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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: 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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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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This documentary movie, just under an hour in length, was produced in France in 1995. It comprises archival footage dating as far back as 1938, with a excellent explanatory voice-over in English. Like many films about Tibet, it concentrates on the political story – and does that very well, in spite of occasional over-the-top attempts... Read more »

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Recently began to converse on Facebook with Chagdud Tulku’s lineage in Uruguay. Their web address is http://pt.chagdud.org/en/ Their sister site of Tibetan music may also be of interest… http://www.dakinimusic.com/

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