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Dalai Lama wins $1.7 million Templeton Prize
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From the Vancouver Sun: http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/03/29/dalai-lama-wins-1-7-million-templeton-prize/
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Canada Secretly Saw Tibet as “Qualified for Recognition as an Independent State” in ’50s
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Declassified documents from 1950 through the 1960s show that Canada considered Tibet to be “qualified for recognition as an independent state.” These documents also show how the Canadian government’s concern over the outcome of United Nations votes led Canada to publicly avoid the question of Tibet’s political status in favor of human rights. But while... Read more »
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Griefwalker on Tricycle Film Club
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Stephen Jenkinson is one of Canada’s leading palliative care educators, and the subject of a full-length documentary by Tim Wilson, titled “Griefwalker.” The movie is Tricycle Magazine’s March selection for their Buddhist film club, and featured on their website: http://www.tricycle.com/filmclub A 20-minute Tricycle audio interview with Jenkinson is available here: http://www.tricycle.com/blog/tricycle-talks-stephen-jenkinson-aka-griefwalker Information about the film, a short... Read more »
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Transforming minds and lives through Buddhism, Calgary, 4.2-3.12
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From the Calgary Herald: The first time Lara Braitstein learned anything about Buddhism, she was struck at just how much sense it all made to her. “What I learned at first was about understanding, that our minds are the source of our experience of the world as positive or negative, and that if we learn... Read more »
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Wesak Toronto 2012
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WESAK 2012 (Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment & Parinibbana) Join in a Buddha Puja. Offer flowers to the Buddha. Chant the Avalokitesvara, Lotus & Wisdom Sutras. Transfer Merit to the Departed. Join in the singing of the Unity Song. Listen to an inspirational speaker. Saturday, May 5, 2012 6 pm to 8 pm Queen’s Park Grounds, Toronto... Read more »
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