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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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“Buddhism & Psychology” Student Essay Competition
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The 2011 Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada Essay Prize The Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada announces a student essay competition demonstrating the association between Buddhism/ Buddhist psychology and western psychology, science or society. Submissions should focus on the specific and creative ways that the western academic and clinic disciplines, (e.g. psychology, sociology, religious studies, philosophy, medicine,... Read more »
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Critical Buddhism
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We recently received a copy of CRITICAL BUDDHISM Engaging with Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought James Mark Shields Ashgate Press (Surrey, England, 2011) 216 pages ISBN 978-1-4094-1798-9 hardback An e-book edition is also available Dr. Shields received a PhD at McGill University and is currently Assistant Professor of Asian and Comparative Thought at Bucknell University, Lewisburg,... Read more »
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Asian Community Award winner Aloy Perera
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The Asian Community Award was presented to Aloy Perera in Toronto recently by the Canadian Multicultural Council. Mr. Perera is of Sri Lankan descent and has been a fixture in the Sri Lankan communities of Montreal and Toronto for forty years. Here are some further details of Mr. Perera’s achievements and the event at which... Read more »
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