participate in the special celebrations drawn up to mark the 2637th Birth Anniversary of the Buddha on Saturday,... Read more »
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Canadian Buddhist history in Victoria, BC
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Here’s an interesting article from the Victoria Times Colonist about the history of Buddhist practice there, and some backgrounder on this year’s Buddha’s Birthday celebrations, from a novice monk at the Victoria Zen Centre, Soshin McMurchy: http://www.timescolonist.com/buddha-s-birthday-a-chance-to-learn-1.191242
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