Sumeru News
Jade Buddha in the news
The Regina Leader-Post featured an article about the Jade Buddha on June 7, in their Entertainment section… http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/Touring+jade+Buddha+statute+returns+home+Canada/3124143/story.html The Windsor Star, another Canwest publication, offered a very abbreviated version of the article the next day, in their Life section… http://www.windsorstar.com/life/Jade+Buddha+Canada+world+tour/3125062/story.html To put that in context, Sumeru first covered the Jade Buddha story three-and-a-half months ago,... Read more »
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Martha Grey Buffalo on YouTube
Buddhism in Canada Edmonton First Nations Movies Music Publishing in a digital world
Martha is a 19-year-old Native Canadian from Edmonton. She has inspired many with her Facebook photo galleries of pow wow dancers and singers, and of Tibetan-Canadian events, showing some striking parallels between these two cultures. Now she has launched a YouTube channel featuring an amazing collection of Tibetan music videos. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/user/greybuffalo Not... Read more »
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UBC Buddhism Conference
Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Education Vancouver
The Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia will be hosting a conference on Canadian Buddhism in October 2010: Buddhism in Canada: Global Causes, Local Conditions 15-17 October 2010 University of British Columbia Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program funded by the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation The IAR offers a wide... Read more »
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Jade Buddha Canadian Dates
Buddhist Shrine Project Edmonton Toronto Vancouver
The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace, which is touring the world, will only be in Canada for a short period of time. Here are the scheduled venues: 12-20 June 2010, Phap Van Temple, 420 Traders Blvd., Mississauga, ON 24 July – 1 August 2010, Truc Lam Monastery, 11328 – 97 Street, Edmonton, AB 8-15 August 2010,... Read more »
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China’s Leap of Faith
Buddhism around the World Media Movies
Veteran Canadian film-makers Robin Benger and Christopher Sumpton, of Cogent/Benger Productions, have produced an excellent two-part documentary entitled China’s Leap of Faith, about that country’s amazing resurgence of religious practice in the face of Communist atheism. Part One: The Gods Come Home deals with Buddhism and other traditional Chinese faiths. Part Two: The Bamboo Cross... Read more »
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