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What is a ‘Buddhist Painting’? Lecture at McMaster, Oct 22, 2013
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The Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University is delighted to welcome our Dr. Harry Lyman Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor, Raoul Birnbaum. Professor Birnbaum (University of California Santa Cruz) is an internationally-renowned scholar of Chinese Buddhism and art history. All are invited to a public lecture at McMaster: “What is a ‘Buddhist Painting’? Some Registers... Read more »
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Tara in the Palm of Your Hand, new book by Zasep Tulku Rinpoche
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Via Zuru Ling… We in the Zuru Community are very fortunate. On Sept. 11th, Our precious Lama, Ven. Zasep Rinpoche will be bestowing a Green Tara Tantric Initiation and launching the first book he has just published, “Tara in the Palm of your Hand”. Green Tara is the Buddhist Deity of Active Compassion and Wisdom. Her meditation... Read more »
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Canadian prison dharma program expands under new leadership
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Sister Elaine MacInnes, the 90-year-old Catholic nun and Zen master who founded “Freeing the Human Spirit,” a prison dharma program in Ontario, has retired, passing the reins for the organization to the John Howard Society, who plan to roll it out across Canada. Here’s the full story, from the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/09/05/prison_yoga_meditation_classes_to_expand_across_canada.html
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The History of Contesting Intermarriage, Religion, Race, and Nation in Burma (lecture)
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Southeast Asia Seminar Series Lecture in the Arts, Histories, Literatures, and Religions of Burma “Transcultural Intimacies and Infidelities Under Colonial Rule: The History of Contesting Intermarriage, Religion, Race, and Nation in Burma (Myanmar)” Chie Ikeya (Rutgers University) Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:00 – 4.00 pm Department for the Study of Religion Jackman Humanities Building, Room... Read more »
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Daeung Sunim finishes Journey of Spirit bike pilgrimage in Patagonia
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Daeung Sunim, who started his pan-American bicycle pilgrimage in British Columbia and crossed to Newfoundland, has completed his journey to the very southern tip of South America, crossing the Strait of Magellan in Tierra del Fuego! Here is his latest (last?) post on his Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/JourneyOfSpirit We look forward to his later reflections.
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