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Critical Indology series launches with Buddhist lecture (updated location info)

Buddhism Buddhism around the World Buddhist Studies Education History Toronto

Critical Indology Lecture Series This new lecture series presents scholars whose work is indebted to the study of the history, languages, and cultures of South Asia through the textual testimony of the region, and who at the same time in their work critically reflect on that debt, the baggage, and responsibilities that come with it,... Read more »

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Vipassana Retreat with Brian Ruhe in Mission BC

British Columbia Buddhism in Canada Retreats Theravada Vipassana

Via Lower Mainland Buddhism… Westminster Abbey Vipassana Weekend Retreat. January 17 – 19th Join Brian Ruhe for a silent weekend of Vipassana Meditation and Buddhist Philosophy. Happy New Year!! Make a New Year’s resolution! WMA is a Catholic Monastery in Mission about a 1.5 hour drive from Vancouver with 31 Benedictine monks and it’s a great place... Read more »

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Dr. Robert Thurman in Toronto, Saturday, Feb 15

Buddhism Buddhist Psychology Psychology Toronto Visiting Teachers

The Art & Science of Mindfulness Healing Wisdom & Compassion in Buddhist Psychology with Dr. Robert Thurman Join us for an evening that explores the HEART of MINDFULNESS with one of the world’s leading teachers of Buddhism, Dr. Robert Thurman; chosen by TIME as one its 25 most influential Americans, describing him as a “larger... Read more »

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koanlife blog launches

Blogs Buddhism in Canada London Zen

koanlife – zen, art, life  is a new blog from Gaundry Sensei at the London Zen Centre. Here’s his “About” bio: Raymond Gaudry Sensei is the Director of the London Zen Centre and a Zen teacher in the Pacific Zen School lineage. Raymond has been practicing Zen for the last twenty years, and is very interested in... Read more »

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Sensei Fredrich Ulrich retires

Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Teacher Stories Teachers Winnipeg

Via the Winnipeg Free Press… After more than a decade of sermons, speeches and television appearances, the city’s most public Buddhist is becoming a little more enlightened about the prospect of retirement. “I wanted to work until (age) 80, but I figured if I worked too long I wouldn’t enjoy my retirement,” explains Sensei Fredrich... Read more »

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