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An American Buddhist Life published

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Sumeru announces publication of: AN AMERICAN BUDDHIST LIFE Memoirs of a Modern Dharma Pioneer By Charles S. Prebish ISBN 978-1-896559-09-4 $24.95 US/CAN    €17.50 EUR Perfect bound paperback, 266 pages, 6” x 9″ Now available worldwide at www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and many other online retailers From the beginning of Charles Prebish’s involvement with Buddhism in 1965, Buddhism... Read more »

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Wesak with Torana in Toronto

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A Press Release from the Buddhist Council of Canada… History was made on May 17, 2011 when a WESAK  TORANA was displayed on Canadian public soil for the first time, on the south lawn of the Ontario Legislature grounds, better known as Queen’s Park. It  was to commemorate the ushering in of the 2600th year... Read more »

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Edo Japan Restaurant’s 100th location

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Edo Japan Grill recently celebrated the opening of their 100th restaurant franchise location, in Edmonton. So what’s the Buddhist connection? The chain was launched in Calgary in 1979 by Susuma Ikuta, a Buddhist minister who resigned in 1999 to become Bishop of the Buddhist Churches of Canada! Here’s the full article from the Edmonton Journal: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Japan+opens+100th+restaurant+Edmonton/4759388/story.html

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“Critical Buddhism” reviewed

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CRITICAL BUDDHISM Engaging with Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought James Mark Shields Ashgate Press (Surrey, England, 2011) http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&title_id=10343&edition_id=13553 216 pages / ISBN 978-1-4094-1798-9 hardback / An e-book edition is also available Dr. Shields completed his undergraduate work and later received a PhD at McGill University. He is currently Assistant Professor of Asian and Comparative Thought at Bucknell University,... Read more »

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Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh public talk, Vancouver, August 14

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Open Mind, Open Heart: Touching the Wonders of Now Sunday, August 14, 2011 Orpheum Theatre 884 Granville Street, Vancouver 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Doors open at 1:00 pm) Tickets are $20 CAD and are available online through Ticketmaster: http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/1100465CC6D7D356 Tickets are still available. For more information about the events related to Thich Nhat Hanh’s visit,... Read more »

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