Sumeru News — Temples

GTA Vesak 2017 confirmed and organizing begins

January 22, 2017 • Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist community • Events • Temples • Toronto • Vesak

We recently received this notice that the GTA Vesak 2017 is gearing up… Dear Venerable Abbots, Venerable Abbesses and Temple Lay Representatives, We, the four organizing temples (West End, Fo Guang Shan, Ching Kwok & Cham Shan Buddhist temples in Mississauga & Toronto) have the privilege of organizing Vesak: Buddha’s Birthday Celebration – 2017 at... Read more »

A Thousand Hands editors interviewed on Secular Buddhism podcast

January 02, 2017 • Books • Buddhism • Buddhism around the World • Buddhist Psychology • Chaplaincy • Sumeru • Sumeru Books • Temples

A Thousand Hands arose from an effort to provide Buddhist community leaders with tools and education to complement traditional Buddhist teachings and practice, and make us more effective caregivers and leaders. We may have read many sutras, practiced thousands of hours of meditation, or become well versed in Buddhist philosophy, but that does not prepare... Read more »

Ling Yen Mountain Temple expansion approved

July 03, 2016 • Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist community • Temples • Vancouver

After a protracted dispute with the Richmond, BC, neighbourhood over its ambitious expansion plans, Ling Yen Mountain Temple has received city approval for a scaled back plan. Here’s the story from CBC Vancouver: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/richmond-temple-expansion-moving-forward-1.3644540 For some context, here’s a story from the Richmond News in 2014: http://www.richmond-news.com/councillor-buddhists-didn-t-act-in-a-christian-way-1.982170 Here’s a 10-minute video tour of the temple:

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Wutai Shan Kawarthas project meets headwinds

June 28, 2016 • Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist community • Environmental Issues • Ontario • Temple Stories • Temples

Sumeru has been covering the conflict for some time now between Cham Shan Temple’s project to build a replica of Wutai Shan and the other three sacred Buddhist mountains from China in the Kawartha Lakes District of Ontario vs. the Ontario government’s plan to site three wind farms near the properties. Now the CBC has picked... Read more »

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Wutai Shan open house in Kawartha, Ontario

June 26, 2016 • Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist community • Mahayana • Ontario • Temple Stories • Temples

The Wutai Shan retreat in Kawartha, Ontario continues to take shape. Here’s the latest article about it from Kawartha Lakes This Week. http://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/6733406-buddhist-wutai-shan-temple-offers-530-acres-of-peace-and-solitude/

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