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Glenn Mullin at Lumbini 2013
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Here’s a short video from Glenn Mullin about Lumbini, with pix of all the temples and gardens. The site is much more well-developed than it was even 25 years ago, in part because the United Nations was pressing the international community to take its designation as a World Heritage Site more to heart. There’s a... Read more »
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International Buddhist Film Festival, Vancouver, July 26 – Aug 1, 2013
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As part of the Vancouver International Film Festival, the IBFF (International Buddhist Film Festival) will take place in Vancouver this year, its first time in Canada. There will be 15 films in the series. Here’s the link to the series: http://www.viff.org/theatre/films/search?field_series_tid=6096 Here are the trailers: Un Buda The Buddha Crazy Wisdom Dead Man Digital Dharma Amongst... Read more »
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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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