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“Buddha’s Truthful Heirs?” TLKY Canada lecture, U of T, Thurs. Dec 12, 2013 @ 5 pm
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Dear Friend, On behalf of the University of Toronto Scarborough, I invite you to attend our upcoming event, which is part of the 2013-2014 Tung Lin Kok Yuen Perspectives on Buddhist Thought and Culture series (a TLKY Canada event). We are honoured to host Dr. Markus Viehbeck, Assistant Professor at the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe... Read more »
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Tibetan refugees ready to start over in Ottawa
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Via the Ottawa Citizen… OTTAWA — When Tenzin Tsangyang stepped off the plane in Ottawa on Friday, he says the welcome was so warm he didn’t even feel the cold outside. He is one of 10 stateless Tibetan refugees who travelled here from a settlement in Arunachal Pradesh, a state at the northeast tip of... Read more »
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Meet the man who revealed Shakyamuni Buddha’s exact birth place in Lumbini
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Bob McDonald from CBC’s Quirks and Quarks science show interviews Professor Robin Coningham from the University of Durham in England , the archeologist who recently transformed our understanding of Buddha’s birthplace in Lumbini, Nepal. The segment is about 10 minutes long: http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Quirks+and+Quarks/Excerpts/ID/2421298166/
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Canada welcomes first group of 17 new Project Tibet Resettlement newcomers
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Via CBC news… The first group of Tibetans to relocate to Canada under a new federal program arrived by plane in Toronto on Friday. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/exiled-tibetans-start-move-to-canada-under-resettlement-plan-1.2445180 Via CTV news… http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1051971 983 more to arrive. More information: www.projecttibetsociety.ca
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Montreal Tibetan Cultural Fair this week-end / 25th anniversary!
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Annual Tibetan Cultural Fair Saturday, November 30th – 10 am to 6 pm Sunday, December 1st – 10 am to 5 pm Santa Cruz Church Hall 60 Rachel West (corner St. Urbain), Montreal The 25th annual Tibetan Cultural Fair features a handicrafts bazaar, live music and dance performances, as well as traditional cuisine. The handicrafts... Read more »
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