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Panoramio photos
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I have begun to post my photographs of Buddhist pilgrimage sites on Panoramio, viewable through Google maps and Google Earth. Bodhgaya, Ajanta, Shwedagon (in Rangoon), and Koh Samui (in Thailand) are up. Many more to come. You can browse the locations or search “Karma Yonten Gyatso” in Panoramio to view.
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Deep Knowing: Dharma art by Soyolmaa from Mongolia
Deep Knowing: A Woman’s Journey in the Buddha Dharma – A reflection featuring the Buddhist paintings by contemporary Mongolian artist Soyolmaa, is now available through Amazon in a book format designed by Marianne Solome of Chicago. Here is a brief video about the book… The book itself is available at Amazon through the following link…... Read more »
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Thrangu Rinpoche to visit Canada, August 2009
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Thrangu Rinpoche, one of the great living Vajrayana masters, will visit Canada this summer: Aug. 12 – 14 Ottawa, Canada Teaching: Seven Points of Mind Training of Atisha Program: August 13 – 14 (Contact details to be posted) Aug. 15 – 25 Toronto, Canada KTZL Toronto Thrangu Centre Aug.18-21 – Teaching on The Hundred Verses of Advice... Read more »
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Burma VJ – Canadian dates
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Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country will receive its Canadian premieres August 7, 2009. Toronto: opening August 7, Royal Cinema Ottawa and Vancouver: opening August 7, theatres to be announced Here is a brief synopsis of the movie from the official website – http://burmavjmovie.com/ Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed... Read more »
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Vajra Sky Over Tibet – the movie
Here is part one of this 90-minute documentary, narrated by Tenzin Choegyal, nephew of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama. You can watch the entire movie in 9 parts on Youtube. This movie does a very good job of illuminating the spiritual essence of Tibetan culture, with many scenes of Buddhist practice.
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