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Toronto thangka painting events
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Yulokod Studios is organizing a series of Toronto thangka painting events in support of Labrang (The Tibetan Artists Development Society), with a view to creating some ongoing educational opportunities in this field. Ani Donma from Yulokod is well-known for her thangka work in stained glass. Here’s the fundraising poster…
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Lama Catherine Rathbun Jetsun Yeshe passes away
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We have just learned that Lama Catherine Rathbun Jetsun Yeshe, founder and teacher at Friends of the Heart in Toronto, has passed away. Here is a notice from Toronto Mind-Body: http://www.torontomindbody.org/lama-catherine-rathbun-jestsun-yeshe-passes/ Here is a brief outline of her life, from the Friends of the Heart website: Catherine Rathbun Jetsun Yeshe A householder, a mother, a wife. a teacher,... Read more »
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Love and Liberation, reviewed
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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
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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
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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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