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Buddhist Council of Canada revived

Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Groups

The Buddhist Council of Canada was originally active in the mid-1980s. Its former president, Suwanda Sugunasiri, has revived the organization and has broadcast this press release: This is to bring to the attention of the Canadian Buddhist community as well as the Canadian public that the Buddhist Council of Canada has now been revived after... Read more »

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China’s Tibetan leader vows to show the real Tibet to Americans (and Canadians)

Buddhism around the World Politics

Qiangba Püncog, the current chairman of the Permanent Committee of the People’s Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, is currently in the United States and will be visiting Canada, according to this article in the English Edition of China’s People’s Daily News: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7323494.html

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Buddhist Nuns in India / U of T conference

Buddhism around the World Conferences Education Events Toronto

The University of Toronto/McMaster University Yehan Numata Buddhist Studies Program is pleased to announce an international conference on the lives of ordained Buddhist nuns in India from the time of the Buddha until the eventual disappearance of the bhikṣuṇī saṅgha from Indian soil. BUDDHIST NUNS IN INDIA April 16-17, 2011, University of Toronto Trinity College,... Read more »

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SGI Canada requests Japan relief donations go to Canadian Red Cross

Buddhism around the World Charity

Here is the message from Tony Meers, General Director of Soka Gakkai Canada… Thank you very much for all the members’ sincere prayers for the people of Japan as they struggle in the aftermath of the earthquake, the tsunami, and now the nuclear radiation threat. Let us continue to chant daimoku for the protection of... Read more »

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Alan Marlatt, pioneering Canadian Buddhist psychologist – in memoriam

Buddhism around the World Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Buddhist Psychology Health

Dr. Alan Marlatt was born in 1942 in Vancouver, B.C. He received his bachelor’s of psychology from the University of British Columbia in 1964 and his doctorate in clinical psychology from Indiana University in 1968. He joined the faculty of the University of Washington in 1972. Dr. Marlatt, a long-time Buddhist practitioner, was one of... Read more »

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