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Prison chaplain cuts story continues
Buddhism in Canada Chaplaincy Media Prison Toronto
The story of prison chaplain cuts to non-Christian positions by the federal government has now been picked up by the Toronto Star. Since Harper’s government (who plan to save us $1.3 million with the cuts) are moving ahead with $2 billion in spending for new prisons, should we assume that all the new criminals are... Read more »
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Epitome of the Pali Canon
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Epitome of the Pali Canon is a new book from Chroniker Press in Toronto, published on Lulu. This book is a collection of Wikipedia articles pertaining to the Pali Canon, the oldest collection of Buddhist scriptures, and is reprinted with permission.
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Numata Lectures updated times
Buddhism around the World Education Events Toronto
Please find below this year’s updated Numata Program. There had been some concerns about the late afternoon times. Accordingly the only changes (apart from a few typos) concern the times (now 3-5 pm) of the UTSG events (except the first lecture by Shaman Hatley, which remains unchanged) and the time (now 2-4 pm) and room... Read more »
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Buddhadharma Quarterly seeks new editor
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The Shambhala Sun Foundation seeks a trained editor to fill the role of managing/assistant editor of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly. Right livelihood: Buddhadharma is hiring We are looking for an editorial professional who is highly organized and detail oriented, energetic, and willing to take on a wide variety of tasks; who has knowledge of our audience and of... Read more »
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Prison chaplain cutbacks condemned in open letter
Buddhism in Canada Chaplaincy Interfaith Prison
CBC news has just run a story about federal cutbacks eliminating the positions of non-Christian chaplains in prisons, and how these chaplains are protesting. The article also contains a copy of the actual open letter signed by 17 of the 71 chaplains in question. A related CBC article indicates that non-Christian chaplains are not the... Read more »
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