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Buddha’s Birthday, 2010
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May the blessings, peace and joy of Wesak inspire you for the coming year!
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Vancouver Sun shoots down “Wild Geese”
Just in case you might have thought journalists don’t go for the easy sensationalistic approach to complex stories, the recent book review of Wild Geese from the Vancouver Sun will remind you that in Canadian society, sarcasm and derision often pass for objective analysis… http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Buddhism+nice+might+believe/3002161/story.html It makes a fascinating counterpoint to my review, presented below.
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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
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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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