Thich Nhat Hanh Offers Path To End Pain,Anger

One of the world's most famous Buddhists on August 9, 2011 led about 1,500 people on a walking meditation across the expansive University of B.C. campus.

Thich Nhat Hanh, a tiny 84-year-old Zen monk who was exiled from his native Vietnam for four decades, was wearing a brown monk's robe and toque as he headed the slow parade of silent walkers.

Earlier, the noted Vietnam War protester told an enraptured audience inside the War Memorial Gym that happiness can be found through the popular meditation technique called "mindfulness," which he said will help people overcome their pain, anger and suicidal tendencies.

The monk's one-hour morning "dharma talk" was the public part of a six-day meditation retreat Hanh is leading at UBC for more than 800 people.

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Police Visit Temple In Canada

On April 11, 2011, a group of police personnels from York, Toronto, Canada visited Zhan Shan Buddhist temple as part of the program for the police to learn and understand the culture of the various communities living in the city.

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A Princess Is Born

A follow up on this post

It’s a princess.

Khandro Tseyang, the queen of Shambhala, a branch of Buddhism, gave birth to a girl on August 11, 2010 at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Canada

“Apparently the birth was very smooth,” Richard Reoch, president of the Shambhala Centre in Halifax, said in an interview Wednesday.

Besides king Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the birth was attended by immediate family members, a midwife and the family’s personal physician, Mitchell Levy of the Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

“The birth was cheerful, uplifted and free of complications. Both mother and child are healthy and resting well,” Levy said in a news release.

The family isn’t releasing the baby girl’s weight for privacy reasons, Reoch said.

“The short answer would be, enough,” he said with a chuckle.

The girl’s first name, Drukmo, or Lady Dragon, is an homage to a famous Tibetan queen. The rest of her name, Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo, represents qualities such as wisdom and harmony. Mukpo is the family’s clan name.

The birth has great significance to the Shambhala community, Reoch said.

“The (Shambhala) teachings are held by a hereditary lineage, and this is the birth of the next generation of that family. It’s a healthy sign of the long life of these teachings, which we regard as very precious.”

The royal couple were married in 2006 in Halifax, which is considered the spiritual home of Shambhala. There are about 600 Shambhala members in Nova Scotia.

About 250,000 attend Shambhala programs around the world, the news release yesterday said.

The royal couple has been working with the IWK for about three months in preparation for the birth. Other than beefed-up security, the couple was not given preferential treatment, an IWK spokeswoman told The Chronicle Herald this month.

A private religious ceremony will be held at the couple’s home in Halifax.

“There are going to be parties all over the Shambhala world,” Roech said, including a celebration that will be held at the Halifax centre on Friday evening.

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Canada's First Tibetan Monastery

The grand opening of Canada’s first traditional-style Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Richmond, British Columbia by Very Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche on July 25, 2010.

The crowd at the opening ceremony of the Thrangu Monastery.

Monks get ready for the ceremony in the main hall of the Thrangu Monastery


A monk listens to the Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche speaks during the opening ceremony of the temple

Visitors taking photos during the opening ceremony of the Thrangu Monastery

The Buddha statue enshrined in the Thrangu Monastery


A ceremony being held in the main hall of Thrangu Monastery on the opening day


The Mayor of Richmond Malcom Brodie being presented a gift by the Leader of the Thrangu Monastery

Buddhist Lamas participates in a ceremony on the temple's opening day



The Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche gets ready for the ribbon cutting ceremony

Richmond Mayor Malcom Brodie (L) joins the Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche to cut the ribbon to open the monastery.

The Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche (L) smiles after the ribbon cutting ceremony

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Royal Baby For Halifax

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and the Sakyong Wangmo Khandro Tseyang, the king and queen of Shambhala, a worldwide network of urban Buddhist meditation centers, retreat centers and monasteries are expecting their first child in August in Halifax, Canada.In 2006, almost 1,500 people gathered at the Cunard Centre on the Halifax waterfront to witness the couple’s marriage.Rinpoche is the eldest son of Trungpa Rinpoche, the founder of Shambhala Buddhism. His marriage to his Tibetan princess represented a significant linkage of lineages for Buddhists around the world.The couple have decided to have the birth in their adopted home of Halifax, the spiritual capital of the worldwide Shambhala community.


His Eminence the Sakyong, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche, is one of Tibet’s highest and most respected incarnate lamas. He is unique in that he bridges two worlds. The eldest son of the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who was instrumental in bringing Buddhism to the West, he is the incarnation of Mipham the Great, who is revered in Tibet as an emanation of Manjushri, the buddha of wisdom.


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Buddhist Personality : K.D Lang

Name : K.D Lang
Nationality : Canada
Date Of Birth : 2nd November 1961
Profession : Singer / Songwriter

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Buddhist Personality : Alanis Morisette

Name : Alanis Morisette
Natioality : Canada
Date Of Birth : 1st June 1974
Profession : Singer

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