Rediscovering the Women of Northern Wei with Stephanie Balkwill
Here’s an interesting article about women in the development of the sangha in China in times gone by…featuring a Canadian Buddhist scholar. Rediscovering the Women of Northern Wei with Stephanie...
View ArticleKalachakra 2014 with His Holiness the Dalai Lama – extensive videos
Here is a link to the livestream account for the Kalachakra 2014 initiation in Ladakh, featuring quite a few videos of the preparations and teachings from the event (now underway) and from...
View ArticleA better way than rockets and bombs
To win hearts and minds, here is a better way than rockets and bombs. Each of us: start where we are, work with what we have, do what we can…in peace, together. The post A better way than rockets and...
View ArticleNumata lecture series 2014-15: U of T and McMaster
If you are in Toronto or Hamilton, you won’t want to miss these wonderful lectures and reading groups… University of Toronto / McMaster University NUMATA BUDDHIST STUDIES PROGRAM 2014-15 Lucia Dolce...
View ArticleShambhala Sun Foundation seeks Digital Content Creator
Right Livelihood: Shambhala Sun Foundation seeks Digital Content Creator The Shambhala Sun Foundation, publishers of Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma, is an independent not-for-profit media company...
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Maitreya Relics Tour in Saskatoon Aug 1-3, Toronto & London in Sept
Via Saskatoon News Talk 650 CKOM… An exhibition stopping in Saskatoon is bringing people back in time and across the globe. The Maitreya Loving Kindness Tour will showcase ancient and sacred relics of...
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Sumeru Books rights now with 2 Seas Agency
We are pleased to announce that foreign language translation rights for Sumeru Books are now being handled by 2 Seas Agency. This is a great development for us because 2 Seas has an excellent list in...
View ArticleTibetan Canadian steppe children
The journal Foreign Policy recently ran an excellent article about issues facing Tibetan children of interracial marriages. Some of the people and stories covered in the article are from Canada, where...
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International Dharma Teachers’ Statement on Climate Change
Endorsement Sought by Dharma Teachers and Sangha Members Worldwide A group of Dharma teachers from Africa, Europe, Asia, Canada, and the U.S. have issued a statement describing core Buddhist insights...
View ArticleVegetarianism & Animals in Early Indian Buddhism
Justin Whittaker, over at the always-relevant American Buddhist Perspective recently posted a review of a talk he heard by University of Toronto graduate student Sean M. Smith, entitled: Vegetarianism...
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Conversation on Consciousness, Toronto, Sept 13
Ontario Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences Cordially invite you to an afternoon of thought-provoking and engaging Conversation on Consciousness Saturday, September 13th 2014, 3:00 PM to 5:30...
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IDIALOGUE Luncheon: Mahayana Buddhism, Toronto, Sept 17
North American Museum of Asian Heritage and Art presents a luncheon in Toronto on September 17, in association with the IDIALOGUE Forum. The post IDIALOGUE Luncheon: Mahayana Buddhism, Toronto, Sept 17...
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New HH Dalai Lama double bill: host a screening
A personal message from ‘Dalai Lama Awakening’ and Wakan Films Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich about how our films are reaching out into the world and inspiring audiences with the intention of...
View ArticleOff the Cushion launches with eco-dharma podcast
Danny Fisher’s new Off the Cushion podcast site has just launched with extended interviews on environmental issues: EPISODE #1: “Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi and the People’s Climate March” This week, an...
View ArticleLiberation Through Seeing – extended preview
Here’s a high definition extended preview of Canadian filmmaker David Cherniack’s upcoming feature called Thongdrol: Liberation Through Seeing, about the Karma Gadri tradition of Vajrayana Tibetan...
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Prof. Shi Zhiru on Chinese Buddhism, Vancouver, Oct 20
UBC’s Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society is pleased to welcome Professor Shi Zhiru (Pomona College). Her lecture entitled, “For Whom The Bell Tolls: Bells,...
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Genju Monteiro in Enso exhibit, upstate New York
Via 108zenbooks… As you might have seen on Lynette Monteiro’s FB feed, Kaz Tanahashi will be showing his art at St. Lawrence Univ. “Richard Brush Gallery” (how appropriate!) from Oct 14 to Dec 6. He...
View ArticleBuddhism & Australia: Call for papers
Deadline approaching: submission of papers for International Conference Buddhism & Australia 2015 The IC Buddhism & Australia is pleased to invite abstracts for panel sessions and individual...
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Dhamma Aboard Evolution, new e-book from Nalanda Publishing
PRESS RELEASE Oct. 13, 2014 / Nalanda Publishing Canada Dhamma Aboard Evolution: the Breakthrough Research on the Aggañña Sutta by the well-known US Fulbright & Canadian Scholar Prof. Suwanda H J...
View ArticleRick McDaniel signs with The Sumeru Press for two Zen books
We are pleased to announce that Rick McDaniel has signed with The Sumeru Press to publish his next two books: The Third Step East: Zen Masters of America (January 2015) and Cypress Trees in the...
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