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Exploring the Challenges of the Bodhisattva Path June 28, 2018 7 - 9 pm Fo Guang Shan Temple of Ottawa 1950 Scott Street Ina Denton, Certified Lay Dharma Lecturer

I went downtown today to pick up our veggie basket (organic veggies from across the river in Québec) and was early, so I had time to visit the International Buddhist Progress Society. The Bhikshuni there told me they are moving to Richmond at the end of the year and are building a new temple there on 5 acres. Details to follow. Meanwhile, here are some pictures I took in the main hall...

I've been reading a few books on Buddhist economics recently (more on that later), so this short video from England really caught my eye when a friend there posted it. It's a wonderful example of what a more enlightened approach to commerce might look like:

Mount Wutai: Visions of a Sacred Buddhist Mountain Wen-shing Chou Princeton University Press 2018 Hardcover, 240 pp., 8 x 11.5, 88 color + 31 b/w illus. ISBN 9780691178646 $65.00 USD   China’s Holy Mountain: An Illustrated Journey into the Heart of Buddhism Christoph Baumer I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd. 2011 Hardcover, 384 pp., 9.33 x 11.38, full color throughout ISBN 9781848857001 $42.00 USD Mount Wutai is one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains of China, along with Emei, Jiuhua and Putuo. It is situated in the northeast, in Shanxi Province, and it is the highest peak in China. Wutai is home...

My Year of Dirt and Water: Journal of a Zen Monk’s Wife in Japan Tracy Franz Stone Bridge Press, 2018 308 pages, paperback, 5 x 8 x 5/8” $16.95/ $22.99 CAN ISBN: 9781611720426 (p), 9781611729306 Westerners have been writing about Japan since the first missionaries arrived there in the 16th century. In the 1800s, Lafcadio Hearn won international acclaim for his memoirs of his time there, and since then many others have added to the genre. It’s difficult to bring something fresh to the subject. There have also been a number of books recounting western encounters with Zen, often from...