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Love and Liberation, reviewed
Books Buddhism around the World Buddhist Psychology Practice! Tibet Vajrayana Women
Love and Liberation: Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Sera Khandro Sarah Jacoby Columbia University Press, 2014 456 pages, 6 x 9 ISBN: 978-0231147682 From the publisher Love and Liberation reads the autobiographical and biographical writings of one of the few Tibetan Buddhist women to record the story of her life. Sera Khandro Künzang Dekyong Chönyi... Read more »
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Searching for the Heart of Sacred Space, reviewed
Books Buddhism around the World Environmental Issues Meditation Sumeru Sumeru Books
Here’s a review from the Landscape Review of Searching for the Heart of Sacred Space by Dennis Winters, published by The Sumeru Press in 2014. Enjoy… Places of Silence Here too is the journal’s online reference: http://journals.lincoln.ac.nz/index.php/lr/index
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Women Liberated – a Buddhist dance production for International Women’s Day
Art Buddhism in Canada Dance Events Theravada Toronto Women
Via JK Dance Company… 14 February 2015 Dear Friends, To celebrate one of the most important dates for humanity – on March 8th, 20015 – International Woman’s Day, Janak Khendry Dance Company’s is presenting its outstanding dance work “WOMEN LIBERATED”, a dance-drama based on Buddhism. This dance work, based on the Buddhist scripture Therigatha –... Read more »
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Dhammananda and bhikkhuni ordination
Buddhism around the World Hamilton Theravada Women
The Bangkok Post has just published a long article on Dhammananda bhikkhuni (who has a Masters degree in Religion from McMaster University), and her long quest to re-establish the bhikkhuni ordination in Thailand. Here’s the link: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/special-reports/475378/if-the-robes-fit. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip. © Post Publishing PCL. All rights reserved.
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Self-ordination in an Indian Monastic Code / Numata Lecture
Buddhism around the World Buddhist Studies Education Events Hamilton Numata Theravada Toronto Visiting Teachers
The UofT/McMaster University Numata Buddhist Studies Program presents: VINCENT TOURNIER (School of Oriental and African Studies) LECTURE: Self-ordination in an Indian Monastic Code THURSDAY, February 12, 2015, 3-5 pm, UTSC (University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus), JHB 317 This presentation will explore the status of the Buddha as the first fully ordained monk, as it emerges... Read more »
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