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WILD GEESE book review
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Buddhists have been in Canada for more than 100 years, but Canadian Buddhism remains in many ways a fragmented collection of solitudes. Wild Geese is the first serious attempt to understand the multiple realities of Canadian Buddhism in an organized fashion. As such, it is a landmark book. Editors Harding, Hori and Soucy have collected... Read more »
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WILD GEESE: Buddhism in Canada
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Wild Geese: Buddhism in Canada Edited by John S. Harding, Victor Sogen Hori, and Alexander Soucy The most comprehensive study of Buddhism in Canada to date McGill-Queen’s University Press Paper (0773536671) 9780773536678 / CA $29.95, US $29.95 Cloth (0773536663) 9780773536661 / CA $95.00, US $95.00 6×9, 464pp, 14 b&w photos FROM THE PUBLISHER: Buddhism has... Read more »
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Wutai Shan in Peterborough
Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Peterborough Shrines Temple Stories
Cham Shan Temple is building the Wutai Shan Buddhist Gardens in Peterborough, Ontario, as a replica of the Buddha Light main hall of the Tang Dynasty Wutai Shan temple, using lumber milled specifically for this purpose in China. Several weeks ago, the first containers of wood arrived to begin construction. Details of this exciting project... Read more »
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Montreal Tibetan Festival
Buddhism in Canada Buddhist community Montreal Vajrayana
Montreal’s Tibetan Arts Centre hosts the Tibetan Festival, a home-grown multi-venue event running from May 1-8, 2010. Details at: Dung Dkar
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Purification of Mind @ U of T
Buddhist Psychology Education Practice! Theravada Toronto
New College of the University of Toronto and the Toronto Mahavihara present A lecture on Purification of mind through mindfulness by Ven. Uda Iriyagama Dhammajeeva Thero Tuesday, May 11, 2010 / 7 – 9 pm William Doo Auditorium, New College, 45 Willcocks Street Ven. Uda Iriyagama Dhammajiva Thero, a student of Ven. Sayadaw U Pandita of Burma,... Read more »
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