Sumeru News

Attention Canadian Buddhist centres: Based on current Canada Post shipping prices, I can ship boxes anywhere in Canada with quick service, trackable for $21 (Small) = 2 - 8 books depending on their size $26.50 (Medium) = 4 - 20 books depending on their size $34 (Large) = I should be so lucky you need a box this big! Canada Post is on the verge of raising rates on their pre-paid flat ship cross-country boxes. The books themselves are available to you at wholesale (50% discount) or less in the case of some books. Please let your centre management team...

Sumeru is pleased to announce we will be publishing Jonathan S. Watts' upcoming two volume work, Engaged Buddhism in JapanVolume 1: An Engaged Buddhist History of Japan from Its Origins to the Dawn of the 21st CenturyVolume II: Buddhist Social Engagement in Japan in the 21st Century Jonathan S. Watts graduated with a BA in religious studies from Princeton University in 1989 and an MA in human sciences from the Saybrook Institute in 2002. He has been a researcher at the Jodo Shu Research Institute in Tokyo since 1999 and the International Buddhist Exchange Center since 2005. He has also been an associate...

Buddhistdoor Global recently hosted a two-day online conference on environmental issues, Buddhist Voices in the Climate Crisis. As one of the sponsors, my presentation was about the free Buddhist Center Environmental Action Plan Toolkit that Sumeru published several years ago. You can view my presentation here: https://youtu.be/e6lMH5UjLMc?t=4386 And of course, you are welcome to watch the entire conference proceedings as well, posted in the same place!

https://buddhistfictionblog.wordpress.com/2022/08/18/john-negru-reviews-we-measure-the-earth-with-our-bodies/

Just a quick note to say I'm now working on Rafe Martin's upcoming book, A Zen Life of Buddha. Rafe is a lay Zen teacher in the Harada-Yasutani koan line. He is founding teacher of Endless Path Zendo, Rochester, NY, and is also an award-winning author and storyteller whose work has been cited in Time, Newsweek, NY Times, and USA Today.