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An amazing non-profit overnight camp program for veg-friendly, eco-conscious, mindful youth! For ages 9 to 13 years old. Runs from July 20-25 (6 days/5 nights) at the Youth Leadership Camps Canada near Peterborough, Ontario. The Vegetarian Ahimsa Camp is an overnight camp for youth aged 9 to 13, running from July 20 to 25, 2014 at... Read more »

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Abbot Ajahn Sona takes us on a tour of the spiritual and practical design elements of Birken Forest Monastery (‘Sitavana’) – a Canadian Theravada Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition located in the interior region of British Columbia. – For more information: http://birken.ca | meditate@birken.ca

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has released their photography collection online for non-commercial use, for free. The collection includes more than 600 photos of Buddhist artifacts in their possession. Well worth visiting… http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search?ft=buddhist You can find hundreds more by changing the search word to “Tibet”, “Japan”, etc.

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Via Tricycle… An excellent interview with Geshe Thupten Jinpa, translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and highly accomplished scholar in his own right, dealing with the intersection of Buddhism, scientific education, and the secularization of meditation/mindfulness. Geshe Jinpa lives in Montreal. http://www.tricycle.com/feature/under-one-umbrella

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The Regina Leader-Post recently published a very nice profile of Rev. Uttam Barua and the Wat Buddhadhamma Buddhist Temple. Buddhist community is small but vibrant

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