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Ponlop Rinpoche in Vancouver in May
Buddhism in Canada Teachers Vancouver Visiting Teachers
PUBLIC TEACHINGS BY DZOGCHEN PONLOP RINPOCHE ON DZOGCHEN AND PADMASAMBHAVA Friday, May 3 & Saturday, May 4, 2013 @ UCV, 949 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC For the first time in three years, our beloved teacher, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, is returning to teach in Vancouver this spring. Everyone is welcome to Rinpoche’s public teaching, “On... Read more »
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Numata events at U of T and McMaster
Buddhism around the World Buddhist Studies Education Events Hamilton Toronto
The UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO / McMASTER UNIVERSITY YEHAN NUMATA PROGRAMME IN BUDDHIST STUDIES presents: CRISTINA SCHERRER-SCHAUB (Université de Lausanne) THURSDAY, February 7, 2013, 3-5 pm, U of T, JHB 317 READING GROUP: Tibet – An Archaeology of the Written To obtain the reading materials please contact Christoph Emmrich at christoph.emmrich@utoronto.ca FRIDAY, February 8, 2013, 4-6 pm, McMaster, University... Read more »
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Sugunasiri discusses his novel “Untouchable Woman’s Odyssey” in Lanka-focused arts mag from Toronto
Books Buddhism around the World Media Sri Lanka
My Bindi, a Lankan arts, culture and lifestyle website based in Toronto, has recently posted an interview with Canadian Buddhist novelist, Suwanda Sugunasiri. Here’s the link: http://www.mybindi.com/articles/interview-with-suwanda-sugunasiri-author-of-untouchable-womans-odyssey The novel centres on a love relationship between two people struggling to overcome ethnic and caste barriers in post-colonial Sri Lanka (with a strong Buddhist rebirth angle).
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Vancouver introduction to the Tibetan resettlement project
British Columbia Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Refugees Tibet Vancouver
Saturday, February 23, 2013 / 1:00 – 4:00 P.M. Hewett Centre, at the Unitarian Church, 949 West 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC In 2013, the first immigrants under a special program for displaced Tibetans are expected to arrive in Canada. In order to settle successfully, they will need help, guidance, and sponsorship support. This workshop is intended to... Read more »
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Robert Campany Numata Lecture/Reading Group
Buddhism around the World Buddhist Studies China Education Events Hamilton Mahayana Toronto
The UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO / McMASTER UNIVERSITY YEHAN NUMATA PROGRAMME IN BUDDHIST STUDIES presents: Robert Campany (Vanderbilt University) LECTURE The Incredible Vanishing Religion: Glimmers of Buddhist Imagination from Medieval China THURSDAY, January 31, 2013, 2-4 pm, University of Toronto Mississauga, Instructional Building, IB 220 The Buddhism familiar to many Americans and Europeans today has aptly been... Read more »
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