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Phakchok Rinpoche Toronto Visit schedule @ Riwoche
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Events with Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche Tickets can be purchased at Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple or online (below). All events are at Riwoche Temple and all are open to the public. Times and dates shown are subject to change. August 6, Monday — Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche Arrival Air Canada AC7397 arriving at 10:43 am from Albany, N.Y.... Read more »
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Canadian Women in Buddhism conference, Calgary, 9.15.12
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Sakyadhita Canada is a Buddhist women’s organization that seeks to support both monastics and laywomen through a variety of initiatives. Sakyadhita Canada has begun an outreach program designed to inform Canadian women about Sakyadhita and create links between them. On Saturday September 15th, 2012 Sakyadhita Canada will be holding its first conference in Calgary. The... Read more »
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Lake Ontario Peace Walkers undaunted
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Five of the peace walkers from the Grafton Peace Pagoda’s “No More Fukushimas Peace Walk for Mother Nature” around Lake Ontario have arrived in Kingston, while 50 more walkers were held back at the border. Full details and backgrounder in this article from the Kingston Whig-Standard: http://www.thewhig.com/2012/07/22/border-hold-up-doesnt-halt-peace-walk
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Canadian Buddhism and banned cult
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama banned the practice of the Shugden deity more than ten years ago. Here is a link to a story explaining the reasons, from Time Magazine, reproduced from the Canada Tibet Committee website, where it was posted in 2008: http://tibet.ca/en/newsroom/wtn/3218 This practice is associated with the New Kadampa Tradition and their Canadian... Read more »
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Zasep Tulku Rinpoche biography
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Here is the link to a wonderful, detailed biography of Zazep Tulku Rinpoche and his lineage, with photos: http://www.gblt.site50.net/index.php?main=main02.1
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