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Regina Insight Meditation Retreat
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Regina Insight Meditation Retreat… Here are details about Howie Cohn’s Non-Residential Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat that Howie will be teaching here in Regina on March 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The theme, A Loving Heart, seems to me to be a natural follow-on from his last retreat (A Healing Time) that he led on November 30 and... Read more »
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David Cherniak’s new Retreat movie
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David Cherniak’s new Retreat movie premieres next week-end. Here’s a note from him about it… RETREAT, a feature documentary I just finished will get it’s world premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Monday Jan. 28 at 8pm in the historic Arlington Theatre. It seats 2000+ so bring your friends. From the press kit:... Read more »
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Sugunasiri weighs in on Vancouver Sun’s “Two Buddhisms” gaffe
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Not too long ago, the Vancouver Sun printed a rather provocative but poorly-researched article on the state of Buddhist practice in British Columbia, which sparked significant push-back from Buddhists themselves. Arun, over at Angry Asian Buddhist, published a rebuttal, as did we. Now, Suwanda Sugunasiri, a well-resepected figure in the Canadian Buddhist larger community, has... Read more »
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Upcoming Numata Events reminder
Education Events Hamilton Toronto
Two UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO / McMASTER UNIVERSITY YEHAN NUMATA PROGRAMME IN BUDDHIST STUDIES Events: MATTHEW KAPSTEIN (University of Chicago / Université La Sorbonne) LECTURE Buddhist Idealists and Their Jain Critics: On Our Knowledge of External Objects? THURSDAY, January 24, 2012, 3-5 pm, UofT, JHB 317 Thinkers of the Yogacara school of Buddhism, in particular Vasubandhu,... Read more »
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Buddhist Fiction Blog tries crowdsourcing reviews
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We received notice of this initiative recently from the Buddhist Fiction Blog: Special Invitation for Currently Reading: Buddha on a Midnight Sea by Francesca Hampton Posted on January 18, 2013 Happy New Year! This month I’m going to read Francesca Hampton’s collection of short stories in Buddha on a Midnight Sea. The poignant, insightful short stories in this... Read more »
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