Sumeru News
Shark Fin Ban
A number of Canadian cities have enacted or are considering bans on the sale of shark fins, joining more than 90 countries around the world who already support this initiative. We wholeheartedly encourage them to stop needlessly and brutally killing tens of millions of sharks each year. Our fragile oceans cannot maintain their balance without... Read more »
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Buddhist Summer Camp Update – Toronto
Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Events Toronto Youth
BUDDHIST EDUCATION NETWORK SUMMER DAY CAMP 2011 CULTURAL DAY CAMP for YOUTH Ages 11 to 13 Find out … Who is the Buddha of Compassion & Wisdom? Explore … Where & How He Lived? What He Did? Why He was Buddha? What did He Teach? Why People around the world Admire Him? Learn … Cooperative Mindfulness Exercises,... Read more »
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Wutaishan & Four Sacred Mountains re-created in Peterborough
Buddhism in Canada Buddhist Shrine Project Mahayana Ontario Peterborough Shrines Temples
Cham Shan Temple in Thornhill, Ontario, has undertaken a major initiative to build four temples near Peterborough, each replicating one of the Four Sacred Mountains of China. The project began several years ago, and Wutai Shan is the first temple being constructed. Here is comprehensive information from Chan Shan Temple about the project, followed by... Read more »
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2nd Global Conference on World’s Religions – Montréal, Sept 7, 2011
Buddhism around the World Buddhism in Canada Events Interfaith Montreal Visiting Teachers
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will open the Second Global Conference on World’s Religions After 9/11, at the Palais des Congrès in Montréal, sharing the stage with many notables from Buddhist and non-Buddhist spiritual traditions. This is a one-day event. The theme is world peace through religion. Ticket prices range from $100 – $300. Further... Read more »
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Ven. Mathieu Ricard on Global Warming
Buddhism around the World Environmental Issues
Earlier this year, Sumeru published Rimey Lama Chopa, translated by Glenn Mullin, with a foreward by Ven. Mathieu Ricard. Fifty percent of profits from sales of the book go to support Karuna-Shechen humanitarian projects in the Himalayas. Ven. Ricard’s recent opinion piece in The New York Times explains why it’s so important… http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/opinion/global/24iht-june24-ihtmag-ricard-30.html?_r=1
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