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The Vancouver Sun ran a nice piece yesterday about Thich Nhat Hanh’s upcoming summer visit, dubbing him the world’s “second most-famous Buddhist.” The article explains how he earned that title and provides some interesting context. Read it HERE.

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The website for Thich Nhat Hanh’s August 2011 retreat and public talk in Vancouver is now up and running, although registration has not started yet. For more information about the events (and to register when that portion of the website goes live), please visit: http://www.tnhvancouver2011.org/

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Coming very soon from The Sumeru Press… RIMEY LAMA CHOPA, composed by Kyapje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910 -1991) was the archetype of a spiritual teacher, someone whose inner journey led him to an extraordinary depth of knowledge and enabled him to be, for whoever met him, a fountain of loving kindness, wisdom... Read more »

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Registration for volunteers at the retreat led by Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh and associated lecture in August, 2011, in Vancouver, will be managed by two of his Vancouver sangha members, Justin Loveless and Jeanie Seward Magee. To register as a volunteer, please contact: Jessica Main Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Chair, Buddhism and Contemporary... Read more »

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A recent exhibit of plasticized bodies in Winnpeg has raised concerns among human rights activists who fear the source of the corpses may be prisoners of conscience from China. Here is a link to a recent opinion piece in the Winnipeg Free Press about it… http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/living-must-respect-dignity-of-the-dead-113126844.html

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