Sumeru News

Sumeru has supported the Lion's Roar online auction for quite a few years, and this year we are donating four books to the cause. The auction is on now! To see the books on offer, and all the other great items, here's a link: https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/browse.action?auctionId=334184206&view=IMAGE&page=2&sort=NAME_ASC&categoryId=334184212

Zasep Tulku Rinpoche has self-published a new book, GELUG MAHAMUDRA: Eloquent Speech of Manjushri. Here's the link for information and an excerpt from the book: https://buddhaweekly.com/advance-book-excerpt-gelug-mahamudra-eloquent-speech-of-manjushri-a-commentary-and-practice-guide-on-sutra-and-tantra-mahamudra-by-h-e-zasep-tulku-rinpoche/ Here's the link for information about the book launch, November 24 in Toronto: https://buddhaweekly.com/events/gelug-mahamudra-book-launch-and-author-signing-with-h-e-venerable-zasep-tulku-rinpoche-november-24-2018-public-drop-in-event/

Here's a review of Catholicism and Zen, by Richard B. McDaniel, from the current issue of the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies: https://thecjbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Catholicism-and-Zen_McCall_75-78-1.pdf In related news, we will be publishing the e-book edition early in 2019.

You are invited to the book launch of Beginning, Middle & Zen by Glen Shakwon Choi. Wednesday, October 31, 5:30 pm, Emmanuel College, U of T. Sponsored by Emmanuel College, The University of Toronto Applied Buddhist Studies Initiative, and The Sumeru Press Inc. Reading, interview, and refreshments Free admission Here's the poster. EVENTBRITE RSVP: http://bit.ly/GlenZenOCT31 INQUIRIES: BuddhistEduFoundation@rogers.com

A Toronto event focusing on Dr. Abedkar's Buddhist work with the Dalits (aka Untouchables) of India. Sponsored by the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto, the Munk School of Global Affairs and Foreign Policy, the Centre for South Asian Studies, and the Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada. Thursday, October 25, 2018