Sumeru News — Toronto

Reverend Christina Yanko from the Toronto Buddhist Church was one of the officiants at the mass wedding which took place at World Pride in Toronto recently. I asked her for a bit of info about it and here’s what she told me… “I have attached 3 pictures. They are by the Westend Studio. I don’t... Read more »

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I recently added the Linh Son Pagoda on Rivalda in Toronto and the Dia Tang Pagoda on Jarry est in Montreal to the www.canadianbuddhism.info directory, but I’d like to include much more information about them. I’ve had a lot of difficulty in the past finding out about Vietnamese temples (see my comments about that in the... Read more »

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The Jade Buddha is currently at Linh Son Temple in North York from 17 July – 3 August, and already thousands of people have gone to pay homage. You will be able to see photos of the crowds on the Jade Buddha website or via their Twitter page: @JadeBuddhaPeace . Linh Son Temple is the... Read more »

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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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On May 20th, at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio atrium, Sumeru’s latest book Searching for the Heart of Sacred Space: Landscape, Buddhism & Awakening was officially launched at a soirée hosted by the author, Dennis Winters. The event was planned by Stacey Carcao. The photos were taken by Jeff Ip. Here are few pictures of the event…

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