Sumeru News — Toronto

Buddhist Abortion Rituals in Modern Japan

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While he is Toronto this week, Professor Hori will give a morning talk at the University of Toronto, entitled Buddhist Abortion Rituals in Modern Japan 10:30am-12pm Friday, November 16 2012 Jackman Humanities Building, Room 318 170 St George Street Department for the Study of Religion University of Toronto This event is free and open to... Read more »

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Victor Hori Lecture in Toronto: “Buddhism in Canada”

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Friday, November 16 at 6:30 pm Buddhism in Canada by Professor Victor Hori The Japan Foundation, Toronto, 131 Bloor Street West, 2nd Floor Admission: Free RSVP required: http://www.jftor.org/whatson/rsvp.php or 416-966-1600 x 103 * * * Buddhism came to Canada more than a century ago but for most of that period it remained confined to the... Read more »

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Arhant Mahinda – Redactor of the Buddhapūjāva in Sinhala Buddhism (book launch CANCELLED)

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Buddhist Council of Canada, in co-sponsorship with Nalanda College of Buddhist Studies (Canada) regrets to announce that the BOOK LAUNCH IS CANCELLED. The book, however, will still be available as of November 17th. Arhant Mahinda – Redactor of the Buddhapūjāva in Sinhala Buddhism (with Pali Text, Translation and Analysis) By Suwanda H J Sugunasiri, PhD (US Fulbright... Read more »

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Prison chaplain cuts story continues

Buddhism in Canada Chaplaincy Media Prison Toronto

The story of prison chaplain cuts to non-Christian positions by the federal government has now been picked up by the Toronto Star. Since Harper’s government (who plan to save us $1.3 million with the cuts) are moving ahead with $2 billion in spending for new prisons, should we assume that all the new criminals are... Read more »

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Numata Lectures updated times

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Please find below this year’s updated Numata Program. There had been some concerns about the late afternoon times. Accordingly the only changes (apart from a few typos) concern the times (now 3-5 pm) of the UTSG events (except the first lecture by Shaman Hatley, which remains unchanged) and the time (now 2-4 pm) and room... Read more »

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