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British Columbia Buddhist Studies and Meditation Centre Sites

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Canadian & International Buddhist Studies and Meditation Centre Sites

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Teachers' Web Sites

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Compassionate Action Sites

  • The Breast Cancer Site Donate mammograms for free just by visiting this site.
  • The Hunger Site: Donate Food for Free to Hungry People in the World Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger; 75% are children. Donate food for free just by visiting this site.
  • Free Rice Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple word game.
  • Save the Rainforest It is estimated that we are losing 2 acres of rain forest every single second. The rain forests produce 40% of the oxygen we breathe. Help the rain forests by visiting this site.
  • Greater Vancouver Food Bank Volunteer with or donate to the GVFB, which helps feed more than 26,000 people each week.
  • Buddhist Peace Fellowship Through BPF, Buddhists of many different traditions are developing individual and group responses to socially conditioned suffering.
  • Sakyadhita An international network of Buddhist women, monastic and lay, engaged in peacework throughout the world.
  • Zen Peacemaker Community A global civil society of organizations and individuals around the world working for social transformation.
  • Global Volunteer Network A great organization that offers volunteer opportunities in community projects throughout the world.
  • The Simple Living Network Ideas, encouragement, and resources for those trying to live more simply.

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Buddhist Magazines and Journals

  • Buddhist Channel Provides daily aggregated international news and features on Buddhism.
  • BuddhaDharma A quarterly journal for Buddhists of all traditions who wish to deepen their practice and study of the dharma.
  • Dharma Life News from around the Buddhist world, comment on Buddhist issues, interviews with leading figures from many traditions, personal stories of practitioners, book reviews and features.
  • Inquiring Mind Born out of the Theravada community of Vipassana meditators, Inquiring Mind is highly regarded for its excellent and thought provoking interviews of Buddhist teachers, philosophers, psychologists and artists, as well as for its presentation of art, poetry, stories and humorous essays.
  • Journal of Buddhist Ethics Features articles on following subjects: Vinaya and Jurisprudence, Medical Ethics, Human Rights, Ecology and the Environment, Social and Political Philosophy, Cross-cultural Ethics, and Interfaith Dialogue on Ethics.
  • Journal of Global Buddhism Scholarly journal established to promote the study of Buddhism's globalization with a particular focus on non-Asian countries. Includes research articles, discussions, critical notes, bulletins, and reviews.
  • Mandala Tibetan Buddhist magazine published by the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. Contains real stories of Tibetan Buddhist life, teachings from the lamas and sangha, as well as news.
  • Sacred Texts: Buddhism Includes free online Buddhist texts of hundreds of the most important books and articles ever written.
  • Shambhala Sun Buddhist-inspired magazine offering perspectives on to the arts, social issues, politics and health.
  • Tricycle Buddhist magazine providing forum for exploring Buddhist ideas and their integration with Western disciplines. Presents non-dogmatic approach to daily-life issues.
  • Urthona Selected articles from magazine exploring the arts and Western culture from a Buddhist perspective.
  • Western Buddhist Review A free e-journal concerned primarily with exploring the encounter between Buddhism and the modern world.