Kimberly Beek (Buddhist Fiction Blog) and Suwanda Sugunasiri (Buddhist Council of Canada) are in the process of organizing the first-ever Buddhist Literary Festival for this year’s WORD ON THE STREET festival at Harbourfront in Toronto. They are seeking volunteers to assist in organizing and hosting the event. Press release here:
I had the opportunity this week to take a walk in Gatineau National Park with Innen Ray Parchelo, the Tendai priest who runs the Padakun contemplative walking society (http://www.padakun.com/), along with a couple of other hardy sojourners. Ray is the author of Walk Like a Mountain: The Handbook of Buddhist Walking Practices (Sumeru 2012), and he will be... Read more »
Sumeru has moved. We’re now located in Ottawa. The last two months have been consumed with the relocation, but we’re starting to gear up again with new projects. Details to follow shortly… Our new contact information: The Sumeru Press, Inc. 301 Bayrose Drive, Suite 402 Nepean, ON K2J 5W3 613-878-3362 E-mail, Facebook, and Twitter remain... Read more »
The Sumeru Press was recently profiled on the Buddhistdoor website, thanks to an interview with Justin Whitaker. Here’s a link to the article… https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/sumeru-books-canadas-buddhist-hub
Sumeru author Innen Ray Parchelo speaks with Ted Meissner of the Secular Buddhist podcast… Chances are if you are on a silent meditation retreat, the primary focus is sitting practice. Not just on retreats, either; sitting has a dominant focus in contemplative practice, interspersed with periods of short walking which seem geared to loosen up... Read more »
