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Ayya Medhanandi, Canada’s (only?) Theravada Bhikkuni, operates a center near Perth, Ontario. She was recently profiled in the Ottawa Citizen on Dec 29, 2009. The article discusses not only her practice, but some of the larger issues around bhikkuni ordination that are swirling around the global Buddhist community right now. For the record, we support... Read more »

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Thank you to everyone for your support since our launch this year. This is our 100th post! We are looking forward to 2010… and the upcoming publication of two books: Rebirth as Empirical Basis for the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, by Prof. Suwanda Sugunasiri; and Understanding the Chinese Buddhist Temple, by Karma Yönten Gyatso. We... Read more »

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Keep up to date with Aung San Suu Kyi, the monk-led democratic resistance, and all things Burmese… http://www.mizzima.com/

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I recently read an interesting article about Master Cheng Yen from Taiwan, how she founded the Tzu Chi Foundation and how it became Taiwan’s largest charity organization. The charity has been active in Canada for some time, but with a low profile. Most people don’t associate Buddhism in Canada with global charity work. I know... Read more »

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Buddhism in America, a historical overview by renowned Professor Charles Prebish, is now available as a free e-book download from Scribd. At first glance it appears to be a welcome perspective, and one of the few books about this subject other than the excellent How the Swans Came to the Lake, written by Rick Fields... Read more »

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