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Thich Nhat Hanh 2013 Canadian events
Buddhism in Canada Education Events Practice! Teachers Toronto Visiting Teachers Zen
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh will be on tour in North America in the summer/fall of 2013. He will have two Canadian events. Happy Teachers will Change the World is a 5-day mindfulness retreat for educators, August 11-16, 2013. Registration is expected to open between mid January and early February. Get notified about registration from the Ontario... Read more »
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Exploring the Five Traditional Buddhist Precepts and Guided Meditation Practices
Buddhism in Canada Events Practice! Retreats Vancouver
Exploring the Five Traditional Buddhist Precepts and Guided Meditation Practices Saturday January 26th – 9.30 am to 5 pm The Canadian Memorial Centre For Peace 1825 West 16th Ave, Vancouver The Recovery Monday Team/Vancouver Buddhist Centre presents: a day of looking at the how the Five Buddhist Precepts can help to train our Mind. Reflections... Read more »
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Lumbini and the battle for Buddhism
Buddhism around the World Buddhist Shrine Project Lumbini Nepal Shrines
Lumbini, the birthplace of Shakyamuni Buddha, was a sleepy little hamlet in Nepal until recently. Now China and India are engaged in a battle for hegemony over the site and it looks as though China is winning. On Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, former military commander of rebel Maoist forces in... Read more »
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CBC in Tibet
Buddhism around the World Media Tibet
According to the Canada-Tibet Committee, a group of Beijing-based reporters from the CBC have gained access to Tibet, where they have been able to report on recent events: http://www.tibet.ca/en/newsroom/wtn/12558 The original post is from Phayul.com
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Regina Leader-Post reprints bad Vancouver Sun article on Canadian Buddhism
Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Media Practice! Regina
Regina Leader-Post reprints bad Vancouver Sun article on Canadian Buddhism: http://www.leaderpost.com/life/Buddhism+house+divided/7755402/story.html I hope people are writing letters to the editors of these newspapers to tell them their articles are inaccurate and offensive! Perhaps the publishers of these papers should also seriously consider sending their staffers to the Pure Land Buddhism conference being held at the end of... Read more »
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