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Ingress and Buddhist Temple geo-tagging
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I recently joined a global community of videogamers playing Ingress, a massively multi-player online Android game made for Google+ by Niantic Labs. The game involves discovering, visiting and claiming portals in the public sphere all over the world. One of the two teams is known as “The Enlightened” (which is part of what drew my... Read more »
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Canadian High Commission in India’s statement on bombing of pilgrimage sites in India
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Via http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/india-inde/highlights-faits/2013/2013-07-10-statement-declaration.aspx?lang=en July 10, 2013 | No. 201307-03 Andrew Bennett, Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, and Jim Nickel, Acting High Commissioner for Canada to India, today issued the following statement condemning Sunday’s bombing of the Bodh Gaya pilgrimage site in Bihar, India: “Canada is shocked at this wanton act of terrorist violence against one of Buddhism’s... Read more »
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TibetFest Victoria 2013 pix
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Lots o’ fab pix of TibetFest Victoria 2013 here at Flickr, from the folks at TSOVI (Tibetan Cultural Society of Vancouver Island). Enjoy.
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“Practicing Peace” retreat for Pema Chodron’s 77th birthday, July 14, 2013
Buddhism in Canada Peace work Practice! Retreats
Via Sakyadhita Canada and the Pema Chodron Foundation… Please join us in celebrating Pema’s 77th birthday by taking part in our second annual birthday retreat. On this day, Pema invites you to meditate for a few hours or for the entire day, alone or with friends. Pema’s deepest hope is that this will help us plant the... Read more »
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Sumeru receives Access Copyright Foundation professional development grant
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We are pleased to announce we have received a grant from the Access Copyright Foundation for professional development in the area of international subsidiary literary rights management. This will help us to better serve our authors in negotiating foreign publishing deals for their work. Thank you ACF!
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