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Canadian Buddhist Chaplaincy Roundtable

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Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada presents, the Fourth and Final Buddhist Chaplaincy Roundtable: Exploring the essential components of a Buddhist rehabilitation program and ways to deliver them to Canadian prisons Come listen to our speakers and join this meaningful conversation… Ven. Roshi Taigen Henderson, Abbot of the Toronto Zen Centre http://torontozen.org/ He is a regular... Read more »

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Gaden Choling celebrates 30 years

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Congratulations to Zasep Tulku Rinpoche and all his students on the celebration of 30 years of Dharma service at Gaden Choling Mahayana Meditation Centre in Toronto! Here is the link to their website, with calendar of all the special events taking place this week: http://www.gadencholingtoronto.org/

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Diploma in Contemplative Psychotherapy & Mindfulness Training at ITM

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DIPLOMA IN CONTEMPLATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY & MINDFULNESS TRAINING Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science & Institute of Traditional Medicine Diploma & Certificate Programs in Contemplative Psychotherapy & Mindfulness beginning April 2015 Gain access to pioneers and world leaders in Contemplative Psychotherapy & Mindfulness including Daniel Siegel, Sharon Salzberg, Miles Neale, Robert Thurman, Richard Davidson, Pilar Jennings, Joe... Read more »

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Mindfulness-based Addiction Recovery Training at ITM

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8 Step Recovery Mindfulness-based Addiction Recovery training Become an MBAR trainer May 1-3, 2015 Institute of Traditional Medicine MBAR is a mindfulness-based approach to preventing relapse and promoting recovery from addiction. The course was developed by co-authors of Eight Step Recovery – Dr Paramabandhu Groves and Valerie Mason-John. The course has been shared in community... Read more »

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UofT’s Buddhist Chaplaincy program continues to evolve

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Continuous progress is being made with the Buddhist studies initiative at Emmanuel College, University of Toronto:  two courses –  Buddhism & Psychotherapy; Buddhist Contemplative Care – have been successfully launched and mid-term is approaching. We are also encouraging interested students to apply to the Master of Pastoral Studies program to take further Buddhism courses at... Read more »

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