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Searching for the Heart of Sacred Space, OALA book review

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The Ontario Association of Landscape Architects recently reviewed Searching for the Heart of Sacred Space, by Dennis Winters (Sumeru, 2014). Here’s the review… Click on each page to enlarge the image.      

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Raymond Gaudry receives John Tarrant’s Dharma Transmission at London Zen Centre

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Raymond Gaudry, Roshi, received Dharma Transmission from John Tarrant, Roshi, of the Pacific Zen School, February 2nd in London, Ontario. Pacific Zen originally came out of the Sanbo Kyodan, a Japanese Zen school, but has developed since then and is probably best understood now as leaning towards the old Chinese Linji style. Raymond is the... Read more »

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The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in North America contents announced

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We are honoured to be publishing Richard Bryan’s third and fourth volumes of his epic history of Zen Buddhism: The Third Step East: Zen Masters of America Cypress Trees in the Garden: The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in North America The Third Step East is almost through the design process and will be released... Read more »

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Anthology of writings by Canadian Buddhist women nears completion

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Early last year we put out a call for material for an anthology of writing by Canadian Buddhist women teachers, scholars and practitioners … and the response was overwhelming! The project is now nearing completion of the editing phase, under the able leadership of Tanya McGinnity (www.fullcontactenlightenment.com) and we are almost ready to begin the... Read more »

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Korean Zen group in Brampton seeks retreat space

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We are a Buddhist community based in Brampton, Ontario, looking for a place to have 4 or 5 retreats a year for 8 – 20 people.  What would that include (meals, beds etc.) How much per person or per cabin? Please contact: Hapjang Bup Gong (법공) Marie Gaspari Korean Buddhist Taego Order: America-Europe Parish www.taegozen.net... Read more »

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