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Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu launches McMaster Buddhism Association & Monastery
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Here’s a new 8:53 minute clip from Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu’s video blog, announcing the establishment of a Buddhist monastery in Hamilton, Ontario, in association with the McMaster Buddhism Association he is starting in conjunction with his upcoming teaching at McMaster University. For further information, here’s the link to their YouCaring support page: http://www.youcaring.com/sirimangalo-internation-buddhist-meditation-society-405420 including an earlier 5 minute... Read more »
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BC Buddhist prisoner denied Buddhist chaplaincy help
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Here’s a very recent article from the Canadian Press wire service about a prisoner in BC whose request for Buddhist chaplaincy help was denied by Provincial and Federal Courts. http://www.citynews.ca/2015/08/14/federal-court-dismisses-imprisoned-buddhists-human-rights-complaint/ Regardless of this man’s past, cuts to Canada’s multifaith chaplaincy programs in prisons do not help make our society better in any way. Prison should be... Read more »
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First Nations and Buddhism – Calgary conference address
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Here’s a wonderful video of Dr. Reg Crowshoe of the Blackfoot nation, addressing the World Buddhist Women conference in Calgary (organized by the Jodo Shinshu Temples of Canada) earlier this year. His talk deals with the First Nations perspective on Oneness, which was the theme of this year’s conference. It’s an interesting look at the... Read more »
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Lama Lena Dzogchen Retreat, Toronto
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Dzogchen Meditation retreat with Lama Lena Based on the traditional teaching ‘3 Words of Garab Dorje’ August 21 – August 23 Institute of Traditional Medicine 553 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor (3rd floor) Toronto, ON www.itmworld.org info: info@itmworld.org Retreat schedule: Friday August 21 7-9pm, Saturday August 22 11-1 & 3-5pm, Sunday August 23 11-1pm Dzogchen... Read more »
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Think online Buddhist content is important?
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If you think online Buddhist content is important—too important to allow it to slip into oblivion in future—then you need to save those pages to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, a free online resource of web pages that have in past or may in future go dark. Here is the link: https://archive.org/web/ I urge every Buddhist temple,... Read more »
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