Sumeru News — Victoria

Wayne Codling blogs about Buddhism for Victoria Times Colonist “Spiritually Speaking”

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Wayne Codling, retired Zen monk living in Victoria, BC, blogs regularly on Buddhism for the “Spiritually Speaking” column in the Victoria Times Colonist. Here is a sampling of his recent posts:  Zen meditation is about authenticity  What is the essential Buddhist question? Suffering. The grievous harm done in war VWCC hosts premier of new documentary ... Read more »

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Victoria Zen Centre video intro to Zen on YouTube

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Eshusan at the Victoria Zen Centre has put together an excellent series of videos on aspects of Zen practice. Here is the first one: Orientation to Zen – Zazen (Zen Meditation) Also in the series are: Home Practice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMbDKZy201w Five-Minute Practice Session http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pKwViVV41A Kinhin (Walking Meditation) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvY8J6YZHvA&feature=relmfu Arrival and Entering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWbfxnRvxqs&feature=relmfu Jikijitsu and Shoji http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdPDXbV9ObU&feature=relmfu... Read more »

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Canadian Buddhist Meetups

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Vancouver & Victoria Calgary Edmonton Toronto Ottawa Montréal Halifax Excluding groups that are tangentially tagged as “Buddhist” the breakdown is as follows: 4 Theravada 7 Mahayana (including three that focus on martial arts) 10 Vajrayana (mostly Shambhala) 13 New Kadampa (which many people do NOT consider as Buddhist, bur rather as a cult) 4 Non-denominational

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Peter Renner, heartmind, end-of-life care, Fernwood Zendo, Victoria

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This is good… http://heartmind.ca/

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Online Meditation Practice with the Victoria Zen Centre

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Eshu Martin, teacher at the Victoria Zen Centre, discusses their e-zendo program in a podcast with Adam Tebbe, webmaster at the Sweeping Zen blog: Here’s the link: http://sweepingzen.com/2012/03/16/episode-5-online-meditation-practice-with-the-victoria-zen-centre/ Here’s the link for the Victoria Zen Centre: http://www.zenwest.ca/

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