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THE WEALTHY BUDDHIST now available

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Our latest title, THE WEALTHY BUDDHIST: Buddhist Ethics, Right Livelihood, and the Value of Money, by Rod Burylo, is now available! Click on the red title to see more...

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Palyul Ottawa events January 2019

Tulku Dawa will be coming to continue the Bodhicaryavatara (The Way of the Bodhisattva - Shantideva) teachings, bestow the Manjushri empowerment and perform a refuge ceremony and give a public talk during his visit from Jan 9 - 13, 2019. See below for some of the details and visit our website for complete information. Schedule: Tulku Dawa will teach us on the following: Jan 9th (Wednesday) - Public talk - Developing Good Relationships Jan 10th (Thursday) -  1 session - continue the teachings on Bodhicaryavatara "The Way of the Bodhisattva" by Shantideva Jan 11th (Friday) –  1 session - continue the teachings on...

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Sumeru 2019 catalogue now available

Follow this link to download the free PDF: Sumeru 2019 catalogue

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Bernie Glassman tribute

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Richard Bryan McDaniel, chronicler of all things Zen in the West, forwarded this Bernie Glassman Roshi tribute, and asked if I would publish it here. I heartily agreed. Personal Impressions About Zen master and Social Activist Bernie Glassman Roshi  by Monika Jion Winklemann, Dharmaholder, Zen Peacemaker Circles. Founder, Not-Knowing-Sangha Bonn International The news reached me Sunday night through my ex. “Did you hear that Bernie died?” No, I hadn't. For once, I hadn't been on Facebook for a few hours because I had been attending, with my sister, a concert and a reading by the actress Iris Berben in memory of...

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New e-books from Sumeru

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Cypress Trees in the Garden: The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in America, by Richard Bryan McDaniel, is now available as an e-book from your favourite online vendor, as well as in paperback. Catholicism and Zen, by Richard Bryan McDaniel, is also now available as an e-book from your favourite online vendor, as well as in paperback.

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