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Martha Grey Buffalo on YouTube
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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
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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
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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
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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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Asian Religions in BC
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The University of British Columbia will be publishing a new scholarly overview of Asian religions in BC later this year. Here is the link to more details… http://www.iar.ubc.ca/programs/pastprograms/asianreligions
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