Sumeru News — Temples
“Seeking Heartwood” film about American Buddhism
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Now completing filming and looking for funding for post-production/distribution. Looks very good. Watch the trailer. Main website – http://seekingheartwood.com Fundraising – http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seekingheartwood/seeking-heartwood-documentary-on-buddhism-in-ameri
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Steveston Shin Buddhist Temple profiled in The Province
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Link here: http://www.theprovince.com/life/Steveston+Buddhist+Temple/7038627/story.html
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Jeff Wilson’s “Dixie Dharma” published
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Jeff Wilson, associate professor of religious studies and East Asian studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo, has just published “Dixie Dharma: Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South” with the University of North Carolina Press. You can read a short description of the book and hear a podcast interview with Jeff at... Read more »
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Mahamevnawa videos, Markham, ON
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Official Opening (in Sri Lankan and English): Wesak 2010:
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Dirty Laundry
Buddhism in Canada Cults Groups Practice! Teachers Temples
Unfortunately, the story of dharma in the west is not all sweetness and light. As His Holiness the Dalai Lama says: “When teachers break the precepts, behaving in ways that are clearly damaging to themselves and others, students must face the situation, even though this can be challenging, criticize openly, that’s the only way.” Here is the... Read more »
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